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Thursday, September 29, 2022

empathetic social spaces

Cutting and pasting pieces from articles is getting more and more complicated every day. Why do we need all these format options? Can’t we just get what we want, instead of all the META data, formats, tags, links, and crap added in.

Like this is a great piece, from: https://medium.com/presencing-institute-blog/coaching-circles-third-space-revisited-1a5a4543f45a Of course I’m in a public social space here now after Hurricane Ian and I posted how it was the only place open with power and hot coffee ready for anyone to visit, and the place got packed.

But it’s pulling teeth to share a clip here:

In a recent talk I gave about the transformative potential of social spaces, I invited my audience to share “their go-to empathetic social spaces”.

Answers included being in nature, time with pets, and spiritual practices. These are all good options. But by definition they are not “social”, because they do not involve other people. Only one person answered “taking a walk with my best friend, who listens to anything I have to say”.

My answer was coaching circles.

I am often dismayed at the lack of vulnerability and empathy in most social spaces. In the United States, people often casually greet each other by asking “how are you doing?” How many times are we really there to hear how the other person is doing? How many times are we open to share how we are really doing? The answer we hear most often is “I am doing great. Things are going well.” What does that response really mean? Life is difficult. How and where do we process difficulties and challenges? What happens when we do not process them properly? No wonder mental health professionals are overloaded, and we are having a nation wide, if not world wide, mental health crisis. In my article about nonviolent communication, I hypothesized how processing pain in social spaces could help ease mental health problems. In my experience coaching circles are one of the most effective social spaces for this purpose.

The concept of coaching circles as a “third space”, the space outside family and work, was outlined in my earlier article Coaching circles: A prototype for the third space. The tagline “where vulnerability is safe and empathy is abundant” describes the essence of such spaces. Vulnerability and empathy are pre-conditions of each other: if you are not vulnerable, I am not going to be empathetic; if you are not empathetic, I am not going to be vulnerable.

That’s a trip as I sit in the Coffee Shop. And I’ve listened in on hundreds of random conversations all around me. Mostly neighbors who see each other and start talking about whatever. These small coffee shops get a lot of regulars. I’ve loved visiting these places, I’ve met so many cool people, and have new friends I’ve met at the local coffee shops.

Of course this is a great industry too. Several coffee shops in this area are great for meeting other entrepreneurs and professionals to develop new projects and businesses, as if I hadn’t done this too much already!

Monday, August 29, 2022

Superspreader of Truth

Government and private corporations collude to suppress information about your health. The reason it's so difficult to find truthful health information is because regulatory agencies have been captured by the very industries they're supposed to regulate, and media is controlled by those same interests as well.

That includes Google, which controls over 95% of the internet searches in the world, colluding with the government and Big Pharma, and removing the vast majority of natural medicine truth tellers from their search results. This has radically limited your access to helpful health information.

If you believe those who collude to keep the truth from you, you'll believe vaccinations are safe and effective for everyone, synthetic food additives are harmless, electromagnetic field radiation (EMF) has no biological impact whatsoever, drugs are the sole treatment option if you're sick, nutrition has no impact on health and disease, unnatural environments are A-OK, pesticides in food are safe and all calories are created equal.

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Cholesterol Does Not Cause Heart Disease

Cholesterol Myth Kept Alive by Statin Advocates?

The 2018 review5 identified significant flaws in three studies "published by statin advocates" attempting "to validate the current dogma." The paper presents substantial evidence that total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels are not an indication of heart disease risk, and that statin treatment is of "doubtful benefit" as a form of primary prevention for this reason. According to the authors:6

"According to the British-Austrian philosopher Karl Popper, a theory in the empirical sciences can never be proven, but it can be shown to be false. If it cannot be falsified, it is not a scientific hypothesis. In the following, we have followed Popper's principle to see whether it is possible to falsify the cholesterol hypothesis.

We have also assessed whether the conclusions from three recent reviews by its supporters are based on an accurate and comprehensive review of the research on lipids and cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

Our search for falsifications of the cholesterol hypothesis confirms that it is unable to satisfy any of the Bradford Hill criteria for causality and that the conclusions of the authors of the three reviews are based on misleading statistics, exclusion of unsuccessful trials and by ignoring numerous contradictory observations."

