Dr. Christina Winsey-Rudd
Life, Weight Loss / Health Coaching & Addiction Recovery Coaching In Person or by Telephone

Holistic Chiropractic Physician Offering Private, Non-Drug Addiction Treatment at the Freedom Wellness Center Sarasota, FL

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August/September '09 Issue

Freebies & Give-away's:  Look for butterflies      Features this Month  Positive Mind Habit of the Month: "The Happiness "Snowball" - it's not being Pollyanna or "band aid-like" positive thinking advice! A Message from Dr. Chris:  Addiction is a Killer! Health Tip: Insulin Resistance - linked to Diets high in High-Fructose Corn Syrup The Amazing Emotional Freedom Technique for a Better Life- An Amazing tool from the Science of Energy Psychology Freebies, Discounts and News You Can Use:  1.  Two-week group EFT for Weight Loss teleclass will be starting Monday, August 31st 7:30pm and Monday, Sept.7th at 7:30pm .  Space limited to first 12 to call. Investment in yourself: $49.95. Contact virtualassist@comcast.net call Dr. Chris' virtual assistant Renee at 429-8803 and sign up before 1pm, Friday, August 28th for a 10% discount. Or: Home-Study CD: Conquer Overeating with EFT: 2.  Book an EFT coaching session and receive 50% off Dr. Chris' CD teleclass and workbook "Conquering Negative Habits." (Regularly $97 for this CD set) http://www.theicandoctor.com/programs.html#habits 3. Learn Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)- for free.  This amazing technique has helped clients conquer overeating, phobias, migraine headaches and emotional trauma.  Learn more about this great energy psychology tool here: http://www.theicandoctor.com/programs.html#EFT (Free intro video, free instructional manual) Positive Mind Habit of the Month:   - The Happiness "Snowball" Frosty snow makes snowballs because each icy flake attracts and holds the others.  You scoop up a handful of snow and pack the flakes into a hard, round, compact ball.  Individually, the snowflakes are delicate and have little impact - in fact the wind blows them wherever it wills.  But packed into a hard icy ball, if you've ever been in a snowball fight, you know they pack a wallop!   Your thoughts are very similar.  Random thoughts of happiness, in and of themselves give you passing moments of happiness.  They are "blown by the wind."  But "practiced" happiness means deliberately choosing thoughts about things that keep you smiling.  One thought of happiness begets another, begets another.  They become like that scoop of icy snow that you then pack into a walloping, strong snowball.  It can knock the negative thoughts out through choice.   No one said it was easy.  It takes being deliberate and mindful - a driving desire to remain happy.  What you may not know is that emotions are linked to brain chemicals that can be addictive (recommended movie "What the Bleep Do We Know," or recommended reading: Candace Pert, Ph.D. "The Molecules of Emotion."   Practiced happiness isn't being a Pollyanna.  It doesn't mean you aren't aware of the negative issues in life, but you do get to choose how much and how long you focus on the negative versus the positive.  There are some key tools and ways to "run your own brain" and this has only scratched the surface.  Here's another great resource for creating and keeping a positive intention and focus: The book "Ask and it is Given...Learning to Manifest Your Desires" by Esther and Jerry Hicks and Wayne Dyer http://www.theicandoctor.com/programs.html#reading back to top A Personal Message from Dr. Chris Addiction is a Killer!   Are you, or someone you love addicted to Sugar/Carbohydrates? Drugs/alcohol? Gambling, Sex or Work?  These are the five major qualified primary addictions.  When left unchecked, each one of these leads to death (some quicker than others).  We're not just talking about physical death.  Living with addiction means a "death" of your motivation for any activity or behavior that will insure you can keep having your addiction.  It also often means a "death" of the joy and freedom in your life.  Addiction "kills" relationships and family harmony.  Make no mistake that if you or someone you care about is suffering (and perhaps in secret silence) they are living a "death" of the life they could have had. But addiction is not due to weak will or poor morality.  Addicts are no terrible people.  Scientists now know there is a gene that is common to all of these addictions having to do with what's called the "Reward Deficiency Syndrome."  This genetic challenge is also implicated in compulsive disorders like ADD, ADHD, Tourettes Syndrome, Autism, Ashberger's Syndrome and many learning disabilities.  