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Have fun this holiday weekend.

Here’s a fun site with lots of cool ideas for the 4th if you’re at a loss for something new.

http://www.celebrations.com/4th-of-july

Men, this one’s for you!

Dr. Oz has a few things, well, 25 things! to say to you about taking care of yourself. 

Women, tell your husbands and boyfriends, everyone forward to your friends, brothers, father and sons. It may just save their lives. 
 
Dr. Oz’s 25 Greatest Men’s Health Tips
 
As you well know by now, Dr.  Mehmet Oz is a professor of cardiac surgery at Columbia University and a founder of the Complementary Medicine Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He is co-author of the award-winning Healing from the Heart: A Leading Surgeon Combines Eastern and Western Traditions to Create the Medicine of the Future and YOU: The Owner’s Manual: An Insider’s Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger. He has frequently appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and currently hosts The Dr. Oz Show.

Oz says, “On The Dr. Oz Show, I’ve learned that once people are emotionally involved, change happens quickly, especially if they feel that their behavior is letting loved ones down.”

He goes on to say, “Even though large-scale change seems daunting, we still want and need simple routines that we can automatically follow on a daily basis for our best health. Adopt some of the steps described here, which work for me and that anyone can do, and you will like your life more in just a couple of weeks. Plus, you’ll live longer.”
 
My note: I’ve left most of Oz’s tips as simple self-explanatory titles, to others I’ve added more information to round out the point. Enjoy!

1. Roll on the Floor Laughing

2. Don’t Skip Breakfast

3. Hit the Sack (7+ hours of sleep!)

4. Admire Your Work — check out your poop!
Don’t be so trigger-happy with the flusher. Turn around and take a look at your poop, which speaks volumes about your gut and overall health. Poop should be smooth and S-shaped, like your colon. If it comes out too lumpy, or drops into the bowl like marbles, you’re constipated; increase your fiber and water intake.

5. Don’t Pamper Your Bad Back

6. Taste the Colors — Vegetables and Fruit

7. Brushing is Not Enough — Floss!

8. Take a Deep Belly Breath

9. Join a Yoga Class

10. Don’t Be an Island

11. Avoid Fad Diets

12. Be a Smart Patient

13. Lose the Beer Belly

14. Go Green — Green Tea

15. Sweat Until You’re Wet

16. Save Some Money

17. Have as Much Sex as Possible (Get ready ladies!)

18. Know Your Numbers, then Aim Lower
These include blood pressure (which ideally should be below 115 over 75), LDL cholesterol (under 100), resting heart rate (under 70), and fasting blood sugar (under 100). If your numbers aren’t ideal, change your diet until they improve.

19. Add Some Weights

 20: Grab Your Nuts (I’ll fill this one in!)
Nuts are among the best sources of healthful fats and protein around. I keep a bag of walnuts in my fridge and use their massive dose of omega-3 fatty acids to boost my brainpower while I see patients. Half of a handful eaten about 30 minutes before a meal will temper your appetite and help you avoid the drive-thru.

21. No, Seriously, Grab Your Nuts (I’ll fill this one in too!)
Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in men ages 15 to 35, but it’s usually curable if caught early enough. I strongly urge you to grab your testicles and check them for bumps at least once a month. Each testicle should feel smooth and slightly soft, and one should hang slightly lower than the other, like two avocados (which, in Aztec, actually means “testicles”) growing on a tree.

22. Hit the Dance Floor

23. Do Your Penis a Favor (I’ll fill this one in also!)
Step on a treadmill. Men who exercise enough to burn 200 calories a day significantly lower their chances of impotence. That’s because impotence often has the same cause as heart attacks: blocked arteries. Your penis is like a dipstick for your arteries, so check it. If you’re interested in keeping it up later in life, lace up the sneakers now.

24. Learn to Cook

25. Some Pills Should Be Popped — Vitamin D

26. I’ll have to add a 26th Tip here men! — Get organized!
The more organized you are the less stress you’ll have all ’round!

 
Do you want more information on each of these? Click here for the full article on each healthy idea from Oz.

Whoohoo! It’s summer! It’s JULY!!