As reported by Reason.com:7

"A comprehensive new study on cholesterol, based on results from more than a million patients, could help upend decades of government advice about diet, nutrition, health, prevention, and medication …

The study … centers on statins, a class of drugs used to lower levels of LDL-C, the so-called 'bad' cholesterol, in the human body. According to the study, statins are pointless for most people …

The study also reports that 'heart attack patients were shown to have lower than normal cholesterol levels of LDL-C' and that older people with higher levels of bad cholesterol tend to live longer than those with lower levels."

No Evidence Cholesterol Influences Heart Disease Risk

Wednesday, August 03, 2022

Globalist Cabal Promotes Diet of Bugs

Globalist Cabal Promotes Diet of Bugs - and Cannibalism

Time and again, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and its global collaborators have "predicted" the future with stunning accuracy, sometimes years in advance, and then when the predictions come true they pretend as though they had nothing to do with it.

It's worth remembering, then, that WEF founder Klaus Schwab, during the May 2022 meeting in Davos, clearly stated that the future doesn't just happen, it is "BUILT — by us," referring to himself and the other attendees in the room. So, make no mistake, they truly believe they have the right to decide the fate of the world, and that you and I have no say in the matter.

That fate was in June 2020 formally announced under the banner of "The Great Reset," by Schwab himself (https://www.weforum.org/great-reset).1 This "build back better" scheme involves the complete reorganization and restructuring of all parts of society, including finance, industry, education, "social contracts," the energy sector and the food system.

As far as the food system is concerned, the WEF envisions a food system that doesn't include animal foods or require a large land footprint. In fact, for several years now, the WEF has promoted the idea that we should get used to eating bugs2,3,4 and drinking reclaimed sewage. As just one example, in mid-October 2018, the WEF posted on Twitter:5

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Wipe Out Good Food

Elitists' Goal: Wipe Out Good Food

The decision of the Dutch government to impose nitrogen pollution restrictions on farmers is but one example of this. This "green" policy will cut livestock production in the country by 30% in the next year, put farmers out of business, and force them to sell their land.

Since The Netherlands is the largest meat exporter in the European Union,1 it will also result in meat shortages around the world. According to Dutch Parliament member Thierry Baudet,2 this "green" policy is really a thinly veiled excuse for a land grab

There's absolutely no shortage of studies14,15,16,17,18,19 showing that diets high in processed foods lead to poor health and depression, and the more processed your diet is, the worse your health and the greater your risk of obesity and chronic diseases that shave years, if not decades, off your life span.

In my references, I've included several studies published in 2020, 2021 and 2022, but similar findings have been published for decades. Remember, in most processed foods seeds oils are the highest percentage of calories.

Acknowledging that saturated animal fats are healthy, and that processed industrial seed oils and processed grains are not, would decimate the processed food industry, as it relies on cheap seed oils and grains. The healthy alternative is real food, and there's no big industry profits to be made from that.

The same goes for unprocessed animal foods in general. They can't be patented, and just about anyone with enough land can raise their own food and become partially, if not fully, independent of major food conglomerates.

Sources and References

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Building Community

From: Office <OSOffice@gilanet.co>
Date: July 8, 2022 at 1:50:51 PM EDT
Subject: Building Community

Organic Solutions
Volume 9 – Issue 6
Building Community

The following points have been gleaned over the last several decades, from my travels, my research and from studying the works of others.

The list is far from complete and I encourage all of you to add your own ideas to the pot to help improve on it.

1.    "You must be the CHANGE you wish to see in the World". – Mahatma Gandhi And exactly what is Mr. Gandhi talking about here??? He's telling one and all that they must take Responsibility for themselves AND all of the rest of the World.

2.    "Do! Or do not! There is no try!". This is a great quote from Star War's Yoda. Basically, "Git 'er Done" and no excuses. :-)

3.    Get to know your Neighbors. If any kind of upheaval should occur, you'll have to rely on them, and they on you.

4.    Stop watching the News and turn off your TV. You don't eat garbage, why allow it into your mind?

5.    Greet People you meet as you're walking about. Say "Hello" and make a Friend.

6.    Plant a Garden. You'll find Kids love to do this, even big Kids :-) Besides, homegrown food is very healthy.

7.    Visit your Public Library often. When the TV is off, read more.

8.    Play Games with your Family. Those who do, have a great deal of fun.

9.    Buy from Local Merchants and Local Farmers. This way you get to truly know about the food you're eating, and supporting local merchants helps keep the community together. Stay away from "Made in China", WalMart and other Multinational Conglomerates when you can.

