Optimum Health For Life

Yesterday, my interview with Megan Knight of WMAR TV was shown in the morning segment of Good Morning Maryland, and then 3 times on the news shows at 5, 6, and 7 PM! Here is the article she kindly wrote after coming to my OHL office in Columbia, and she embedded the video within it for all to see this heart health month!

After a heart health scare, a woman in Howard County writes a book to raise awareness about heart disease Linda Penkala traded the life of a horse jockey for a more zen career: massage therapy. After a health scare with her heart, she wrote a book about heart disease to raise awareness.

Take a moment to Pause, and read my recent wellness article that the American Institute of Stress posted on their website, with the Contentment Podcast I was interviewed on. Within our chat, I teach you 2 techniques for breathing, one that can help you with sleep, and one that can help with focus. Sit with your family and watch together, and thanks in advance for sharing with the tribe in your life! It can also make a fun lunch and learn at work to bring a team together to lessen stress for their health and wellness!
https://www.stress.org/connecting-for-contentment-and-peace-is-possible

Connecting For Contentment and Peace Is Possible If we tapped into the magical moments in our lives where we felt undeniable calmness, peace and contentment, they still can offer a visceral shift in our mental state. Each scene whether solo or a social one with people, allowed for the healing connection with Nature, an

This is so over-the-top exciting to share this interview from the American Institute of Stress! It is an honor to have been asked to be interviewed for their Contentment Podcast, back in May (on my birthday - what a gift!). A huge thanks to AIS's Will Heckman who asked some targeted questions to shine the light on stress and how it affects us.
Please feel free to share these two links with your FB buddies and anyone in your life, so folks can see the 2 breathing tools I share, plus have some solid tools for life! Thanks in advance! From AIS:
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Three years ago this month, my self published first book came on the scene, from Outskirts Press. It was beyond thrilling do some book signings at Shift Yoga, my yoga studio among others. Sharing the journey of my racing career as a jockey, while educating about heart disease in women, was exciting and so needed at the time. Showing parallels between both, to empower women to pay attention to lifestyle choices, while addressing the effects of stress on the heart. This mission is not easy, but becomes ever more urgent post pandemic, with the rise in CVD, heart attacks and the younger showing symptoms already. I never tire of speaking on this topic to educate women and men that CVD is our #1 killer, but that women surpassed men is noteworthy. The greatest gift you can give another at this time of year, is a gift of health, so kindly consider buying my colorful book (on Amazon, KDP, and e books) with lots of horsey pics, and healthy tips for life. To help keep women resilient and thriving!

This last month of the year and we have much to reflect on! From Nature's wrath by way of Ian to your own personal moments of joy or drama, it is how we end it that matters. Just like at the wire in a race, finishing the race at times is enough, even if you didn't win! Here is a hopeful way you can go into next year, from this article I wrote about your wellness team! It was distilled from Chapter 6 in my book The Pause to Relax Ladies for Robust Heart Health as a reminder to think about who is on your team, and how they support you. And if you don't have many, no worries, I help you do just that in this piece or my book. Solutions are there! Feel free to share away:

Your New Year’s 2023 Revolution In Health – Creating Your Wellness Team For Selfcare — Optimum Health for Life Published on Your Health Magazine

Here is a simple reset to calm, and even though I teach my breathwork version with oils to get the same results, there are many who are enlightening the world about the Vagus Nerve:

Vagus Nerve Reset - Quickly Stop Stress & Anxiety PDF exercise chart here: https://www.yogabody.com/vagus-nerve-reset-youtube/ Do you suffer from stress and anxiety? Can one negative event sometimes spin you...