In my practice I have an exercise called “True/False Choice”.  Most clients who struggle in life don’t know why  and come to see me with lots of confusion and excuses for their poor health/achievements/result/success.  More often than not they operate from “the quadrant” of  “Deny, Avoidance or False CHOICES” and that for a very long time:1- DENY CHOICE- IT DOES NOT PRODUCE RESULTS, PEOPLE LOSENOTPLAYING in the game of LIFE• Perceives oneself as having no responsibility and therefore not to blame or at fault. Their perception is they never fail• Acts like they don’t care (they can actually care a lot)• Doesn’t have to feel anything (they can actually be quite sensitive)VICTIM of circumstances• Not even running in the race • Plays the wait and see game and still does not make a choice• I’m right, no matter what!• “I don’t want to” grow up -  Don’t want to make aCHOICE• What stops you is how you feel and what you think (YOUR PROGRAMS!)2-  AVOID CHOICE – DOES NOT PRODUCE RESULTS, PEOPLE LOSE•JUSTPLAYING• Sees the choice but does not make it.• If it goes good, I’ll stick with this choice, but if it goes bad, I’ll make a different choice• Plays the wait and see game.. .a journalist…is on the sidelines of life Because they don’t make the choice, the choice gets made for them! ! Creates doubt and confusion• Says, ” I want this” but settles for mediocrity• WANTS TO BE RIGHT.. .defensive, righteous, excuses• Reactive instead of proactive• Victim• More afraid of losing something/someone than taking the RISK• Has POTENTIAL• “Thinking” about growing up3- FALSE CHOICE – PRODUCES RESULTS, PEOPLE WIN•PLAYS NOT TO LOSE(does not want to fail or make a mistake) – Heavy price to pay to keep up with this:  exhaustion/stress/poor health• Does not choose for one’s self• Choice is based on the expectations of others: society, family, authority, looking good, supposed to, have to, they made me, etc.• Reactive instead of proactive• Often feels used, victimized or feels like one has to or should• Success is often achieved but is unfulfilling and exhausting affecting health• “Is this important to me?”• I am a leader, therefore I have to get it done and it is expected of me• “Trying” to grow up4- TRUE CHOICE – PRODUCES RESULTS, PEOPLE WIN•PLAYS TO WIN• Takes personal responsibility for one’s choices and accepts all consequences Uses change as an opportunity for growth• Proactive -finds solutions -achieves goals and success• Creates liberty• Is a leader of self and others• Has no judgment on how others play the game• Not righteous, just is• When it gets tough, blames no one and keeps going• Is “grown up”True choiceis the only acceptable place and if you want to know the definition of True Choice That brings true results then I invite you to make a visit to my office – it is my work after all and I value it! REMEMBER It takes courage to have an OPEN AND HONEST view on what is NOT WORKING in your life, and you DON’T HAVE TO DO IT alone! ...read more

Last week, I was invited to participate at the Integrative Nutrition Symposium by the NEMDA (Northeastern Mass. Dietetic Asso.) to present my work on Emotional Eating Disorders. The speakers at this event were Doctors and were addressing dietitians about the new research on Nutrigenomic, the application of Epigenetic to nutrition on the basis ofWholeFood as Therapy for healing the body and supporting the genes-and the brain being one very important organ-Epigenetic is researching on the activation or silence of DNA expression.   Also, many of the dietitians there were also well familiarized with Dr. Feingold diet for ADD. Determinism versus Susceptibility The good news is DNA is not your Destiny! Yet the foods you eat have an impact on the genes pool and their expression. How?They are gene mutations that are deterministic like Down Syndrome, Huntington's Disease, and gene variants associated with the prevention or mitigation of disease dysfunction through NUTRITION and ENVIRONMENT.Therefore be mindful of what you eat! One of the speakers, Colleen Fogerty Draper, MS,RD,LDN demonstrated clearly that many very young children with undetected severe food allergies or sensitivities have their GUT/GI  impaired creating biological and neurological problems. These young children were allergic to the most common allergens (gluten, wheat, dairy, soy, nuts, eggs, corn, sesame), and were having many symptoms that resembled ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders) and ADD. These foods proteins cause inflammations in their GUT which become toxins that affect the neurotransmitters and the expression of genes in the DNA they are called Neurotoxins. These neurotoxins  in turn are responsible for severe to mild speech delays, eczema, dermatitis, Asthma, fine and gross-motor