As a Board Eligible Diplomate with the AmericanCollege of Addictionology and Compulsive Disorders (ACACD), I am devoted to passing on the message of hope and recovery. If you live in the Tampa Bay you may wish to learn about my alternative addiction treatment programs at www.TheICanDoctor.com/freedomwellnesscenter.html Free Resources:   Food Addiction Progression Chart: http://www.theicandoctor.com/Food%20Addiction%20Progression%20&%20Recovery.pdf Alcoholics Anonymous (Includes information on twelve-step meetings for other addictive issues; http://www.aa.org/?Media=PlayFlash Narcotics Anonymous: http://www.narconon.org/ Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Agency: http://www.samhsa.gov/ You Might be a Workaholic -  ABC news story: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TakeControlOfYourLife/story?id=3276416&page=1 How an Alcoholic Employee Behaves: http://www.theicandoctor.com/The%20Alcoholic%20Employee.pdf   Need help?  FREE complimentary 25 minute coaching session with Dr. Chris.  Fill out a no obligation, pre-consultation form here (new clients only):    http://www.theicandoctor.com/form1.html and you will be contacted.  (Live in Sarasota, Florida?  Check out Dr. Chris' Freedom Wellness Center for alternative addiction treatment: www.TheICanDoctor.com/freedomwellnesscenter  Stay tuned for a special teleclass about addiction and recovery that will be coming soon. back to top Health Tip- How would you like to eat something that turns to fat quicker than sugar? High-fructose corn syrup is a sweetener found in most sodas and many other processed foods.  In a new study on mice, this sweetener is shown to be at least partially the cause of insulin resistance. Fructose is the culprit - it is metabolized into fat storage over glucose storage in the liver.  What is worse, in the process it can lead to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which then leads to an insulin resistance of the liver ("hepatic insulin resistance" and eventually type II diabetes! New cases of diabetes have ballooned.  The increase doctors have seen is 90% in the last ten years!  One in four Americans is now afflicted with either pre-diabetes or diabetes.  What are we doing to ourselves? Read labels.  Speak to manufacturers with your dollars and purchases by NOT buying those foods that contain high fructose cornsyrup.  It just may save your life. back to top Want private help kicking a sugar (or other) bad habit?  Just want assistance getting the weight off?  Take advantage of a FREE consultation (Dr. Chris coaches clients all over the Country by phone and treats patients locally in the Sarasota/Tampa Bay area).  Please visit www.TheICanDoctor.com/freedomwellnesscenter.html Fill out Dr. Chris' pre-consultation questionnaire here:  http://www.theicandoctor.com/form1.html The Amazing Emotional Freedom Technique for a Better Life EFT sounds too simple to be true, but there is a tremendously high percentage of success with (to name a few) addiction problems, traumatic memory relief, abuse issues, phobias, psychosomatic created illnesses,  pain, and other physical and emotional symptoms. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) combines key phrases with tapping of meridian endpoints to bring relief. The theory behind it is that every negative emotion one suffers from is caused by a disruption of the body's electromagnetic energy system (an unseen system now proven by science).  An unpleasant experience occurs and there is literally static in the electromagnetic flow of the body's energy. When you release the block and allow the energy to flow the problem is reduced or relieved.  This can occur quickly, and sometimes it can be a bit more complex, where there are a number of what we call "aspects" related to the topic at hand.  If there are more aspects EFT is applied to these aspects until the emotional charge around them is zero.   It is amazing how wonderful it feels. The body stores memories too.  As these energy blocks in the body's system are cleared, the emotional charge declines and the body memories clear.  Watch this free video: http://www.theicandoctor.com/programs.html#EFT back to top Conquer Overeating with EFT: Book an EFT coaching session and receive 50% off Dr. Chris' CD teleclass and workbook "Conquering Negative Habits." (Regularly $97 for this CD set) http://www.theicandoctor.com/programs.html#habits Coming next issue Post-Summer Scale Shock:  If you put on pounds this summer from lots of barbecues, pool parties and vacationing pay attention!    *How to keep control on Labor Day, Halloween, family gatherings and all those food and alcohol-laden partiesgoing into Holiday Season  *What can you do to get back in shape and look great in time for the Holidays? Here's to YOUR optimal health and a joyful life of thriving! Dr. Chris Dr. Christina Winsey, The "I Can" Doctor www.TheICanDoctor.com www.TheICanDoctor.com/freedomwellnesscenter.html www.TheICanDoctor-hp.tsfl.com    back to top