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Red Hot Living Podcast – Rebecca Marina, EFT Expert and Channel Discusses the Divine Feminine and much more!

Red Hot Living – Rebecca Marina, EFT Expert and Channel Discusses the Divine Feminine and much more!

List of books mentioned on this podcast:

Free resources by Rebecca Marina :
Angel Steps to Prosperity (This is an easy, daily step-by-step book on how to enlist your angels, and much more!)
Triumph in the Marketplace (for women, and men, building businesses, especially in healing)

Other books:
Sylvia Brown - Mother God
Les Giblin - How to have confidence and Power in Dealing with People
Harv Eker - Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
Norman Vincent Peale - Power of Positive Thinking
Betty Eadie - Embraced by the Light
Claude Bristol - The Magic of Believing

And
Dr. Christine Horner - Waking the Warrior Goddess: Dr Christine Horner's Program to Protect Against & Fight Breast

Introducing the Red Hot Living Podcast!

Red Hot Living....  The Podcast brings you interesting people and ideasguaranteed to help you get  out of your rut, ignite your life and live your dreams.  You will hear inspiring stories of  how other people have tapped into their passion and the fabulous things they are doing.

If you have a question about Red Hot Living, email it to The Red Hot Mama now!

Check us out at www.BoomerYak.com , part of Yaktivate.com 's global media network.

Baby Boomers & Podcasts

Here are some facts about baby boomers and podcasts that I think you’ll find fascinating.  Here’s an excerpt taken from Marilynn Mobley’s blog .

“Boomers once again defy conventional wisdom by downloading podcasts”

“If you think podcasting is for only the young turks with ear buds, think again. According to a comScore study, sponsored by Ad Infuse, consumers 35-54 make up about half of the audience that embraces podcasts.”

comScore research indicates that the more education and money a consumer has, the most likely s/he is to tune into podcasts. In fact, "individuals in households making at least $100,000 were 28 percent more likely than average to download podcasts, while college graduates were 25 percent more likely.

(Are you listening, car manufacturers???? Quit just screaming at us on TV and get inside our heads through our ear buds!)”

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Don’t it make you wonder who “conventional wisdom” is?  They have been misinterpreting marketing to baby boomers for several years now – ever since we started hitting 40!  Somehow they got the impression that we suddenly turned into old fogies just because of some birthday!

Anyway, if you’re not listening to podcasts, why not check some out, starting with BoomerYak and others of the wide variety on Yaktivate.  You can listen right on your computer or download them to an iPod or other MP3 player.  It’s an easy way to compile your own personalized “university” and entertainment center.

I listen to my iPod (a cute little red one!) when I’m walking on the beach and plug it into the sound system in my car when I have a long drive.

Introducing Chicks with Checks

                  Do Good ~ Have Fun ~ Raise Money

·    Are you tired of the rigid rules of most networking groups?
·    Would you like to connect with other caring women?
·    Would you like to support more local charities and community service                      organizations?
·    Have you noticed how much women get done when they work together?

Listen in as Guest Anne Newell joins The Red Hot Mama on BoomerYak with information about this new social network for women that is focused on networking and socializing with a purpose:  raising awareness and funds for locally operating non-profits.

Anne says:  “We envision becoming a hub for supporting women of all ages, at all stages of career growth, and at all levels of the socio-economic scale.  In the time-tested village society, women taught women, helped women, and nurtured women.”

·    Each month, a local charity is spotlighted and benefits  from new relationships, connections and a donation.
·    Women (hey, men love this approach, too!) network in a way that’s more relaxed, more personal, more relationship driven and less about numbers and quotas – it’s more about people!

In addition to local networking, Chicks with Checks aspires to infuse that same village social structure with 21st century technology.  By connecting local chapters through a vibrant virtual community, we can learn more, help more, and interrelate more. 

To become a member, a corporate sponsor or start a chapter in your area, click on over to their new website (think MySpace for Giving!) at www.ChickswithChecks.org and sign up today.  Be involved, engaged and part of something bigger than yourself, while having fun and building relationships!

And I invite you to visit TheRedHotMama and sign up for a special free report on igniting your life and feeling outrageously alive - and to stay informed about other Red Hot Mama interviews and events.

