Come to Nordstroms, Riverside, this Saturday October 29th between 1pm-3pm. Angie and Wilma will be in the Active Dept from 1pm-2pm and BP Shoes from 2pm-3pm offering body composition testing and nutrition and exercise tips. Receive a goody bag with EVERY Active purchase (while supplies last). Now that’s fantastic…come shop for that new work out outfit and we’ll help you look good AND get motivated before the holidays sneak up on you!
Angie’ World at Nordstroms, Riverside this Weekend!
October 24th, 2011 by Wilma Young CPTChoosing To Love, Even When It Hurts
October 17th, 2011 by Wilma Young CPTBy Wilma Young CPT
I find that the act of showing love to another human in any of its various forms is one of the greatest gifts we can bestow on others. To speak kindly to a stranger, make an extra effort with a co-worker that may not be your favorite or simply pausing and letting your friend know that they are important to you shows love in varying degrees. Why then is it so hard to show that kindness to ourselves or even more importantly showing love and forgiveness to ourselves? The impact we make on others is huge but the scars we leave on ourselves last a lifetime. In some cases it may come across to the world as depression, anger or sadness. I feel that I make an effort everyday to show gratitude to those in my life and frankly I frequently fall short. So I beat myself up which has absolutely NO positive outcome or affect on future events. It really brings my energy down and I don’t feel love anymore. Not by others mind you, but love for myself. Just about the time I think I’m doing pretty well, the dreaded misstep occurs. Something is said to hurt my feelings or that little voice comes in and says the most awful things about my behavior or my lack of perfection. My voice stems from a lifetime of not feeling good enough but I have been practicing the art of letting that go. I make strides, you know the two steps forward and one step back, as the saying goes. Then a small kick to my ego happens and I start ruminating. “Why did I say that?” “What was I thinking when I ——-?” “Why can’t I be more hospitable? (Or quieter, or more helpful, or thinner)”! Feel free to fill in the blank. I know we all have these moments. We seem to think we are the worst at whatever is the faux pas of the day. Whether it be a valid indiscretion or not. Today I had a small reminder of my ego based doubts about my purpose in life and how I treat others. I started to drop into all of the reasons why or how I could have prevented this from occurring but I stopped myself and went back to my new commandments. I have gathered these sayings over the last few months and have them posted in several places that I see throughout the day. They are… (In no particular order)
Grace & Gratitude
Be The Water Not The Rock
Live The Life I Have Always Dreamed Of
Be Present
I Commit To Myself
I Commit To Life
I Forgive My Mistakes
I Show Myself To Others
I Am Always In The Right Place At The Right Time
Showing love and kindness to yourself is important if you want to show love and kindness to others. It hurts sometimes to look in the mirror. It hurts sometimes when we reach out to others and our actions are not welcomed or misinterpreted. These are the times you have to REALLY love yourself and show kindness in a big way. Coming up with your own commandments can impact you significantly. I highly suggest you try it out. If your intentions are honest but you feel “less than perfect” in your actions, go to these commandments and recite them! If you have had a fantastic day, recite them! If you have been shown kindness and love from others, recite them! If you have been wronged even in a minor way, RECITE them! The more you love yourself, the more the world will see that beautiful, authentic soul inside of you. The one that is just screaming to get out!
Who Needs a Detoxification Program
October 16th, 2011 by Angie Lustrick, CN, CPTby Dr. Adria Rothfeld (Nutritional Wellness Center)
Who needs a Detoxification Program?
Let’s first define what a healthy detoxification program is not:
• A starvation diet where you walk around like a zombie for 10 days.
• An abundance of diarrhea…
What is a Healthy Detoxification Protocol?
• It does not involve fasting, purging, etc., but instead supports the pathways in the body that help to reduce the toxic burden.
• It involves recommended foods and beverages that contain the nutrients needed to help the body eliminate unwanted chemicals. Detailed meal plans and recipes will be provided to help make this very user-friendly.
• We will also use a medical food, mixed as a shake with fruit, which has been proven to assist the body with detoxification. It does this by providing the nutrients that the liver uses to help remove toxins as well as by revving up the body’s natural chelating agent that binds to toxins and allows for their elimination. These ingredients have demonstrated safety even for long-term use.