When did that happen!

Don’t let this summer rush by and not enjoy it (again!)

Plan these next few months well  and really enjoy them.

If you have a family, or you’re single, you have to pre-plan or you know you’ll miss events that bring you new experiences, joy and possibly, new friends!
 
Think of all the great stuff you don’t want to miss! A trip, camping in the back yard, staycationing around the area to museums, parks, festivals and concerts and flower gardens . . .  or hiking, enjoying pools and water fun and so much more!
 
So, here are the 8 TO DOs to Enjoy Your Summer, so that you don’t miss this year’s summer fun!
 
1. Write a list of all the things that you and your family want to do this summer. Have each of them write a list too so that no one is left out.
 
2. Get a family calendar out to start “penciling” in (you may need to erase and replace some events) your choices. You will of course need to compromise on some events, that’s part of being in a family and team that works together!
 
3. Need to order event tickets? Do it now before they’re gone!
 
4. Use those coupons, gift cards/certificates to save too! Find them and put them all in a labeled folder so that they don’t get lost.
 
5. Make a folder for each event that you commit too with all the information, directions, maps, contacts, reservations, tickets, coupons, etc. that you’ll need to easily follow through on the adventure.
 
6. Have one place where you and others in your family know where the coupons, gift cards/certificates, tickets, etc. “live” so that they don’t get lost and you lose out on your planned event.
 
7. Use the calendar to keep everyone up to date, on the same page and to keep from double booking events. Plus, no one can say, “I didn’t know!”
 
8. Look at the calendar often in order to pre-plan other things you may need for each upcoming event, like food, an umbrella, blankets for the grass, sun screen, band aides for hiking blisters, water, etc. With the family event calendar in plain view, remind others to check in on the calendar too (this keeps you from being the “Calendar Keeper!” and so, a martyr! Who needs that?!
 
No summer should be lost again to lack of pre-planning.
 
You and your family deserve to enjoy this lovely time of year to its fullest!
 
Try something new! Challenge yourself and your family to stretch and expand their experience this summer!
 
Plan, plan, plan…. and have fun, fun, FUN!

Oh, and send me a post card!!

Dr. DeClutter / PO Box 6149 / Longmont, CO  80501    I’ll be looking for it!
 
Enjoy!
 
Kim

In the insurance business there is a saying, “We don’t plan to fail, we fail to plan.”

In order to get the best insurance you can get for your desired “new normals” and goals, plan ahead now for the things you want to come true in your life… later.

The more you see, feel and plan your desires into your future reality, living “as if” it’s already real, you get benefits that are outstanding!

1. You attract it to you what you want faster and more clearly
2. You will be less likely to sabotage it when it shows up
3. You will have “practiced” it being true for so long that when it DOES happen, it will weave into your life very “normally” and gently.

Plan ahead.

Follow your plan!

See the BEST of what you want happening and exactly how easy and wonderful it will be in your life.

Make your future a “new normal” so that you step into it effortlessly.

                                   “The possibility of stepping into a higher plane
                                                    is quite real for everyone.
                                       It requires no force or effort or sacrifice.
                                  It involves little more than changing our ideas
                                                      about what is normal.”
                                                          ~Deepak Chopra

Life Focus Coach
Do you need help seeing your new future? Do you need help choosing your best plan and staying accountable to it and to yourself to get from here to there? I can help you.

I can work with you one-on-one to get focused, set your short and longterm goals and plan, and support in sticking with it in any area. See my coaching information, click here. See a menu of options for help in desired areas, click here!

• Career change
• Business decisions
• Weight loss 
• Exercise
• Dating!
• Relationship and communication help
• Success steps
• Getting your  project started
• Getting your project completed
• and much more

My friends Nancy and Sherry and I walked the WWs 5K today!

Get support for your weight loss and healthy lifestyle.

Walk, run, swim, laugh, love… with your friends and your healthy body this year!

Don’t just let this long weekend fly by without thinking about the real significance of Memorial Day.

Here in the United States we observe Memorial Day this weekend.

What is it … more than a long weekend off work for some, cookouts and festivals? 

