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What Does it Mean to be Naturally Unbridled?

At first glance, the term “Naturally Unbridled” may bring thoughts of horses bucking and playing, or possibly mustangs galloping in a herd.  These are great images that represent, perhaps, the feeling of being Naturally Unbridled.  In this case, the term is used to represent the results obtained from the use of natural tips and strategies to help you to “release the reins” of whatever is holding you back from achieving your optimal life and health.

 

As a Holistic Life and Wellness Coach who specializes in Equestrian Women, I provide support and techniques to balance all areas of your life; body, mind, spirit and planet.  The articles you will read here will focus on healthy strategies for eating, healing, moving, acting, thinking, sleeping and living naturally.  You can expect to find a variety of topics from eating healthy foods in challenging situations (such as equestrian competitions); to the use of specific herbs, vitamins and foods to balance hormonal challenges.

 

A truly Naturally Unbridled life is one where all aspects of one’s life are in balance – most of the time.  It begins with nourishing your body so that every organ, tissue and cell can function properly.  While nutrition is vital to good health, it is not the end of the story.  As you know, if you simply fed your horse the best possible diet but you didn’t exercise him, or if he was stressed or abused, he would be far from the picture of health.  The same is true for you.  You must balance the health of your body, mind and spirit in order to live your optimal life.

Earlier, I added something to the phrase “body, mind and spirit”; I added “planet”.  I do this because it is my belief that we are not on the planet but of the planet and therefore, we must also take measures to ensure the health of the Earth.  If we are eating contaminated food, drinking contaminated water and breathing contaminated air, it is that much harder for our bodies to be healthy.  For that reason, some of my articles may also include tips about how to make choices that are not only healthy for you, but also healthy for the Earth.

While many people may feel overwhelmed by a comprehensive, holistic health make-over, it is not a very difficult thing to do.  Start by observing your life.  What influences are affecting your life and health?  Are you eating food that contains chemicals such as artificial colors, artificial sweeteners, artificial flavors and chemical preservatives?  Are you exposed to constant negativity through popular media?  Do you have people in your life who bring you down?  If this is the case, it affects more than your health and your day-to-day life; it affects your relationship with your horse and your performance in the saddle.  Start by making one choice every day that will bring you a little closer to optimal health.  Perhaps you choose a bottle of water over a diet soda.  Maybe you turn off the news and read a book about natural health tips.   Rather than spending time with a person who brings you down, spend more time with someone who makes you laugh, or better yet, spend some extra time with your horse.  When you start to ask yourself “Is this (food, person, experience) nourishing or toxic to my body, mind, spirit or planet?” it becomes very simple to make healthy choices. 

Welcome to the path to your Naturally Unbridled life!  Email me at: nu [at] NaturallyUnbridled [dot com] and let me know what one step you will take today to get further along today.  I look forward to supporting you along the way.

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10 Reasons Equestrian Women Need Holistic Life & Wellness Coaching

1)      You spend a fortune on horse supplements yet you don’t take your own multi-vitamin.

2)      The food you eat at horse shows contains about as much calories as your horse needs in a day.

3)      Your horse should be the one breathing heavily after your victory pass.

4)      Saddle-bags belong on saddles.

5)      Your horse may reach the top of her game in her teens, that doesn’t mean you should too.

6)      No one should need a chiropractor after giving you a leg-up.

7)      Your horse doesn’t eat at the canter but you constantly eat at 70mph.

8)      Yes, you need to miss your uncle’s birthday party to go to a horse show!

9)      You’ll want to recover quickly from the occasional unscheduled dismount.

10)   Your horse shouldn’t need meds after a tough lesson.  Neither should you.

Are you Naturally Unbridled or are you being held back?

 

Equestrian women are driven, focused and goal-oriented.  We take the care of our horses most seriously and read articles, attend seminars and interrogate the vet and blacksmith to make sure that our equines are in optimal health.  We feel a tremendous sense of responsibility to provide our horses with the best nutrition, a complete exercise and relaxation program, and enrichment items to keep them entertained in the stall or paddock.  We are concerned about controlling internal parasites and reducing stressful experiences such as bothersome flies, pasture bullies or separation anxiety.  We want their joints to move easily, their coat to be shiny and their eyes to be bright.  Our horses receive special shoeing services to ensure their gait is correct yet we trot around town in flip-flops; all the while drinking diet coke and eating fast food.  If only we spent a fraction of this effort to ensure that our own health paralleled that of our equine’s.

Equestrian women understand the connection between health and performance and we would file litigation if a trainer gave our horse a stimulant every day before working her; yet we don’t start the day without caffeine.  If we noticed our horse was a little stiff when he came out of the stall we would be ordering a joint supplement and cold hosing while scanning for signs of splints, abscesses or quarter cracks; but if we groan a little getting out of the car or run out of breath by the top of the stairs, we don’t give it a second thought.

