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One Of a Kind Empowerment
It was like a dream or waking up out of a type of nightmare, that landed me right in front of a very empowering lady and overall wonderful, amazing lady named Rev. Valerie Love. I was looking into joining a very beautiful and successful network marketing company that I had been researching for its amazing organic and natural products to try myself and also thought it would be a great way to be able to make some extra money for my family that could also support our healthy lifestyle and family farm. Rev. Valerie Love was one of the few top leaders I was drawn to connecting with for more information, as she was also leading in many other ways for herself and assisting others that were looking for financial freedom and overall freedom to live healthy and happy, doing it in a way that fit their own, unique lifestyles, no matter who they were or what kind of lifestyle they enjoyed and embraced. She was also known to me and many others, as a top leader in network marketing, which was new to me, and also as an amazing, successful entrepreneur for many years already. And she still currently is one the most amazing entrepreneurs I know by the way. Dedicating a story about her seems to be one the most fitting gifts of Love I could share on her behalf and so many others, because she has literally inspired more men and women than anyone I personally know in this lifetime. And she still continues to inspire and empower people all over the world every single day through her various methods and outlets like YouTube and real, living in person workshops held around the globe for those that have the ability to travel with her. I want to acknowledge her here in this story first and foremost because she deserves the absolute best recognition possible, and also, because she is what this particular story challenge is all about.
By Crystal Lynn Schumacher5 years ago in Longevity
Tonya's Sickle Cell Diaries
I am 3 days away from my delivery date. At that time I will be able to see and hold my own daughter, something that I thought was impossible for my life just a few years ago. It has me thinking back to when I was a child. I was born with Sickle Cell Anemia. Most people today call it Sickle Cell Disease. I have always looked at the difference as the difference between the two types of Sickle Cell. Type Sc(recessive) and type SS(dominate). So if Sickle Cell Disease means that you had the recessive type, and Sickle Cell Anemia meant you had the dominant type. At least that’s how my child mind perceived it. Now I know that the 'Anemia' part means that on top of having Sickle Cell I am anemic too.
By Tonya McLean5 years ago in Longevity
Weight Loss Blog #2
Hello. My name is Michael. Some people call me Mike, and I'd be okay with that. Since the last time I wrote on Vocal I have met my first goal of dropping below 300 pounds. I could no longer say I was over 300 pounds. The next time I get my state ID, I will confidently and proudly say what my actual weight happens to be at that time. The reason I did not say driver's license is because I do not have one. Long story and also a story for … another time.
By Michael Onstott5 years ago in Longevity
Call Me a "Senior"
Oh, the conundrum that is “age.” Growing up, I adhered to the notion that “age is just a number.” All my life, my circle of friends has spanned all ages. I am a gregarious sort who finds it easy to connect with people, as they, in turn, seem to do with me. Maybe because I refuse to assume that a person is “this way, or that way,” because of the year they were born. I’ve always thought that way of thinking is utter bullshit.
By Sherry McGuinn5 years ago in Longevity
My Gym Tribe
My Gym Tribe – Francesca Flood It’s one of the great mysteries I have yet to unravel. I go to the pool or gym about five times a week (er…plus or minus). Okay, before you start thinking I’m some saint, insane fitness nut, or someone you can’t relate to – hold on! At my age – I work out for a variety of reasons and a skimpy little black dress isn’t one of them. For someone who exercises fairly regularly, I ask myself, “Why won’t these pounds melt off?” Those unflattering 10 pounds that after midlife become embedded in your DNA and other unmentionable parts of the body. Ask anyone over 50 and they’ll tell you to write an obituary for your metabolism. Seriously. I can eat like a bird, do the fasting thing, or follow a diet that promises the last 10 pounds will disappear! Right. At 64, your body knows all your tricks. While I’m busy starving myself, my fats cells are conspiring with each other. “Don’t worry fellas, this too shall pass. Hang in there.” And they do. Like carrion birds with long talons, those fat cells stay put. So, why do I continue to work out? Well, it’s like an airplane’s weight and balance system. The performance of an airplane is influenced by its weight, and overloading it will cause serious problems. Get the picture? Aside from holding additional weight at bay, elevating my mood and overall health, there’s another reason I work out. Those total strangers at the gym are my tribe.
By Francesca Flood, Ed.D.5 years ago in Longevity
Don't Lose Sleep Over Sleep
Whilst walking with a close friend recently in Richmond Park (socially distanced of course), he hardly ever sleeps through a night. In fact, he said that he wakes up about six to seven times per night. How is it possible to function as a rational human being with such terrible sleep deprivation? (perhaps that explains a lot about this friend!!).
By Charles Leon5 years ago in Longevity
Tick 🕗 tock 🕑
I'll assume you've heard somewhere that "time is an illusion." Indeed, time isn't metaphysically "here" like a pencil, but the cyclical patterns in front of mathematics are. Reality is a reiterating supercomputer with hardware beyond our mammalian comprehension.
By Paul Bokserman5 years ago in Longevity
Those Stages of Grief Everyone’s Been Talking About
It’s weird when you suddenly notice in your own behaviour something as “cliché” as the famous “Five Stages of Grief”. I say “cliché” becomes I’ve heard about these so often from popular culture, books, and movies that it seems more like an narrative invention than something that could affect me so deeply.
By Erica Ball5 years ago in Longevity
How I'm Reaching My Health Goals This Year. Top Story - February 2021.
In 2018, I was at my personal rock bottom. I wasn't completely happy with the job I was working, the city I was living in. I was living in a tiny studio apartment with paper-thin walls. I tried to apply to graduate programs for the second time but failed. My target universities rejected me and my safety schools didn't offer enough aid for me to say yes.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA5 years ago in Longevity