• A recent pilot study using this medical food found that after just a few weeks, even individuals with severe fibromyalgia showed significant improvement in pain, stiffness, quality of life, and a 74% reduction in mercury levels in the body.
Who would benefit and why?
Traditional medicine focuses on treating symptoms. If you have headaches or arthritis, you get pills to ease your pain, but what’s causing the symptoms is rarely considered.
If we can identify the cause(s), and use natural means to deal with them, we can find a real cure, not only for the current symptoms, but also for future ones.
Can toxins be related to your symptoms?
Our toxic burden is higher than it’s ever been.
• The sick body cannot rally itself if it is busy detoxifying pesticides and other chemicals.
• There are 85,000 synthetic chemicals registered in the US, yet toxicological screening data is available for only 7% of these chemicals.
• In a study released by the environmental working group, 200 industrial chemicals were found in umbilical blood of the babies tested.
• Over 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used annually in the US.
• According to Dr. Sherry Rogers, MD, US EPA studies of chemicals stored in the fat of humans show that 100% of people had dioxins, PCB’s and dichlorobenzene.
• Usage of pesticides had doubled every 10 years, but interestingly, pest damage to crops is more prevalent now. On average, less than .1% of pesticides reach their target, the remaining 99.9% contaminates the environment.
Since the 1970’s when toxins started flooding our world:
• Autism increased 10 fold f
• Male birth defects doubled
• Childhood brain cancer was up 40%
• One type of leukemia was up 62%
But, I just want to lose some weight and work off the holiday bulge….how is this all related:
• Pesticides and other toxins are OBESOGENIC, meaning that they spur both the formation and growth of fat cells.
• Do you have trouble losing weight even when you diet? The more toxins you have storing in your fat, the more your body holds onto that fat until you have strengthened the detoxification pathways so that these toxins can be readily disposed of-that’s what a proper detox protocol will encourage.
Mastering The Fine Art Of Lying To Yourself
October 11th, 2011 by Wilma Young CPTIs it inevitable that we start to believe our own lies?
I was recently speaking to a client. We have been having great success with her workouts and became fast friends. We were at a recent workshop with the intuitive life coach Tony Rowe (www.anthonyrowe,com). I have been fortunate to have received great benefit in my life due to my relationship with Tony. So we’re on a break and chatting by the water cooler and my friend starts to tell me about the first time she saw me. It was five years ago and at another gym. She proceeded to tell me how focused and intense I was during my 5am workouts and that she sort of avoided me. Well, I laughed it off and we both agreed that the Wilma standing here today was in a much better place and a happier person to be around. After the evening wound up and I was contemplating the events of the day I really had to check myself. I had written the title to this blog a week ago but didn’t know how it would manifest. Then in a blink of an eye, the words come to me. See, five years ago I was dealing with some life altering events, had starved myself skinny and was thinking to myself how great I was handling everything.
In a a split second, there was the mirror of my self deception staring me down like the queen in Sleeping Beauty… “I am the fairest in the land”…and other assorted crap that we start to believe after awhile. In that moment, I realized how good I had gotten at lying to myself. I realized how my energetic temperature is evident in it’s truest sense no matter how much make up I wear or what size my pants are. I may have been skinnier but healthy I was not! I sent off an intense, chaotic vibe and in turn got that kind of energy back. Again, the mirror of life reflecting back at me. Fast forward five years and my life has a view that has blossomed to a warm and inviting glow with a little tarnish still around my halo. Those of you that know me personally can attest to that fact. But I am in a place where I can give to others and accept myself as I am, “A Work In Progress”. If you are lucky, you too have people in your life that reflect back to you what you are projecting and that accept the fact that you and the rest of the population are ALL a work in progress. However, even with this new shift in my self awareness I am sure that I can still find ways to lie to myself but hopefully on a smaller scale like…:”I really AM funny, even if the grocery clerk didn’t think so”, or “I AM a good driver even with the radio blasting at level 10″, or “I AM 6 feet tall with long, slender legs” (that’s the funniest one). But if I start to slip back into what one of my very best life-long friends calls “My Phase” I am sure there are plenty of you out there to hold the mirror up to my face and say ” Really, the fairest in the land? Think again!”
Angie Nominated For Spirit Award!
October 7th, 2011 by Wilma Young CPT2011 Spirit Award Finalists Selected!