Holistic Life & Wellness Coaching is ideal for the equestrian woman because she already recognizes the direct connection between health, appearance and performance – she just hasn’t translated that connection from horse to human.  Holistic Life & Wellness Coaching provides you with tips, tools and strategies to naturally improve the quality of your life and health so that you can get optimal enjoyment from your equestrian pursuits.  You and your horse should be in top condition.

Use the same discernment that you would if the decision were related to your horse when making choices about your own life and health.  If your horse seemed to be lacking energy or was constipated or stiff-moving, you would learn about methods of restoring her to optimal health and call in an expert for help.  You know how to make these decisions for your horse.  Now, make them for yourself.

For more information on Holistic Life and Wellness Coaching for Equestrian Women, visit www.NaturallyUnbridled.com.  You will be able to take a free quiz to help you to determine where in your life you are Naturally Unbridled and where you’re being held back.  I’ll send you a free copy of the “Heal Naturally” chapter from my book “7 Steps to a Naturally Unbridled Life” just for registering.  See if you qualify for a FREE COACHING SESSION by clicking “FIND OUT MORE” on the Coaching page.

100 Days, 100 Ways to a Happier, Healthier Life

Announcing the release of my latest book! 

Do you think it’s possible to become just 1% healthier in a day?  If you’re becoming a mere 1% healthier, two things are happening:  One – you’re improving your health and life a little bit each day while – Two – you’re halting the decline toward diminishing health in the process.  So it’s a net gain beyond just 1%. 

This book is a 100-day guide to improve your health and happiness naturally and subtly in daily increments.  Complete the days in any order you wish.  There’s a space for you to record the date when a tip is accomplished.  Some of the tips you might do for just one day, while others may lead to a complete lifestyle change. 

Patti Bartsch, M.A., Ph.D., Natural Health expert, Certified Holistic Life and Wellness Coach and Professor includes a variety of daily tips that focus on improving everything from sleep quality, to stress level, to general health and happiness.

Congratulations on your commitment to improve your health and happiness a little each day!

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You Don’t Have an Ibuprofen Deficiency!

A Fever is Your Friend

Symptoms Are Our Friends:  While most doctors enter medical school because they want to heal people, what they will find out when they get there, or at least by the time that they finish, is that in most cases, they don’t heal people, they treat symptoms.  So, what are symptoms?  Symptoms are the body’s way of telling you that something is wrong.  A fever often signifies an infection and the body raises its temperature because most pathogenic (disease causing) organisms thrive in a particular temperature range (approximately 98.6° F – healthy body temperature).  So the body raises its temperature in an effort to kill the invading organisms.  Is a high fever a problem?  Yes, once a fever gets much over 102, negative effects can result and that type of fever should be managed.  But a fever below that range is how the body naturally fights disease.  Suppressing the fever with acetaminophen or ibuprofen also suppresses the body’s ability to fight the infection and allows the microorganisms to continue to grow and reproduce.  If the body temperature does get too high, cold compresses or even a cool or cold bath, will lower the body temperature quickly and safely without any detrimental side effects on the liver (as can happen with drugs).  But a fever under 102 is the body working hard to heal itself.  Don’t fight it with drugs.  Keep hydrated, rest and monitor the fever but a fever is your friend. 

Chiropractic Care is Essential to Balanced Health

Treat The Patient Not The Symptom:  Pain is also a symptom.  Pain is the body’s way of protecting itself.  If you sprain your ankle, pain is present due to the inflammation (which is required for the healing process to occur) and to tell you that there is something wrong with the joint so that you can rest it while it heals.  Chronic knee pain could be a sign of a misaligned spine causing unbalanced weight distribution resulting in increased wear on the one knee.  Current day physicians are quick to suppress pain through pharmaceuticals.  In the case of the chronic knee pain, this would allow you to continue to walk heavily on the one leg causing more and more damage until a knee replacement is needed.  A natural health practitioner might ask the person to stand on two scales at once to see if the weight balance is off.  They might recommend chiropractic adjustments to correct the misalignment and eliminate the problem.  They might also recommend antioxidant rich foods to aid in scavenging the free radicals that are created by the inflammation.  A natural health practitioner would aim to support the body in healing the cause of the pain, not to mask it so that further damage can occur.

Vital, Healthy and Balanced

Balance:  When you do not feel well, perfectly well, your body is telling you that something is out of balance.  You should pay attention to the signs and work to restore health and balance.  It could be your diet, your spinal column, your energy, your emotions, your lack of quality sleep or any number of things but fundamentally, you are experiencing the signs of DIS-ease and these signs are your friends.  A fever or headache does not mean that you have an ibuprofen deficiency!   A natural health practitioner will help to restore balance and health.  Consider consulting one today.  A list of practitioners can be found through an internet search or by visiting http://www.wellnesspossibilities.com.

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