Self Care for 2010 - the Year of the Tiger

How is your self-care routine for 2010? Is it working for you? Are you feeling good every day?

Are your holistic care-givers and doctors working for you?

2010, the year of the Tiger (my sign) is the year to take responsibility for your health and well-being. To care for yourself as if you mattered because you do! Your health is the foundation of all of your success.

Re-assess. Re-view. Re-new. Re-negotiate. Mercury is in Retrograde until January 15, a great time for inner work.

Health-full Blessings for your year of Health and Wellness. Until we meet again...Dr. Miluna

Pumpkins for Health and Thanksgiving

Pumpkins are a very healthy food full of nutrients. I read an interesting article in Colonial Williamsburg magazine explaining that pumpkins are part of a large family of closely related squashes that grow throughout the Western Hemisphere. The English word "pumpkin" is a modern version of "pompion" the term broadly applied to many sorts of similar-looking pumpkins and squash. The word's origins are Greek: "pepon" meaning large melon.

Pumpkins come in orange, green, yellow, read, white, blue, and tan. Colonial Americans made pumpkin stew, created pumpkin pie, and made pumpkin beer or ale.

Indigenous peoples of North and South America have grown pumpkins for 6000 years. The seeds have been found at archaeological sites in the American southwest and beyond.

The commercial jack-o-lantern hybrid pumpkins of today are grown to be decorations rather than pie filling. Heirloom pumpkin seeds are available for those who want to grow the old-fashioned kind, and farmer's markets and upscale grocery stores sometimes carry older, tasty varieties.

Enjoy during this season and beyond. Pumpkins are good for you!

Richest Blessings during this time of Thanks-giving......Dr. Miluna

I'm in love with Virgin American Airlines!

Yes, I have finally flown on Virgin American! I have been traveling for business on those other airlines and was getting frustrated with their lack of service. It seems they just want to remove service and take away things instead of delivering any level of service.

My husband and I were flying to Virginia on Halloween and next to the airline we flew on was the Virgin American counter. They were the only ones with Halloween decorations and in costume. I thought to myself-I have got to fly that airline!

I flew to San Francisco from Orange County in first class. Not expensive. Great service. Planes with pink-purple lights. Sense of humor. Funny safety messages. Flew back in economy class. Still great service. The WIFI service was out so they issued credits and offered free alcoholic beverages to make up for it. Really seemed to care.

Love Virgin American Airlines. Please add flights all over the United States!

Watch out for the Food Police?!

Sometimes people tell me they don't want to go out to eat with me because they think I will watch everything they eat. What they eat is their business, and if they have worked with me, it will be something good for them. I usually reply, "I am not the food police"!

The truth is, I am a good lunch or dinner companion. I don't insist on a particular restaurant or cuisine, I am not a vegetarian, I will probably enjoy a glass of wine. We will have a good time.

True management of your life and food choices will pay off, but it is not about a diet or deprivation or can't have this or can't have that. It is a shift in thinking and lifestyle.

Be very good to yourself-until next time! Heath-full Blessings, Miluna

Fairbanks Food & Fun

Just returned from the Fairbanks, Alaska Whole Life Festival. For my colleagues in Alaska, Happy Alaska Day Sunday, October 18! I got to enjoy the warmth of the Alaska people again! When I left Fairbanks, it was 28 degrees. Not cold by Fairbanks standards, especially this time of year.

I believe the way we eat is essential to our health, and food quality and presentation make all the difference in the world.

When I travel, I usually make the time to find a beautiful, upscale restaurant with a menu that speaks of a higher quality of food. I look for somewhere I have never been before, something I have never eaten before, and I treat myself to dinner.

I discovered Lavelle's Bistro in downtown Fairbanks. Delicious food, incredible wine selection, especially by the glass, and a nice setting. The place was packed on a Tuesday evening-this is clearly the place to go for a more luxurious experience!

The service is the only thing that could be improved. (Yes, I was a waitress for many years and I notice these things.)

Eat well and be good to yourself.

Until next time...October Blessings..Miluna

Precision Drum Team

I confess--I have had a special attraction to drummers since I was a music student in college.

View this video for a fabulous example of precision drumming from my second country Switzerland. Can you say practice?

http://www.biertijd.com/oudbruin/content.php?article.668

Be good to yourself and make time for what matters!

Until next time...Miluna

Anchorage Musings!

Back from Anchorage. Thank you, thank you to my colleagues and clients there. Anchorage is a spiritual vortex. People acknowledge and smile. I love the city!

I stayed downtown at the Hilton and walked much through the downtown area. Found a funky, bohemian spot called the Snow City Cafe open for breakfast and lunch. Staffed by friendly college kids. Excellent reindeer sausage! Simply must have salmon and reindeer sausage while in Alaska.

The clean-up crew for the city wear shirts that say "Maintenance Ambassadors". Gotta love that. No sales tax in Alaska-got to love that! Found on my rental, a Ford Escape, an easy-fuel no cap system. No fuel cap to fuss with! Nice.

Stay good to yourself. Until next time...Miluna