The very reason we have a Memorial Day / Weekend is to take the time to remember all of the soldiers, military men and women who have served and have died so that we can have our freedom. I like freedom. I’ll assume you do too!

Here are some quotations from US leaders that sum up the real importance of Memorial Day.

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died.

Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”

~ General George S. Patton

“And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave,

for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”

~ Joseph Drake

“We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers,

but to praise them.”

~ Francis A. Walker 

“A hero is someone who has given his or her life

to something bigger than oneself.”

~ Joseph Campbell

Enjoy and remember…

PS  Every day is Memorial Day! Start a daily ritual where you stay quiet for even 30 seconds and remember and bless and appreciate all those who have given up their lives and freedom to give us ours. The more we remember and appreciate, the more peace and love we are vibrating out to the world… maybe, just maybe we won’t need a Memorial Day in a century or so.

Do you freeze, fall asleep, wander around, eat chocolate and “trance” when you want to make a decision about decluttering something?

Here are the keys to identify how to let and declutter your stuff.

Personal Internal Inventory
1) Pick up each item and do the following Mental Check List.
2) Answer yes or no. That’s all you get, yes or no!
3) Any wavering creates the “trance” and everything stops!
4) Permission: If you really get stuck, you can put an item aside in a box marked “Re-decide by next week.” Give yourself a week and go back to that box and do these steps over again until it’s empty.
5) Gaining speed as you do it really helps to say yes and no faster.
6) Ask for help when doing this. An objective other in the room is very helpful, and makes it easier to laugh at all our “stuff.”

Mental Check List
- Do I love this item?
- Have I used it in the past year? (Will I ever fit into it again?)
- Is it really garbage? (Some items can go on a garage sale, donate to thrift shops, domestic abuse shelters and such, or … hey, Ebay!)
- Do I have another one that is better?
- Should I really keep two?
- Can I get or find another one if I ever need it again?
- Does it have sentimental value that causes me to love it?
- Does it give me guilt and make me sad when I see the item?

TIP: Everything holds energy.
The items we should surround ourselves with should be wonderful, evoking love, joy, humor, happiness, pride, etc. If items evoke anything but these positive and good feelings, they need to “go.”

(Remember: “go” means recycle, re-purpose, re-gift, donate, etc. The trashcan is the last place it “goes” if someone else can still use it. Our landfills don’t need more than necessary!)

Happy decluttering!

Have you ever met one of those people who are like MAGNETS? They seem to ATTRACT exactly what they WANT all the time?!

Well, the truth is, we are ALWAYS getting what we WANT all the time!… even when it’s the opposite of what we think we want!

We are usually getting what we “don’t want.” Listen to what you think and say in a day’s time, you will say, “I don’t want …” more times than you realize!

It’s really all about FEELINGS.

We are always ATTRACTING the ESSENCE of the FEELINGS that VIBRATE out from us. FEELINGS of fear, happiness, joy, love, peace, doubt, etc. about people, places, things and experiences. They all have SIGNATURE VIBRATIONS that will ATTRACT back to us the same in some FORM.

So… as we CONSCIOUSLY work on REMEMBERING who we REALLY ARE… our WANTS can be more FOCUSED and ATTENTION more CLEAR.

YOUR RAS: “RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM”
Your RAS, or Reticular Activating System is a real scientifically proven part of your brain. Think of it like a dog – a well-trained dog!

You tell your dog to “go fetch” a bone, and it does. And, it brings it back to you. Your RAS will “go fetch” whatever you ask for; it doesn’t judge or care whether your desire is good or bad for you, it will just start hunting “it” down. Or, think of your RAS like a radar beam, going out to connect with the like radar signature that best matches your level of CLARITY about your request.

That is why it’s SO important to be SPECIFIC and CLEAR about what you’re asking for! Ask for what you WANT, set your INTENTION, FOCUS your INTENTION and you will begin to see fragments of it come your way, sometimes immediately! The more FOCUSED your are, the bigger the fragments and puzzle pieces until you get “it!”

On average Americans lose one (1) hour a day searching for misplaced objects.

