How Can You Improve Your Digestion Health?

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I hope you are having a fantastic weekend! In August, I will discuss ways you can improve your digestion. Listen now to podcast.

This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available.

In this episode, I introduce digestive health as the month’s topic, discuss general information regarding digestion, and give some tips for improving your digestive health.  You have the power to create the shift you need to improve your health and future generations.

Empowering Families Series #3: One Mother at a Time Interview with Mia Pickard DNP, FNP-BC – Create A Generational Love Cycle With Timika S Chambers

Guest NameMia Pickard, DNP, FNP-BCContact email: porchlighthealthnp@gmail.com Keywords#healthcare, #empowerment, #family, #nursing, #storms,#resources, #Georgia, #mentalhealth, #community, #personal growth Summary In this episode, Mia Pickard shares her inspiring journeyfrom small-town roots to becoming a Georgia-based Family Nurse Practitioner. She discusses her innovative approach to healthcare, empowering families, and the importance of honest communication and storm-walking as tools for growth.Key Topics Mia Pickard’s background and journey from Ohio to GeorgiaThe concept of Porchlight Health and its missionThe importanceof resource sharing and community in healthcareHow storms and challenges can be opportunities for growthThe role of honesty and vulnerability in parenting and relationshipsStrategies for empowering families and childrenThe impact of childhood experiences on parenting stylesThe significance of building trust and safe environments for childrenMia’s innovative health guides and digital resourcesThe importance of individualizing care and self-empowerment Sound Bites "I'm a problem solver; I like to bring resources to people""Utilizing the resources you have to create or improve your health picture""Storms provide clarity and an opportunity to get grounded" Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Mia Pickard and her journey02:10 Mia shares her problem-solving approach in healthcare07:00 Using resources to improve health and well-being18:16 Storms as opportunities for clarity and growth31:30 Introducing Porchlight Health and its mission42:17 Building a digital presence and resources for health empowerment43:00 The ripple effect of empowering families and communitiesThank you for listening!Timika ChambersYou can learn more about the work I do at https://timikaschambers.com/
  1. Empowering Families Series #3: One Mother at a Time Interview with Mia Pickard DNP, FNP-BC
  2. Empowering Families: One Mother at a Time Interview with Malinda Williams
  3. Empowering Families Series #1: One Mother at a Time Interview with Jicel Espinosa Williams, MSN, RN
  4. The Principles My Mother Lived, and How They Live Within Me & Now Within the World
  5. The Seeds We Plant Series #76: Are You Cultivating Weeds of Inferiority?

Make this lifetime great!

Timika

8/1/2021: The Chambers’ Family Kitchen: Homemade Cupcakes, Lemonade Popsicles, & Peanut Butter

Saturday’s family cooking got delayed to today. I spent most of the day (after going to the Farmer’s Market with the kids) working on something I have been procrastinating on for the past two weeks. So today, we made cupcakes, lemonade, peanut butter, and strawberry lemonade popsicles. It’s been several weeks since we were in the kitchen makings something. Both Cam and Cayla were eager to help.

It’s amazing how you can make some of your favorite foods from just a few ingredients. Here is the link for the cupcakes we made. Instead of using sugar, we used Swerve.

In this photo, Cayla spilled some #Swerve while pouring it into the bowl. Her words exactly were, “that’s for me.”

Check out Cayla; she sounds like a pro describing what she’s doing. Unfortunately, I couldn’t think of the name of cupcake liners.

Cam made the peanut butter and squeezed the fresh lemons for the lemonade and popsicles. Peanut butter (unsalted peanuts +extra virgin olive oil + Swerve) + food processor and Popsicles (1/4 cup or more of freshly sliced strawberries + 4”“5 cups freshly squeezed lemonade + 1 cup to 1 1/2 cup of Swerve) and mix. 

I love making popsicles with less than five ingredients.

What’s your favorite food to eat? How have you made it healthier? If you have children, how are you getting them active in the kitchen?

Make this moment and lifetime great!

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Timika Chambers

Be Aware of Transference

After posting the image you see, I realized I added a question to the statement. But when I looked at the statement, I realized how necessary the question mark is, especially with recent events. How we treat others says more about our state of being than it does about the other person. For example, can we truly say people make us angry? Or, are we responding to pent-up emotions that want our attention? 

When we curse, hit, kick, refuse to help, scream, yell, and others, we project our emotions and feelings on others. Instead of going outward, we serve ourselves better by going inward. Transference is like a bandaid that keeps falling off, revealing our unhealed wounds.

Throughout my earthly journey, I’ve allowed my emotions and feelings to get the best of me. But, the more I read the Bible, the more I see we have the answers to overcoming life experiences and what can happen if we choose not to align ourselves to Truth. 

For example, Scripture informs us, “the one who knows uses words with restraint and whoever has understanding is even-tempered” (Proverbs 17:22). 

As we have seen, unassessed and unmanaged emotions (anger, envy, guilt) can lead to destructive actions, feeding the world’s cycle of pain and darkness. “Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret”Š”””Š-it leads only to evil” (Psalm 37:16). 

As we have also heard and seen, chronic stress (emotional, mental, physical, social, and spiritual) leads to chronic health conditions and sometimes death. But, “a heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones” (Proverbs 14:30). In addition, chronic stress impairs the body’s ability to fight off bacterial and viral invaders.

Your best health is probably a thought away from addressing unhealed wounds. You don’t have to suffer from unhealed wounds. The way to becoming more conscious of actions is by taking time to become more aware of your actions. The busier we are, the more our emotions and feelings pile up in us. Take time now to assess your daily actions by sitting quietly and ask are your actions are in alignment with someone who is happy and wants joy, peace, and experience Love.

Make this moment and this lifetime great!

Timika