Give Thanks. Thanksgiving is about appreciating all of the wonderful things you currently have in your life. It's about gratitude. It's about being present and appreciating the people in your life today. Go around the table and share at least one thing you love about everyone there and why you're grateful! It's the small things in life that make all the difference.

The holidays are here and we tend to over indulge and over eat. What happens when we eat and drink too much? Well, here’s a “12-Days of Christmas” list of things that start to happen to us:

1.   Indigestion
2.   Heartburn
3.   Bloating
4.   Weight Gain
5.   Fatigue
6.   Brain Fog
7.   Sleepiness
8.   Sore Joints
9.   Headaches
10. Depression
11. Erratic Behavior

....And, the Piece de Resistance

12. Button Popping Pants

Want to combat the list above? Here are three weapons to add to your arsenal:

1.   Be mindful of what you eat and drink
2.   Stay Present: Enjoy each bite and think about what you’re doing. Don’t feel guilty.
3.   Portion Control (a little indulgence is ok)

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Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving.

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Gobble Gobble,

Betsy Karp,
Founder of i adore me

Are you feeling uplifted lately or are you down in the dumps? Who do you turn to when you’re feeling kind of blue? Who gives you that support and lifts you up? We all need support and it’s really important to find people we trust and that we can turn to when we feel sad and blue. So whom are you reaching out to? Who is your support system?

I find that when I’m feeling kind of blue and sad, I can call my best friend and say, “Hey, can I bitch for a second?” And then I’m begging her to make me laugh, because there’s nothing better in the world than laughing. It breaks you out of depression and makes you happier. It works every time. You instantly feel better.

Writing down my feelings and emotions helps to get them out as well. It feels like a therapy session and it's a lot cheaper. Possibly try doing that and see how you feel. Don’t suppress the feelings. Get them out in some way, whether you walk, exercise or laugh with a friend. Once you air it, somehow you feel lighter.

Then there is a wonderful universal law to try. Once you’ve gotten yourself uplifted to a more positive place, share your positivity with someone who is down in the dumps. Reach out and give that person a helping hand or a phone call…just show that you care. One of the greatest gifts you can give to someone is reaching out and saying: “I care.” You’ll lift them up as well as yourself.

Take one day at a time. Try as much as you can to be in the moment. Try not to fast forward to next week’s business conference. It is amazing how just by focusing on the moment, everything will take care of itself. Music is magic, turn it on. It shifts your vibration and energy helping you to be more in the now. We need to crawl before we walk and walk before we run, so don’t be in a rush. Take it as it comes, but keep on uplifting your energy and moving yourself in a forward direction.

Just like Gandhi says, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” It all starts with you. Take that first positive step. Then give back and get involved in helping others and your community. Whether you are a woman or a man, help extend the chain that links all of us together to heal. This is what community means: to share, support, help and give back! You will feel so good to get involved. Just look at how many lives you will help! Now that is what you call being UPLIFTED!!!

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Hugs,

Betsy Karp,

Founder of i adore me

"I was blue, just as blue as I could be
Ev'ry day was a cloudy day for me
Then good luck came a-knocking at my door
Skies were gray but they're not gray anymore
Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see
Bluebirds
Singing a song
                                                                     Nothing but bluebirds
                                                                   All day long
                                                                            Never saw the sun shining so bright
                                                                          Never saw things going so right
                                                                          Noticing the days hurrying by
                                                                        When you're in love, my how they fly
                                                                     Blue days
                                                                      All of them gone
                                                                    Nothing but blue skies
                                                                    From now on"

                                                                --Irving Berlin

When you wake up in the morning and look outside and there’s nothing but blue skies, you immediately start to smile. You can’t help it. Blue skies make you feel good. They lift your spirit. They make you want to go outside. It makes you feel that life is so worth living and that you’ve got to be in this day.

Being in the now sometimes is not always the easiest thing to do, but when you see those blue skies, being in the now is really all you want to do. Blue skies give us hope, make us feel alive, raise our vibrational, spiritual energy and get us to be where we need to be.

What do blue skies mean to you? Can you remember a place where blue skies really made you feel alive? Where were you in the world? Where were you in your life?

Even if it’s not a beautiful blue sky day, maybe you can remember when you woke up and experienced a blue sky. Go back into your mind and embrace that feeling and let it be with you all day. See how it will make you smile and make you feel great.

Blue represents hope, serenity, peace and tranquility. Aren’t you ready to feel those kinds of emotions right now? Maybe now you can sing the song too.

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Hugs,

Betsy Karp,

Founder of i adore me