If you use conventional toothpastes every morning and night, you are placing fluoride very close to your thyroid gland which is located near the brain stem. We really need to think about this one! We should stop doing this!

According to the US National Research Council, “several lines of information indicate an effect of fluoride exposure on thyroid function.”

Fluoride’s potential to impair thyroid function is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that — up until the 1970s — European doctors used fluoride as a thyroid-suppressing medication for patients with HYPER-thyroidism (over-active thyroid). Fluoride was utilized because it was found to be effective at reducing the activity of the thyroid gland – even at doses as low as 2 mg/day.

Today, many people living in fluoridated communities are ingesting doses of fluoride (1.6-6.6 mg/day) that fall within the range of doses (2 to 10 mg/day) once used by doctors to reduce thyroid activity in hyperthyroid patients.

While it may be that the thyroid in a patient with hyperthyroidism is particularly susceptible to the anti-thyroid actions of fluoride, there is concern that current fluoride exposures may be playing a role in the widespread incidence of HYPO-thyroidism (under-active thyroid) in the U.S.

Hypothyrodisim, most commonly diagnosed in women over 40, is a serious condition with a diverse range of symptoms including: fatigue, depression, weight gain, hair loss, muscle pains, increased levels of “bad” cholesterol (LDL), and heart disease.. The drug (Synthroid) used to treat hypothyroidism is now one of the top five prescribed drugs in the U.S.

As recommended by the US National Research Council: “The effects of fluoride on various aspects of endocrine function should be examined further, particularly with respect to a possible role in the development of several diseases or mental states in the United States.”
Source: fluoridealert.org

Consider the affects of a daily ingestion of fluoride and how it affects us as a society; unexplained fatigue, slow metabolism, feeling bored… a nation of tired kids. It is time to look at our household products and the information that is available to us and make better choices! Back to nature with us all!

We have just announced that we will combine up to 6 flower essences for you in order to provide just the right remedy for your emotional ailments. Instead of having to purchase individual flower essences and mix them yourselves, we will do the work AND save you money to assist you on your healing journey.

Here are a few examples to consider:

• YOUR TRUE SELF
  Holly (the ability to give and receive love), Iris (the ability to open to your creativity, and Wild Oat (finding your life calling.)
• THROAT CHAKRA RELEASE
  Mountain Pride (speak your truth), Scleranthus (making a decision), Centaury (the ability to say no). This is a good combination for Fibromyalgia.
• SEXUAL WHOLENESS
  Basil (sexual abuse), Calla Lily (sexual gender), Oregon Grape (expecting hostility), Holly (give and receive love).
• PUBLIC SPEAKING
  Calendula (mary’s gold – speaking from your feminine power), Cosmos (eloquence), and Vervain (zealot).

These are just a few very powerful combinations that can have life changing effects. Email me for more info or find out more about our your custom flower essence combination here.

43.5 Acres of Fields and Forest!

1040 square foot cottage with southern sunroom exposure overlooks beautiful pasture. Set back 400 feet from the road among stonewalls.

Make improvements or occupy as is while you build your dream on this 5 acre homestead. And the best part? Conservation Easement to be determined on remainder 38.5 acres. Perfect for agriculture, forestry, horses and livestock.

OK, make your offer and take the plunge. Deering Center Rd. is about 15 minutes from here! Did I mention the ridiculous price of $215,000???

Contact my Green Realtor friend Donna Merrill. I’ve known Donna for several years, she is here to help us! She specializes in farmhouses & horse properties. Email Donna if you like with questions, or visit her web site!

In the meantime, I’ll keep lookin’! I get a lot of feedback y’all like looking at these properties. I do too! I hope to see you in my neck of the woods soon!

I received two packages in the mail today, wow did they hit my joy button! Over the years I have upheld a strict policy to purchase directly from artists in a desire to support them. Little, if nothing comes from China or some other place with a large carbon footprint. But really – the reason why I buy directly from an artist – is because its FUN AND RIGHT!!! It intuitively makes sense!

Rita Lloyd sent me her new book “Unconditional Self Love” which I am reviewing. It is a sequel to her DVD and book on Self Love. LQQk at her playful butterfly stickers! Thanks Rita! (Rita has created her art in part to assist battered women.)

This one made me roar, my retired Celtic Garden Stickmaker is apparently up to something and proud of it!

These are the things that make the difference for me!
Thank you God!
TGIF and Happy Weekend friends!!!

Look at this horse property! This huge farmhouse is about 1.5 hours from Garden Plum.

A luxury home, a horse property with acreage, herbs and rooms for processing them – finished off with a hot tub. Looks pretty doesn’t it?

Very soon, once again, farming and herbalism will earn the keep which is an up and coming economic reality. Did you know the USDA is now saying they need local farmers and they are funding this effort? That certified organic, and authentic lifestyles are NEEDED because the way we feed people now is not working?! That our current food model is not sustainable? This means re-establish your gardens for food and medicine and soon this will be feasible once again. Mass food production is killing us, and we need to get back to basics and our U.S. Government is putting their money where their mouth is. CLICK HERE TO HEAR THEM SAY IT.