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25 entrepreneurs selected represent the best and most inspiring entrepreneurs in the Inland Empire!
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., October 6, 2011 – The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE) at Cal State San Bernardino announced the finalists for this year’s Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards program. The award recipients will be announced at the Nov. 8 black-tie gala at the Riverside Convention Center.
“We have another amazing group of entrepreneurs,” said Mike Stull, director of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship. “Despite the economic challenges we have a tremendous number of successful companies in the Inland Empire. They are an inspiring group of outstanding role models for anyone that wants to be an entrepreneur.”
Angie Lustrick CN, CPT, Owner and President of Angie’s World is one of three finalists in the Small Enterprise category. This is Angie’s second year to be nominated. “I am excited to be recognized but feel most honoroed to be a profession that is changing people’s lives”! Stay tuned for updates and watch her and Angie’s World grow!
Tracking Your Progress
October 6th, 2011 by Angie Lustrick, CN, CPTHave you ever heard the saying, “If your not assessing, your just guessing!” Well, it’s true. If you really want to know if your workouts are working for you, its time to start documenting your progress. Here are a few suggestions:
1. Buy a Tanita scale or other scale that determines body fat percentage. You don’t want to get mad at yourself for gaining muscle and you don’t want to praise yourself for losing muscle! Find out if you are truly losing fat and gaining muscle.
2. Take your picture! A picture is worth a thousand words. Get into a bathing suit and take several, full body pics: Forward, side, and back. You don’t have share these pictures but it really helps to accurately determine if you are shaping up.
3. Journal. If you really want to see results, this is a great tracking option. Track your workouts: What you did and for how long.
Track your food: What time did you eat, what did you eat, and how much.
These three simple suggestions will jump start your progress. If you would like additional tracking, I am available to help you. At Angie’s World, we use a BIA machine to assess your hydration, vitamin, protein, and essential fat needs. It also determines how many calories you are burning and whether or not you are toxic. In addition to the BIA, we have a Biomeridian machine (both machines are non-invasive, no needles!). The Biomeridian determines how your organs and tissues are doing – are you holding stress in your liver? Do you have a stomach parasite? There are many reasons why your body isn’t losing body fat. Allow us to be your detective to help find the root cause of your ailments.
In addition to these two great machines, I also perform structural assessments. I use a plumb line to analyze your posture. I also use inclinometers, which are tools that tell me if your hips and ribs are in their proper positions as well as if your cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine are in their proper curvatures.
Whatever you decide to do, tracking is essential to ensure your body is improving.
Making Plans…God’s Funny Joke On Humans!
October 4th, 2011 by Wilma Young CPTSo you wake up in the morning with the greatest of intentions. I will get in a work out, I will smile at my children when they spill their breakfast in their car seats and I will NOT honk at the driver who has miscalculated their stop in the crosswalk by little Johnny’s school. You then get out of bed, with a chirp to your step only to find the cat on the kitchen counter eating your husbands dinner leftovers that he failed to clean up. Then, startled, the cat knocks the plate on the floor and shatters. “I will not get upset” is the mantra going through your head. So you calmly and methodically start to pick up the broken pieces as your husband comes to complain about the noise waking him up. “Oh Boy”, you say to yourself and then count to 10. “Sorry dear but the plate I’m sure you mistakenly thought to put in the dish washer got knocked to the ground.” Hmhmhm, thinking to your self, you inconsiderate jerk” but once again pushing that thought out of your head and moving on with the plan of the day to remain calm and enlightened. Just as you talk yourself back from the ledge, little Johnny and tiny Tammy come screaming in for breakfast and fighting with each other. The plans of the day once again getting tested and you haven’t even gotten to brush your teeth yet. At this point, you are thinking about knocking someone else’s teeth out but NO…You are enlightened, you are ZEN, you will deal appropriately. Then the final straw, the last apple to upset the apple cart occurs. Your Prince Charming wants to know why his favorite socks aren’t where he can find them. You close your eyes, take 3 breaths, and whip around like the Wicked Witch of the West and start a borage of tyrannical expletives that make your family look as if they are on a roller coaster. Eyes popping out, mouths gaped open and eyebrows raised to the roof. As you finish your rant you notice a sense of stillness come over you. Unloading the pressure seemed a great idea at the time. Then you see the looks on their faces change. They are upset and their day is now off on the wrong foot. “Why, God, can’t my day go as planned? Why do I not have patience?” Well, my friend, this is the fuel of life. This energy which can manifest in a positive or negative way is what will give life it’s color. It will also be the energy that makes you laugh when your children do a funny dance for you or melt your heart when your husband brings you a single rose and a thanks you for taking care of the family. When these unplanned joys happen in your life, it is the time to take stock of the gifts that we are given. It is the time to remember why we nurture little Johnny and tiny Tammy knowing they will go out into the world and spread kindness and friendship. Their joy will have a contagious effect which will make other people have a better day. So when you want to scream and throw up your hands, take a moment to breath, take a moment to give thanks and take a moment to laugh at yourself and the plans you have made. God, is a funny God and wants us to laugh, even if it’s at our own expense.
