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Always tired? Experience energy and mood swings? Have trouble sleeping? Want to be balanced and energized? Learn how food and other lifestyle choices can affect your energy level. In this lecture by Brenda Jaeck, slight changes to your diet or lifestyle will be discussed along with foods to add or avoid.

"Everyone's favorite subject, I know. This is an important topic to shed some light on. I will discuss the many ramifications, both short and long term, of not eliminating regularly. I will paint an interesting picture of some of the causes and offer some solutions. All the while, I keep it light and even a little entertaining." (Brenda Jaeck)

Do you eat out often and want to have a better handle on what you eat? What should you order? What should you avoid? Learn how to make educated, healthy choices while dining out and to modify your current favorites. In this lecture by Brenda Jaeck, the entire dining-out experience will be discussed from the before-dinner drink to dessert.

"This is the key to health. We can live for up to three weeks without food but only three days without water. I will discuss its important benefits and some helpful tips on how to easily incorporate more water into your day." (Brenda Jaeck)

"In a nut shell, what should you focus on to improve your health? Listen to my top ten tips for a 'healthier you' to find out. Some tips are related to food and others are related to lifestyle." (Brenda Jaeck)

Do you crave certain foods? Find yourself going to great lengths to either find the food you crave or avoid the food you crave?

Over the years, Jenny Craig has helped thousands of people lose the weight they never thought they could, while guiding them toward a healthier, more enjoyable, and more productive life. Now, for the first time, Jenny is sharing her remarkably successful philosophy for taking those extra pounds off—and loving it! Jenny Craig's weight-management program is a highly effective combination of nutritionally sound, calorie-controlled menus, behavioral guidance, and moderate exercise, personalized for each individual lifestyle.

Brenda Jaeck discusses the benefits of meditation, its powerful qualities, and how it can help in so many areas of your life. Some misconceptions about meditation are also discussed. In a relaxing, guided meditation you will see for yourself. You will leave the meditation both relaxed and energized.

Mab Segrest explores her singular experience as a white lesbian organizing against a virulent Far Right movement in North Carolina in this best-selling political memoir.

Within all of us is a disowned self, a part we are hiding, that has not yet fully come to life. Often that part has the power to make your life full. The Courage to Be Who You Are describes why you reject parts of yourself and the effect this has on your life. It also shows how to reconnect with these parts, nourish them, and how to live a life that is happy and complete.

When we give ourselves permission to stop racing around and to be aware of the current moment, our entire lives can change. Becoming Mindful will show you a process which will introduce mindfulness, and put you on the road to improving the quality of your life, health, relationships, and life.

Although we are told to forgive and often try to, anger and revenge can seethe within. Amazingly, most of us go through life without ever being taught how to forgive. How to Forgive shows the incredible benefits of forgiveness and offers a process to rid yourself of grudges and hurt. It will show you how to easily forgive others - and yourself. As you take these specific steps, you will feel lighter, free yourself of toxic situations, and allow true healing to begin.

Loneliness is fast becoming an epidemic in our new, isolating tech age. Despite endless social media activity, many feel alone. Alone No More uncovers the true source of loneliness, and offers a unique and simple path to feeling truly connected, wanted, and of real value, no matter where you are.

Parenting can sometimes seem difficult, filled with power struggles day by day. Zen Parenting can help offer a new approach, and help make parenting fun. As you alter your perspective and come to learn that your children are your teachers, it will become easier to create a safe, open space for both you and your children to grow. You learn how to honor and respect your children’s unique journey in life, as well as your own.

We spend most of our lives searching for and accumulating what we think will make us happy, content, and safe. Yet, the more we gain, the more we want. Why can’t we sate our inner hunger? It is partly because we live life unaware of the endless gifts we are constantly receiving, unaware of how to appreciate them. We live with a sense of inner greed and poverty, rather than with gratitude. True Wealth will offer a path towards opening your eyes and helping you experience a true sense of fulfillment and joy.

It’s too easy to race around, to not even pause to catch our breath, in this increasingly faster world we live in. The speed gives us a feeling of being alive, of not missing a thing. But sooner or later, the pressure builds and burns us out. Although we’re busy all the time, we may not be seeing clearly, and not enjoying our life.

Depression and gratitude cannot live in the same mind at the same time. Developing a Grateful Mind shows how to leave the dissatisfied, complaining mind behind and live with gratitude and happiness all day long.

You carry most of your conversations with yourself, around and around in your own mind. In this world of monologue, you can become stuck. It can become hard to really hear the other. A True Conversation will show you how to open yourself to the world of dialogue, to true connection, healing, and aliveness. As you become more present and more available to real encounters, you will find not only deep meaning, but an end to loneliness.

What is Zen, and what does it have to do with having happy, life-giving relationships? How Zen Are You in Love? will teach you the zen approach to joyous, true relationships. It will help you look inward and outward, removing the veil and showing you how to attract the perfect partner for you.

Losing a loved one can be one of the most difficult times of life. Some may find it impossible to move on. Living with Loss shows you how to find healing. You will learn what is needed to complete the relationship, forgive, find peace, and honor all you have gained. You will learn that this can be a time of reflection, and of tremendous growth. And ultimately, you will learn that while you will never forget them, you can also move on.