I've been thinking a lot about health these days. What constitutes health, the idea of  Whole Health, what health means to me, how health shows up in various aspects of our lives.

I realize after many years of feeling like crap a good majority of the time, that health is a very personal journey. It's not just something we can read about, say "oh yaa, I want one of those", and go out and buy it. We need to be in relationship with it, commit to it, marry it and be in love with it.

Some people are fortunate to be born with a healthy constitution. For most of us though, it is something we need to pay attention to. On top of all the personal challenges we may face, we live in a culture that seems to give conflicting messages about health. While over the edge skinny models depict a sad image of beauty, obesity is at an all time high. Anti-depressants are a multi-million dollar industry with one in ten adults using them, and the rates of child usage tripling since 1996. There is an air of Spiritual bankruptcy as people everywhere flounder with values, sense of purpose and loss of faith. The amount of information is overwhelming making it hard to decipher truth from myth.

So, how does one discover their personal health bliss?

The first step is choosing to change your relationship to your health, and recognizing it as a whole system. It is not just about weight, or exercise. It also includes attitude, beliefs, nutrition, and ideas of self image. Ya know, the old mind, body, soul connection.

Second, get committed! How important is feeling good to you?? What are you willing to do to feel better? It might mean letting go of some things in your life. Are you really ready for that?

Next, fall in love with yourself as a healthy person!! Imagine what that feels like! Fall in love with feeling good!! Take a look inside yourself. Do you like what you see? If not, what will you have to do to fall in love with yourself, and the idea of being healthy, enough so that you will get married to it, till death do you part?

Health is mostly a frame of mind. It's who you are, not what you do. However, what you do is extremely important on the path to being blissfully healthy.

And sometimes things are out of our control. Today's blog is in honor of my dear friend Lucia, who is rallying against Stage 4 Ovarian cancer. A child of Chernobyl this is not her first confrontation with the Big C. Even so, she is the model of life, as she dances though each day with such incredible spirit and optimism. She is an example for us all in how very important attitude is in discovering, and living our health bliss.

I've taken on a 100 Day Challenge!! Well, what exactly is that you ask??

In a challenge one is encouraged to take on an action that you do everyday and is fun, creative and challenging, in a way that rocks your world and adds value to the lives of others.

If you were to start a 100 Day Challenge what would it be? What could totally rock your world, and add value to the lives of others? Would it be doing a kind, anonymous gesture everyday, or making one cold call a day to build your business?? Maybe it is remembering to say "I love you" to your partner everyday. How about 100 days of Play? Got something you have been wanting to do forever, and haven't had the support, motivation, or drive to accomplish it?

For my challenge, it is my vision and desire to coach 100 new people in the next 100 days with a special  "1-2-3, Let's Get Healthy!" session! Is that ambitious or what?

Read all about it at:http://tinyurl.com/4263jz

• take advantage of a session for yourself
• refer me to your friends and family
• refer me to groups or organizations who would benefit
  

How will this add value to the lives of others?

• You will receive a personalized, 50 minute action packed "1-2-3 Let's Get Healthy!" coaching session, that will get you on track to  making healthy choices for a happier life.
  

• Targeting a specific area in your life (Career, relationships, financial, physical) that needs to get healthier, we will work together to discover concrete steps you can take to shift what currently is not working.
  

• With guidance and support you will create an action plan for manifesting health and wellness.

• You will leave inspired and excited, with a renewed sense of next steps for your whole health program.
  

Learn more at: http://tinyurl.com/4263jz

Anyone, from anywhere, can take advantage of this opportunity to participate in my 100 Day Challenge. All you need is a phone, the time and the desire. Just email me, or call me to schedule your "1-2-3, Let's Get Healthy!" special session.

Let's have fun together. Join me in creating a 100 Day Challenge for yourself! Email me with this challenge and if enough of you take it on, we will have a once a week group call to share ideas, wins, and blocks within our big challenge. Lots of resources, feedback and support will be available here as well. There will be no charge to you, other than your long distance charges to call the tele conference line. What a great way to start the summer!!




Caoch Margie can be reached at 520-432-5936 or gaiagirlmargie@yahoo.com

I live in SE Arizona, where the Summer time is beginning to heat up with hot intensity. I swear my friends faces are starting to pucker up and everything is on a desperate search for moisture. A couple days ago clouds started to move in, big puffy white ones that tease us with ideas of monsoon rains. We look to the horizon in anticipation and wait patiently in the meantime, our trusty water bottle always close by for continual hydration.

Metaphors fascinate me, and I love using metaphors to help my clients gain new perspectives.  So, naturally,  I think about how this time is a metaphor for my own life right now.

Having just introduced and launched my 100 Day Challenge, things are certainly heating up with intensity in that area. I've had lots of response to the initial announcement and I'm excited about helping others get started on their path to Whole Health. (you can learn more about that at: http://tinyurl.com/4263jz)

The desperate search for moisture is not so much about desperation, but more about yearning. The moisture is the goodness that feeds me, allowing my life's garden to grow. I yearn for the moisture in the form of positive community, real intimacy, sense of purpose and Whole Health for myself. That yearning has me looking towards the horizon as I thrive to fully realize all those elements in my life.

The clouds starting to move in represent all the possibilities starting to come towards me. The are soft and gentle, no need to be afraid of them, and they are full of potential, ready to burst open in a refreshing storm of positive energy.

The water bottle is a metaphor for how I take care of and keep myself hydrated to remain healthy, juicy and alive. It is my container of bliss, which gets me through those dry spells that are filled with challenges attempting to melt me.

Soon, the monsoons will be here. When that happens you can find me dancing in the streets, welcoming the sweet rains of possibility and drinking in the bliss of summer.