Are You Always In The Right Place At The Right Time?
October 3rd, 2011 by Wilma Young CPTIf you have ever walked into a Starbucks at just the moment when the rest of society walks into Starbucks your answer may be NO! You know you are suppose to be in the office by now and this diversion will cost you BIG TIME!!Your heart drops knowing you’re on a deadline and without the jet fuel of the highest octane available you may drop to the back of the pack as the lions start their hunt.The lions being that laundry list of tasks running through your brain… the project at work, shopping for dinner and the smile that you remind yourself you’re suppose to expose to the rest of the world no matter how frazzled you are feeling. You check your watch, “Why in the hell is that person in the front of the line asking about the Barista’s day? WE DON”T CARE!! Stop chatting, order your soy-milk latte and move on. Some of us have lives to get back to”! Now add caffeine to this disposition and you have the sparks to set off a real forest fire. As you contemplate this exchange, the woman next to you starts to chat…”Oh God” you say to yourself, “I have no interest in idle talk”. She pleasantly says how nice you look today and you start to soften. After a few more minutes you realize you have a friend in common and her sense of humor makes you laugh out loud unexpectedly. It even surprises you. Now you soften a little more and the snaking of the coffee line starts to move along smoothly. As you commune with this woman you feel her good energy and you absorb it like the sun on your skin. You wind up your encounter with this unexpected soul and she orders. “Have a great day she says” walking away and you have a feeling you will. Then you order and the pleasant girl that says “What can I get started for you” about 1000 times a day takes your order. She then does not ask for money. How can this be?”The lady ahead of you paid for your beverage today”. You whip around to say thank you and she has vanished. Your day has been altered for the better. There is kindness and generosity everywhere you look. You leave knowing that this was suppose to happen. You were suppose to slow down your angst a bit today and a wonderf ul encounter has accomplished that for you. You now know that taking a few minutes to ask how a person day is going including the Barista , is a small act of kindness and understanding that we all deserve. I want to invoke a very important concept. Some of you may think it’s bull$#@% but I find it to be true. We are ALWAYS in the right place at the right time. Sometimes the encounters are not positive and sometimes they hurt…but all of them have something in common, they TEACH. If we can listen, if we can accept, if we can just BE, you will find that
everything happens in the time and space it is suppose to. If you can take this to heart you can relieve a tremendous amount of pressure from your life. Then you will be that enlightened soul that touches a person’s heart today by making them laugh unexpectedly and help them feel the sun on their skin . And that, my friends is how we change the world for the better. One encounter at a time!
VISIT ANGIE’S WORLD ON OCTOBER 9th at the 2nd Annual Riverside Citrus Classic
September 30th, 2011 by Wilma Young CPTRiverside’s premier cycling event encourages a healthy, active culture in our City and will be hosted at the Riverside Plaza on Otober 9th from 6:30 am until 5:00 pm.
We at Angie’s World are excited to be included in the events of the day. Come join us at our vendor table where we will have body composition testing, book signings for BODY BY ANGIE and our newest addition of clean, ionized water now available at Angie’s World.
Our booth will be open from 11 am until 5 pm. Visit www.riversidecitrusclassic.org for more details. See you on the 9th and thanks for your support and advocacy of this event. All proceeds go to support educational foundations in Riverside
Intuitive Workshop – October 6, 2011
September 28th, 2011 by Angie Lustrick, CN, CPT