skills  impairments, hyperactivity, attention-deficit...sensory integration dysfunction (sensitivity to loud sounds, bright light, touch, olfactory and gustatory)...the unpleasant behaviors (tantrums/defiance) and anxiety (separation and/or transitional) Interestingly, one has to question a correlation of the increased number of people with Autism, ADD, SID, Celiac, Asthma, Food Allergies these past twenty years or so – and the introduction of Genetically Modified Crops GMO in human consumptions worldwide, ingested directly or indirectly (meat/poultry/fish) .To read more on GMO:http://bit.ly/hcdeBC Like Coleen Draper whose work was inspired by her two young daughters with severe eczema and speech delays and who was not receiving answers or much support by her pediatrician,  I went back to school 10 years ago to learn about nutrition for my younger son. I knew intuitively that foods were causing many of the distresses  in his body. Listening to Dr. Draper telling her story brought all sorts of memories about the challenges that my son had to go through.... The tests for food allergies were not as efficient as the ones today. Most allergies tests were blood test that checks for antibodies, yet not all food sensitivity creates antibodies, and this is why the GI pathway must be tested. Here are two tests recommended: The MRT (Mediator Release Test) www.betterbloodtest.com The ALLER-Check by US Biotek  www.usbiotek.com The gut is the seat of immune responses - When the GUT is disturbed by allergenic foods, artificial chemicals from foods,Emotional STRESS,parasites you get GI inflammations that impair the absorption and digestion of nutrients.Health begins with digestion!  all GI inflammation caused most chronic diseases such IBS, Crohn, Acid Reflux, Ulcers, Arthritis, Gout, Esophagitis, Asthma, GERD, Celiac, Diabetes, migraines, Weight gain, Obesity....and neuro-impairments as stated above including Depression and Anxiety. Again, GMO crops must be also playing a role in the susceptibility of certain genes and their expression. Your Health is YOUR responsibility! Chantal And to read more about WHOLEFOOD AS THERAPY GO TO : http://bit.ly/dEZnzV ...read more

Why we are who we are? and why we feel stuck? Psycho-neuro-immunologyWhy we are who we are? and why we feel stuck?Have you been struggling with feeling unfulfilled, fearful, anxious, angry, stuck, overwhelmed, unfocused, and too often physically sick? You got these great "Tips" on "How to Do" to move you forward and yet these feelings keep coming back impairing your success! Probably emotional "Engram" at cause – Don't ignore them, they are the why you are NOT moving!Biological sedimentation is the pilling of layers of events, incidents, traumas, injuries, infections, pain, pathology, anger, fears, shocks… and "Engram" is the other term for an embedded trauma, painful incident or violent event and any negative verbal abuses.The body stores these layers in its memory bank in the Subconscious affecting current level of health: structural (spine-bones), biochemical (body fluids- cells- organs), mental (neuro-connection-negative self-talk), emotional (negative feelings) and spiritual layer (lack of trust-Disbelief/loss of faith).These "Engram" mix with negative self-talk, thoughts, feelings and emotions create Neuropetides with receptors in the brain. Dr. Candice Pert* called this process "emotions and mind-body communication". These Neuro-pathways are reinforced each time similar events occur.The responsibility of the Ego-mind is to create situation and events that will match-up our needs for our "dominant feeling" in the brain – and to satisfy these receptors with neuropeptides – Each time more and more is demanded! Now you have become "addicted" to your negative emotions!One of the most common Ego-mind strategy or defense mechanism is "Food Addiction" to suppress negative feelings from the very negative events it has attracted in the first place – Quite complex and self-defeated you might say! Well this is why you can't do it yourself and should seeck out help from an trained professional in this field of Psycho-neuro-immunology. I offer some of the best modalities, Meridian Therapy – Hypnosis- Neurolinguistic Programming, Energy Medicine and Aromatherapy.Please join the many people that have found health, joy and balance in their life again from releasing their embedded self-limitation – Call me today! or visit my blogs :http://quantumhealing4u.com/blog/*Dr. Candace Pert's over 25 years interest and research into neuropeptide receptors in the brain and later, the immune system provided a biochemical basis for interdependent communication between mind and body and contributed to the emergence of the field of psychoneuroimmunology. ...read more