That’s not to mention
a) the loss in money, re-purchasing the same items over and over again, and
b) the emotional and mental costs of stress, guilt, shame, embarrassment and self-loathing or blame.

Count it up! This is “found time”, and can certainly be used for better things… like a vacation, reading, your hobby, your children, friends, family… you name it!

I have many stories shared with me on an ongoing basis about this frustration as well as my hands-on personal examples from organizing jobs in homes and offices. (If you think any of these are you… you might be correct… or not!)

Here are just a very few of the items I’ve decluttered and sorted at jobs over 9 years of organizing. Items lost and misplaced that added up to hours of wasted time, energy and money. Each line item from a different client/job:

- 10 bottles of prescription medication
- 8 uncashed checks for $1,500 and $600.00 cash
- $400.00 in gift cards unsent from the previous Christmas
- $600.00 in gift cards and gift certificates, now expired
- 27 pair of reading glasses, 10 reading glass cases
- 4 TV remotes
- 4 garage remotes
- 9 valid credit cards
- 3 valid passports
- 6 needed computer programs
- Four-year old wedding present wrapped, never sent
- 2 check books
- 26 cans of soup, past expiration date
- 32 gallon cans of freeze dried food and protein powder
- Approximately 80 items of bulk purchases: mustard, tomato sauce, toothpaste, deodorant, lotion, razors, soy sauce
- 25 candles
- 3 ski passes
- 8 gold and silver chains/jewelry

Get organized and take a GREAT vacation with your time and energy saved. Send me a post card!!

Who’s on your team? With the right team of experts in our corner, we can stay well, keep our home and businesses humming and enjoy life much more.

I love meeting people who are great at what they do. Here is a list of experts in various fields who I recommend for your specific needs. They should also have others who will testify to their good works, make sure to check on their referrals as well as you would otherwise.

Some are in Longmont, CO area where I live, others around the country.

BUSINESS

• Kim Dushinski, Mobile Marketing Profits   Learn how to use your mobile phone/technology to market your business to your niche customers for more and better business success. Mobile marketing consultant, author of The MobileMarketing Handbook Kim has courses, coaching and tools to fast-track your learning of imperative now-technology.
  303.378.9362

WRITING/EDITING

• Lori Mitchell, Impact Editing   Stand out in the crowd — DO YOU HAVE A WEBSITE, BOOK, ARTICLE, CATALOG, BROCHURE, OR BUSINESS REPORT?
  Be confident in what you present to the world. Impact Editing delivers professional editing, proofreading, and content consultation to make your content hit its mark. Give yourself the peace of mind that comes after an experienced editor has checked all the details. With Impact Editing, your project, no matter how big or small, will receive personal, responsive attention at a competitive rate. We can assist you at any stage of your project.
  719.640.8851

CAR MAINTENANCE

• Meining Automotive  303.772.5919  1001 2nd Ave., Longmont, CO   — I’ve been taking my car to Bill and Ron for over 8 years, whether it needs it or not! Love those guys!

COMPUTER SUPPORT

• Diana Thompson, Thompson Consulting. Firestone, CO 720.289.5581
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• Thomas Gronberg, TG Computer Services  Personalized service in computer repair and maintenance, website maintenance and management, computer network support and computer instruction for small business, home business and individual computer users.  303-834-9461
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• Kirk Tylor, Innovative Quality Systems. kirkt@iqsnetworks.com Secure and stable computer networks for businesses, medical industry, and more. Distance work.  Longmont, CO 720.838.1000

FINANCIAL PLANNING

•  Carol Ann Wilson,  Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) professionally trained as a Collaborative Divorce Specialist and a Certified Financial Divorce Practitioner. Get her “Divorce Survival Kit: How to Survive Your Divorce Financially”-  a nationally recognized expert in divorce financial planning and have been quoted in hundreds of articles throughout the country. In addition, she works as a pre-divorce financial analyst/consultant through her consulting company, and is an expert witness in court.  303-774-1225  Toll Free: 888-332-3342  