10.    Share your Knowledge.

11.    Support Home Schooling.

12.    Pick up Trash you see lying around.

13.    Organize Pot Lucks and invite all of your Neighbors to it including the grumpy old Curmudgeon who lives down the street.

14.    Honor your Elders.

15.    Help Children.

16.    Read stories out loud.

17.    Go Dancing. Start a Street Dance.

18.    Do some Bird Watching and enjoy the songs they sing.

19.    Put up a Swing, even if it's an old Rubber Tire hanging from a rope.

20.    Hold open a Door for someone carrying a big, heavy load.

21.    Barter. Cash may be King, but Barter is Smarter.

22.    Start a Tradition such as planting a Food bearing Tree every time a Child is born.

23.    Ask Questions.

24.    Hire young people for odd jobs.

25.    Cook and Bake extra so you can share.

26.    If you need help, ask for it.

27.    Sing as if no one is listening. Join a Choir or a local Glee Club.

28.    Teach a Child something.

29.    Before you react in anger, take a moment to listen and consider what you really wish to communicate.

30.    Help settle an Argument or a Conflict.

31.    Do your best to understand others, even if you don't speak the language.

Realize that even though that foreigner you just met doesn't understand your language, he is still doing his best to Survive, just as you are.

His children love, feel, and hurt just as yours do.

32.    Talk to Strangers.

33.    Learn about other Cultures through their Art, and Poetry. Get a Pen Pal from another Country.

34.    Act Locally. Think Globally.

35.    Read the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Then pass it around to all of your friends.

36.    Realize that all men have Dreams just as you do.

37.    Forward Truth wherever you find it.

Yours in Knowledge, Health and Freedom,
Doc

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Friday, July 08, 2022

Radishes a popular root vegetable for your garden,

Organic Consumers Association of Australia link
Radishes may not be the most popular vegetable in your garden, but they are one of the healthiest. These undervalued root vegetables are packed with nutrients.Radishes have been used as a folk remedy for centuries in Ayurveda & Chinese Medicine to treat many conditions: fever, sore throat, bile disorders, & inflammation. Radishes contain small amounts of:

potassium
folate
riboflavin
niacin
vitamin B-6
vitamin K
calcium
magnesium
zinc
phosphorous
copper
manganese
sodium

Additional health benefits.
Radishes are a good source of vitamin C - 1/2 cup offers about 14% of your recommended daily allowance. Vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps battle free radicals in your body & helps prevent cell damage caused by aging, an unhealthy lifestyle, & environmental toxins, and also plays a key role in collagen production, which supports healthy skin & blood vessels.

1. Weight loss
A 1/2-cup serving of sliced radishes contains about 12 calories & virtually no fat. They are the perfect crunchy snack when the munchies strike.

2. Anticancer
Cruciferous vegetables like radishes contain compounds that are broken down into isothiocyanates when combined with water. Isothiocyanates help purge the body of cancer-causing substances & prevent tumor development. A 2010 study found that radish root extract contained several types of isothiocyanates that caused cell death in some cancer cell lines.

3. digestive system
A 1/2-cup serving of radishes gives 1 gram of fiber. Eating a couple of servings each day helps reach your daily fiber intake goal. Fiber helps prevent constipation by bulking up your stool to help waste move through your intestines. Fiber also may help you manage blood sugar levels, and is linked to weight loss & lower cholesterol. Radish leaves may be especially beneficial. Results of a 2008 study on rats fed a high-cholesterol diet suggest that radish leaves are a good source of fiber to help improve digestive function. This may be partially due to increased bile production.

A separate study showed that radish juice may help prevent gastric ulcers by protecting gastric tissue & strengthening the mucosal barrier, which helps protect your stomach & intestines against unfriendly microorganisms & damaging toxins that may cause ulcers & inflammation.

4. Natural Antifungal
Radishes contain the antifungal protein RsAFP2. One study found RsAFP2 caused cell death in Candida albicans, a common fungus normally found in humans - may cause vaginal yeast infections, oral yeast infections (thrush), & invasive candidiasis.

Radish bulbs, also called globes, come in many shapes & colors. The most popular radish variety in the US is bright red resembling a Ping-Pong ball with a small tail. Other varieties are white, purple, or black.

Most radishes have a peppery taste, although some may be sweet. Lighter-colored varieties like the white, winter daikon radish are milder.

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