Key Ideas:

Part 1:

• A simple overview of the Paleo Lifestyle
• Thoughts on the power of meditation
• Learning when to shut it down
• The importance of play in a productive life

Part 2:

• How do you make decisions?
• Ways to discover what’s essential in your life
• Expectations and decision making

Website links:

www.everydaypaleo.com  – This is Sarah’s home base.  You can find TONS of great recipes here along with practical suggestions for feeding yourself and your family in a nourishing way.  She is VERY real and down to earth!

www.eplifefit.com – This is Sarah and Jason Seib’s nutrition and fitness online site.  They dispense tons of great advice and even have a membership site you can join.

Sarah’s Resources:

Everyday Paleo, by Sarah Fragoso – Her first (and I think, best) book on how to do this thing called Paleo.

Everyday Paleo Family Cookbook: Real Food for Real Life, by Sarah Fragoso – Filled with over 80 easy and yummy recipes.

Everyday Paleo Around the World: Italian Cuisine: Authentic Recipes Made Gluten-Free, by Sarah Fragoso – This is Sarah’s first of her series of foods from around the world.  All I can say is “I never knew cooking with mushrooms and wine would make me feel like a real cook.”  Thank you Sarah!

Everyday Paleo: Thai Cuisine: Authentic Recipes Made Gluten-free, by Sarah Fragoso – And she’s done it again.  This is the second installment of her Around the World series and she took the whole family to Thailand for “research” and we are really the ones who benefit.  Interesting and yummy both.

Paleo Pals: Jimmy and the Carrot Rocket Ship, by Sarah Fragoso – This is a children’s book that actually inspires kids to eat whole, nutritious foods.  My children love this book and the recipes included have all been fully approved.  I like how she inspires the kids to get in the kitchen with me to prepare meals.  This is a huge part of Sarah’s philosophy, and this book entertains as it inspires.  You and your kids both will love it!

The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands, by Lysa TerKeurst – Saying yes, (or no) means making a decision.  Lysa unpacks some great suggestions for how to make decisions so that your yes’s are emphatic and your no’s are freeing. You’ll love this book.

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, by Greg McKeown – An excellent resource for figuring out what is really essential in your life.  So that you make better decisions and live more of the life you really want.

Sarah’s Recommendations:

8 Minute Meditation: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life.  A primer on meditation

www.headspace.com – an easy, free App to download

Encouraging Word of the Week: Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God.”

Question:  What kind of food creates your best health?  Are you a junk foodie or a Paleo promoter?  Can you be both? (I am..hee-hee, don’t tell).  Also, how are you at making decisions?  Do you feel confident in your choices?  What keeps you from making a decision?  Is it fear, like it is for me?  I’d love to hear your thoughts.

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1.  Be intentional with your input.  What are you allowing into your mind?  From the newspaper you read first thing in the morning, to the talk radio at lunch, to the TV Shows you consume with regularity each evening, everything matters.

Garbage in = Garbage out is very true.  Instead of 3 hours of TV a night, turn the TV off and pick up a book.  Or better yet, turn the TV off and go for a walk while listening to a book on your mobile device.  www.audible.com,  www.audiobooks.com and your public library are all excellent resources.

One thing successful leaders share is a passion for learning. Creating a consumption plan, and inputing only what will cause you to move forward towards your goals is a huge step of intentionality.

One of the best things I have done this year is listen to www.dailyaudiobible.com (almost) every day.  Hearing truth spoken over me daily has inspired and grounded me during this year of change.

2.  Recognize the power of neuroplasticity.  Your brain can change.  In fact, the latest science shows that you can keep changing your brain until you die.  That’s great news for those of us on a growth trajectory.  Never underestimate what you can do when you tap into the power of neuroplasticity.

3.  Avoid negative input. This is a huge one!  Tom Ziglar, son of Zig Ziglar the great motivator and trainer, put it this way, “What you feed yourself determines your appetite”.   When you feed your mind negative input, you actually begin to demand more and more negative experiences.  That’s because we alway want to be right, so we create the negative reality that reinforces what we have told ourselves, all so we won’t be wrong.  Simple, right?

I challenge you to stop ALL negative self talk.  When you catch yourself saying negative things to yourself like, “I’m just always late”, immediately stop and re-frame the sentence into the positive.  It might sound like this;  “In the past, I was sometimes late, but now I’m becoming more and more on time.”  Do you hear the difference?  I challenge you to start reframing your negative.  I promise you’ll love the difference it will make in your life.

4.  Physically feed yourself the good stuff.  If you are frustrated with foggy thinking or forgetfulness, or if you don’t sleep well or find yourself depressed, the first thing you can do is modify your diet to a brain healthy diet. Dr. Daniel Amen in his groundbreaking The Amen Solution: The Brain Healthy Way to Get Thinner, Smarter, Happier and Dr. David Purlmutter in his mind-bending Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar–Your Brain’s Silent Killers along with Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health author Dr. William Davis have done extensive research into the effect of food on our brain chemistry.  These books will open your eyes to optimum health like no other books I’ve ever read.

Eating lots of organic veggies and grass fed meats with a little fruit will dynamically nourish your brain. Eliminate the grains, sugar, dairy and processed foods, and watch your symptoms clear.  A 30 day trial will give you amazing insight into your body.  I’d love to hear your results!

5.  Practice, practice, practice.  You know what you want, now get busy and practice to make it a reality.  The more you do it the right way, the better you get.  Just like Tiger Woods will only practice a correct shot, when you practice the right way of thinking, positive progress will become natural.  In fact, it will kind of be like…magic!

Question:  Which of these areas are the biggest challenges for you?  Which areas are the easiest? Please share with us your stories.

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