SALLY FALLON COMING TO NH!
I just received news Sally Fallon is coming to Nashua (next town over from this house) in November! Here is the info:

The Fourfold Path to Healing
Nashua, NH, Friday Jan 29- Sunday Jan 31, 2010

Working with the Laws of Nutrition, Therapeutics, Movement and Meditation in the Art of Medicine. An incredible weekend of dynamic discussions, presentations and lectures with Tom Cowan, MD, Sally Fallon and Jaimen McMillan, authors of The Fourfold Path to Healing.

It does seem like lately New Hampshire has become a bit notorious for its herbal movement and abundance of herbalists and alternative medicine in the state. This means it is time for us to take our place of abundance as needed healers in the area as people become more aware of truth.

Are you a skittish person? Do loud noises make you jump? Have you had a trauma or tragedy in your life that makes you feel as though you would *always* rather be somewhere else? These types of behaviors could indicate that your soul is physically out of your body. And thats not really a beneficial place for you to be! Many times in life, when we fear for our lives or experience trauma, our soul literally leaves the body out of fear.

Rosemary Flower Essence brings you back into your body, fully and completely, so that you can enjoy life to the fullest. So that the endless skittish or concern that you are in danger can end. Finally!

Just like when you eat fresh rosemary and you feel a warming sensation, when you ingest it in flower essence form, it gives the soul a warming sensation and coaxes you fully back into your body.

I was recently making a batch, and had some leftover. I decided rather than waste the Mother Essence, I would take a gulp. Boy was I surprised what happened next! Sometimes we dont’ even know if we are fully in our bodies or not! Friend me on FaceBook to join in…

I haven’t blogged about farmhouses in quite a while and have been getting requests for more info so here is a nice one that is only about 7 miles from here. I always admire it when I drive by. One thing that catches my eye is “bridge over a small stream”- I have always wanted a small stream on my property so I could invite Angelica if she was willing! And it has a workshop (herbshop???) and a wood fireplace which is great for slow salve recipes.

With 7 acres the possibilities are endless aren’t they… come live near me, keepin’ it green, returning to a sustainable life! Its fun to dream the possibilities, feeding my house hunting fetish! This one could be fields of potatoes and fall veggies, hm… goldenseal in the forested parts… Ginseng??? Fields of St. John’s Wort? Its like a blank easel. Edible, medicinal, sustainable… BTW, Weare does not have a berry farm of any kind… another possibility!

Also, I’m happy to introduce you to my Realtor friend Donna Merrill. I’ve known Donna for several years, she lives here in Weare and has horses, chickens… is a vegetarian… and is working on her “Green Realtor Certificate”. She specializes in farmhouses & horse properties.
Email Donna if you like with questions! Oh yeah, the price is $214,900 if you are curious. Click any of the pics to see more info.

Are you fresh out of college and have no idea what you want to do with your life? What calls to you? What makes you passionate? What is your purpose here on earth in your lifetime? This is one of the biggest question for us as we begin to draw our life maps, redraw them, change direction, and navigate our future.

When you get lost along the way, Wild Oat helps steer your internal ship back to center, reminding you who you are and why you are here.

Wild Oat is also useful while we are on the journey and we sense a change in purpose coming. It will help us navigate this feeling of wanting to take a new direction in life as we reach goals and graduate through life.

I have seen “Wild Oat Stories” in the executives that left Microsoft to start a non-profit for a poor country. It can be seen in Dean Kamen, Obama, and also on smaller scales. And these essences work on a subtle level. As you are taking Wild Oat Flower Essence, simply observe your thinking. Talk to other people during this time and see what conversations arise. I once talked with someone taking a Wild Oat regimen and they simply would not stop talking about dogs! Dog breeds, dog shows, dogs, dogs, dogs! Of course her true calling was to be a dog trainer/breeder. Thats how it works, the soul begins to speak to us and we just have to listen.

We hope you’ve enjoyed this small conversation about Wild Oat Flower Essence, just one of the amazing flower helpers from our natural world.

“Wild, wild horses… couldn’t take me away…”
- The Rolling Stones
(from my Wild Oat or my Life Calling!)

Here’s an Abraham Hicks quote I received this morning:

“What you want is freedom. That freedom you are seeking is freedom from resistance. You will never find the freedom that you seek by controlling the behavior of others.

You’ll only find it when the behavior of others becomes a non-issue. Because you are able to focus your mind in ways that allow your connection, and give you that feeling of well being.

We’re not giving you this guidance so that you can tune up your vibration to get your relatives to do what you want them to do and get what you want.

We’re trying to get you to tune up your vibration so that you can understand that the serenity you seek on the mountain is not about having it in the family, it’s about your vibrational alignment.

And there are hundreds of thousands of spots on this planet that would give you that feeling that you can go to any day and the Universe will orchestrate so you can go there when others are not there.

In other words, you are zigging and zagging in this world. You’ll get what you want whether you own the property or not, you see.

But the feeling of ownership, the feeling of guarding or protecting, the
feeling of making others come into agreement before I can get what I want, that will render you powerless every single time because you will never get them to agree.”

San Diego 1/12/08

(Consider this in the way we treat our ADD/ADHD children, or who I consider Indigo & Crystal Children).
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& The Astonishing Power of Your Emotions

I’m having a contest on Facebook! Go ahead and friend me to join the contest.

Name this flower and get a free tumbled stone from this list (click here) shipped to you. (We are all out of Chrysocolla). To find the contest, browse through the Making Sauerkraut photo album by clicking here after you have friended me.

(HINT: It is in one of the flowers in the Flower Essence Kingdom)