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Welcome back to
Active Life Health Clinic's
January Newsletter.
 
A new decade! Happy 2010 everyone! 2010. That just sounds so good to me. Not sure why, maybe because of the zeros, but it sounds like a good number. It sounds like a fresh start.

Statistics show that up to 95% of people who say that they’re going to do something don’t actually take action. Despite a heap of good intentions, they don't actually act.

One example comes from a recent study of people who bought “Teach Yourself” language courses. The following statistics were reported per 100 courses sold:
  • 40 were never taken out of the wrapper
  • 50 were listened to no further than track 1 of CD 1
  • 8 listened no further than the first CD
  • Only 2 went on to complete the whole course
Be one of the 2%!

Are you wanting some help with getting back on track or starting anew with healthy choices? Read below...
  1. for tips I've learned on how to achieve your goals.
  2. to register for seminars for a Registered Dietician on implementing healthy eating for young kids.
  3. to become part of a TV show focused on helping families lose weight and become healthier.
  4. to find out about free demos we will be doing at the Bay downtown for our Bonsai Facial Rejuvenation treatments.
  5. a new year cleansing of my clinic's inventory means great deals for you.
To help you achieve your goals, I would like to offer you a free laser (means direct to the point and focused) health coaching consultation. What that means is that if you have one health-related question, email me at drcarr@activetcm.com and I will get back to you with my best answer.
 
If you are wanting a different way to participate in the Olympic spirit, come cheer me on as I carry the torch February 10 at approximately 6:20 p.m. on Capilano Road from the Capilano Suspension Bridge to Capilano Crescent. My torch number is OTR104-201.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
 
I will be increasing my service fees starting March 1, 2010:
  • Initial Consultation: $95
  • Acupuncture: $75
  • 6 sessions of acupuncture: $375
  • 30 minute follow up consultation: $55
  • 30 minute cupping/tui na massage: $55
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      Helping you help yourself!

My goal:
To work in partnership with you to bring you to your optimal health.

My focus:
Ongoing health, not just temporary relief.

      This is active health.
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Helping You Help Yourself...

1. Things I've learned about making goals reality:

Who said these quotes? See bottom of email for answers:
  1. "Just Do It"
  2. "Make it so"
  3. "How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'"
  4. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts."
  5. "He is able who thinks he is able."
  6. "When it becomes obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."
  7. "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
  8. "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."
 I’ve been asking my patients if they make New Year resolutions. Most have said that they do not. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have goals. In fact, every person I spoke with has goals, even if they were not yet specific. I liked what one of my patients said.    “I don’t make New Year resolutions. I am my resolutions.” Another of my patients stated something similar, saying that when he feels he wants to do something, he just does it.

This in itself is a great goal to have. If you want to accomplish something, work on it now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Not when you have more time (we all know that that never seems to happen).

Some of the stuff I have been taught, in brief:
  1. If you find yourself making resolutions or goals that you have a hard time turning into reality, perhaps you could review your motivations. Ask yourself “why?”. Why do you want to … (you fill in the blank)? Really get to the root of “why”. You might say you want to exercise more so that you can lose weight, but what is really the issue? Why do you want to lose weight? Is it so you can do something that you could not do now, such as run a marathon? Or because you want to live longer? Why?
     
  2. Break your goal down into bite-sized, manageable steps. Celebrate each achievement.
     
  3. Set priorities. Make time for the things that are really important to you. Sometimes those little unimportant things, such as filtering through and forwarding those joke emails that we all receive, can take over just because those tasks float to the top of our attention.
     
  4. Tell people about your goals. A goal is not like a wish. A wish is thought to become less likely to happen if you tell someone. For goals, accountability makes follow through more likely.
     
  5. Be grateful Thank yourself for your small successes. Thank those around you for their support. Thank your challenges for pushing you to improve yourself.
 If you need proof that goal-setting works, think of those athletes that will be showing their stuff at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics this winter.

Still waiting for the right moment? Perhaps you need a sign. Something like a Blue Moon happening the same night that we shifted into a new decade perhaps? Well then, no more excuses. December 31, 2009 turned to January 1, 2010 during a Blue Moon!

2.  Nutrition for Your Family and Young Children

If you have young kids and need help with implementing healthy eating, check out Registered Dietician Kristen Yarker-Edgar's seminars at Dunbar Community Centre, Riley Park Community Centre, and False Creek Community Centre.

The seminars are titled:
  • Baby Meets Broccoli (6 – 9 months) - Introducing Your Baby to Solid Foods. Make Your First Steps in the Right Direction
     
  • Toddler at the Table (9 – 36 months) - Why Hiding Vegetables is NOT Okay (and Which Feeding Strategies are GREAT)
     
  • Picky Preschooler (3-5 Years) - 3 Common Reasons for Picky Eating and How to Support Your Child to be a Good, Healthy Eater
To register or learn more, check out www.vitaminKconsulting.com.

3.  Be on TV

How about this for motivation? I was contacted by a production company looking for families interested in participating on "X-Weighted" to transform themselves to healthier lifestyles under the guidance of various experts.

The organizer, Crystal Smith, wrote to me:
"We produce a healthy lifestyles television series on Slice called X-Weighted. We have heard some wonderful things about Active Life and how you have helped many people onto a healthier path. We are filming this year in Vancouver and hoped that you might know of some families that could benefit from the show. 13 families will be selected in Calgary, Vancouver and Kelowna, each will have a one hour documentary produced that is filmed sporadically over a 6 month period with experts that can help them reach their goals. We will follow families this year (kids that are between 8-17 years old) to see the bond that is developed when parents and children work together to reach their goals, challenges are conquered, healthy skill sets are created and physical transformations are made: stories that will inspire audiences across Canada."
 
If you personally know of any families that might be interested in participating please feel free to pass along my email to them. If they could email me a few sentences describing their family (include ages/ weights), what kind of challenges they want to overcome, interesting events that we could include in their story over the next 6 months and everybody’s goals to csmith@anaid.com."

4. The Bay Downtown Science of Beauty Event


We will be demonstrating and doing free mini consultation/treatments for our Bonsai Facial Rejuvenation treatments. If you are looking for a non-invasive, safe, and effective way to healthy youthful skin, visit us at the Bay Downtown on the following dates and times:

Scott Livingstone
  • Friday January 15th 3-6pm
  • Saturday January 16th 11-2pm
  • Friday January 22nd 2-6pm
Lyndsay McDonald
  • Sunday January 17th 11-6
  • Sunday January 24th 11-6
5. Discounts!

Call, email, or come by the clinic to check out what we've got marked 15-50% off! Stuff like Manuka honey, healthy teas, hand sanitizers, oregano oil, pain relieving topical gels, meditation CD, stainless steel water/tea bottles, etc.



Answers

  1. Nike; an easy start
  2. Jean Luc Picard; almost as easy
  3. Martin Luther
  4. Sir Winston Churhill
  5. Buddha
  6. Confucius
  7. Walt Disney
  8. Vince Lombardi

 
 

Active Life Health Cliniccc
Dr. Melissa Carr, B.Sc., Dr.TCM, R.Ac.
Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Activetcm.com
drcarr@activetcm.com
 604-783-2846

Regent Medical Building
#410-2184 West Broadway
Vancouver, B.C., V6K 2E1

Thank you!
In appreciation of each of your referrals, Dr. Melissa Carr will offer you 10% off of your health product purchase, so don't forget to tell your friends, family, colleagues, and acquaintances to give us your name when they book an appointment.


And finally, let us know your birthday
so we can email you a birthday card at the right time!