I'm getting in early. Feeling a bit jet lagged from having a three day Christmas with family... Trying to get my vibe back so we can shake this community up. What are your plans for the New Year Celebrations?

Wishing you all a wonderful day doing what you enjoy most.

FACT: Christmas and Easter would be the greatest challenge to us all, to avoid sugar. But why would you want to avoid it when it tastes so damn good?!? Because sugar is not a natural food, and has no place in your lifestyle. An addiction to sugar is as challenging to break as many other addictions, and is equally as insidious. Insidious - meaning: proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects. Over the next few days I'll add context to this claim, so you can take a look at your own habits and perhaps even a New Years Resolution... Starting with the Science - what is it? Sugar is 'any' of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and presents in many forms, eg glucose and sucrose. I asked AI 'How is sugar different to sweeteners? Answer: sweeteners are diverse alternatives, including nutritive sweeteners (less energy, like sugar alcohols) and intense sweeteners (artificial or plant-derived like stevia, monk fruit, aspartame), offering intense sweetness with few to zero calories, differing in metabolism, sweetness level, and health impacts, with WHO advising caution on non-sugar sweeteners for weight control. END QUOTE So, there are two types of sugars - natural and artificial or synthetic, and you ask 'what's the big deal?' There are many big deals! The primary one being the distortion we are taught, that sugar runs in our veins, may cause diabetes, and we use it for energy. Remember the the Mars Bar advertising: A Mars a day helps you work rest and play... In truth, the 'sugar' in our veins is actually glucose, and the medical industry changed it to 'blood sugar', and then left off the 'blood'. Thereby making it sound like sugar in the blood is normal. IT IS NOT! Why not? Because 'Glucose' (not sugar) fuels metabolic processes and provides the energy your cells need. It comes from the food (including drinks) you put in your stomach. Foods that have a high Glycemic Index (GI) convert almost instantly to glucose and your pancreas sends out insulin to grab it and take it to where it's needed in the body. When there is too much glucose available, the pancreas tells the insulin to take it to the fat reserves, and lock it into storage.

Starting our conversation with an isoprene, this week we are going on a surface level discovery mission into what makes plants so important to natural wellness. Why? Because when you learn how they operate, you also discover how they help your body - as a consequence of just being a plant. All organic compounds are made up of isoprene units. An isoprene unit is a methyl radical attached to a butyl radical... bare with me here. Molecules built of isoprene units contain double bonds that shift (like opposing magnets) thus generating electromagnetic frequency - they give off resonance energy - found in all plants and animals. Molecules built of isoprene units are called terpenoids and are involved in almost every interaction between plants, animals and microorganisms. Two isoprene units combined = 1 terpene unit. End of science, now we talk in layman's terms. The word 'frequency' is now becoming more commonplace in conversations. Plants and animals have frequencies, and when we eat them, their frequency is what generates our own frequencies. They are nutrients toward our body power system. That resonance energy is what charges our own battery systems, one molecule at the time. Sleep on this and throughout the next week I will take us a step deeper into understanding how our food choices impact our natural wellness. Any questions so far?

You will notice changes to this page. I will explain what's happening as I make the changes. The first is the new cover image and Name. The name reflects the NEW focus of this community. Something I intended to do from the beginning, but decided to take a moment to learn how skool was different, before embarking on merging all my wellness communities into one. THIS ONE. The Healers & Holistic Practitioners Hub - A collaborative space for holistic healers, energy workers, natural therapists, and wellness practitioners to grow your healing skills, share your wisdom, and build thriving heart-led businesses. It is also for Wellness Seekers - looking for guidance in Natural Wellness. If you are a practitioner, and you don't want to build your own community, this is your global wellness hub. So excited about what comes next 🙌