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

• Jared Allomong, DC  Life Chiropractic / Chiropractor, Applied Kinesiologist, Cellular Energy Expert, N.E.T. Specialist and Natural Physician.   1600 Hover St. Suite C-1 Longmont, CO 80501  (303) 678-1979   Free lectures.  TELL HIM DR. DECLUTTER SENT YOU! GET $120 Initial Session for FREE! (Dr. Jared is my wellness practitioner and I’ve rec’d tons of positive shifts and changes by his gifted work including a total release of 32 years of hypoglycemia/low blood sugar problems in four sessions. Yea!)
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•  John Wendt, DC  Life Chiropractic   / Chiropractor, Applied Kinesiologist, Cellular Energy Expert, N.E.T. and other area specialist.   1600 Hover St. Suite C-1 Longmont, CO 80501  (303) 678-1979  Free lectures.  TELL HIM DR. DECLUTTER SENT YOU! GET $120 Initial Session for FREE!
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• Heather Hughes, Muscles in Motion, Inc. , Erie, CO      720-210-7077
  Splankna Therapy offers a Christian protocol for Energy Psychology developed from an integration of Neuro-Emotional Technique, T.F.T. (Thought Field Therapy), E.M.D.R. (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), and spiritual warfare. It provides a straightforward, mechanistic treatment procedure for alleviating a wide range of psychological and physical symptoms through both a Healing Protocol and a Creative Protocol. It attempts to address symptoms comprehensively; attending to the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the problem and its solution.  FREE INITIAL SESSION, Value: $75 - when you tell her          Dr. DeClutter sent you!   (I have gone to Heather and love her work.)
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• Mary Lou Hampton, Hampton Place Natural Health Center / Certified Naturopath, practiced in whole food nutritional healing for 16 years. Reiki Master, Licensed Massage Therapist. 614 W. Main  St. Fredericktown, MO  573-783-7102
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• MASSAGE - BODY WORK
• Susan Malin, Mountain Spirit Healing Arts Center. Massage, Cranial Sacral, Yuen Method and more. 713 3rd Ave., Longmont, CO 303.772.6655 (Susan is great!)
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• Brett Jetty, Massage Therapist.  Jenks/Tulsa, OK 918-361-3271.

HOME IMPROVEMENT / CLEANING  AND HANDYMAN SERVICES

• David Schadle, David’s Home Improvement / Plumbing, Electricity, Carpentry, Painting   303.588.2862 / 303.530.1173  Boulder, CO
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• Steve Breffle, THE JOB SHOP Handyman Services / Carpentry, Small Jobs, Plumbing, Electrician  303.517.4086 Boulder County, CO
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• Joel Fein, H.M.S. Handy Man Services  720.470.9653  Lafayette, CO
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• ShelfGenie specializes in making you happy by making your kitchen drawers, cabinets, pantry and other storage areas roll open and shut “like butta!”
  Colorado customers: Call Troy Cook at 970.372.1242 - GET A $100 DISCOUNT! Here’s a great deal for you if you live on the Front Range of Colorado! When you tell Troy that ”Dr. DeClutter” referred you, ShelfGenie will give you a $100 discount on the job he installs!
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• MaidPro, a national company. In the Broomfield, CO area, call Stephanie at MaidPro, Cleaning Services – 303.664.5666 — to discuss and schedule your house cleaning appointment. Or, email: cocustomerservice@maidpro.com .
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• BJ’s Lock & Key, Inc. Need help with your keys, locks or safes? Contact BJ’s Lock & Key in Longmont, CO today! 303.774.7766   www.bjslockandkey.com

JOB HUNTING 

• Lauren Hasson, The Resume Girl. Helping college students and recent graduates land their first job or internship with the perfect resume to evaluating offers. Work by phone, Internet and in person. Dallas, TX  214.864.4504 (Lauren’s site was hacked recently, so if you’re interested and can’t access all of her site, just call her.)
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• Nina Freidman, High Q Career Services.  Counsel, train, and consult with you concerning your comprehensive career plan and to empower you to become gainfully employed in work that you love. Effective strategies for finding and landing a great job, and counseling sessions. Sessions: in person or by phone. Boulder, CO. 303-444-5158 . This system of assessment, evaluation, and implementation will get you exactly where you want to go.