Stroke Victim Devises Unique Way to Carry Her Beer

Meet the irrepressible Dorothy Kucik in this LifestyleYak podcast. 

Dorothy had a series of strokes on Thanksgiving 2005 that affected one side of her body.  Now, at 65, she is starting a new business to market the Cane Caddy, designed by her son to carry her drinks, cell phone, etc.

Listen in to learn what went wrong in the first hours after Dorothy’s stroke to protect yourself or a loved one if that happens to you.

Not one to lie around, within a few months Dorothy was driving.  Of course, you might expect that from a Red Hot Mama who was known as “the Hard Hat in High Heels”. 

Dorothy says:
“I can peel a mean 5 pounds of potatoes with one hand!”

As a matter of fact, with rehab and her fabulous attitude, Dorothy affirms:  “I’m going to be jutterbugging by next year!”

The Cane Caddy won a Gold Medal Award of Merit in June, 2007 at the INPEX convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  INPEX, the Invention New Product Exposition, is the largest invention trade show in America and perhaps the world.  Jay Leno loved the invention – and Dorothy – so much he featured them in a clip on his show .   

For more information, click on the Cane Caddy or call 1-877-41-CADDY  (877-412-2339). 

What if... lessons from a former fat-guy

Not only has it hit hard that Baby Boomers aren’t as healthy as our elders were at our age, but looking at my sags and bags is hitting hard, too!

And so, I like to daydream “What if...?”

What if I did some weight training?
What if I started exercising more?
What if I looked BUFF in a bathing suit?
What if I had more energy?
What if I were really fit?

One of the inspirations for my “What if...” Daydreams is Jon Benson.

This "former fat-guy" guy was overweight (think a good sized spare tire) and in bad health.  Today he is BUFF!

If he can do it, I figure I can do it, too!  I’m not very overweight, either, so I don’t have as far to go to reach my fitness goals. 

Because it’s easier to do with someone else, I’m looking for Getting Buff partners!  Will you join me?  Just post your goals in the comments section and we’ll keep each other motivated and get healthy & fit together!

And, Jon has a free ecourse I'm starting on. 

BUFF, here I come!

Baby Boomers are Not as Healthy!

Did you read the shocking report that baby boomers are NOT as healthy as previous generations?  Here’s an excerpt from MedicalNewsToday.com :

“Americans in their early to mid-50s today report poorer health, more pain and more trouble doing everyday physical tasks than their older peers reported at the same age in years past, a recent analysis has shown.”

Surveys of Baby Boomers show that health & fitness is one of their top 3 concerns. 

Here are just a few of my readers’ questions from a recent survey:
·    How to stay fit and healthy?
·    How can I live my days out with the BEST quality of life--health and happiness and satisfaction?
·    Since I can't afford to get sick with or without Medicare, how can I stay in tip-top shape for at least    the next 25 years or so both mentally and physically?
·    Am I going to be able to maintain my health, energy, and avoid age-related pains and conditions &     diseases?            
·    How will my health change? Will my mental capacity slow down? Will my face wrinkle up like a prune?
·    Health - Will I stay healthy enough to enjoy the rest of my life and continue to do what I enjoy?
·    Is it possible to get that toned looking body again?
·    How to stay active despite minor ailments?
·    How to maintain health on all levels?

No matter what kind of shape you are in, I have one word for you:  NOW!

See, NOW is the tomorrow we’ve been putting things off until.  That means there are more sags and bags and bulges and flabbiness than there would have been if we’d only exercised regularly & eaten right all along. 

There’s no more putting this off if we’re all going to be healthy, energetic and fit!

So here’s what I recommend. 
NOW!:
1.    More exercise and yoga
2.    Supplements to make up for poorer nutritional absorption
3.    Eating less junk and more green smoothies
4.    De-stressing (with EFT, meditation, laughter & creativity)
5.    Maintaining a healthy ATTITUDE

Astounding proof we are losing the war on drugs

Albert Einstein said:  "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results."

Imagine spending over $1 TRILLION without getting positive results, and continuing down the same path.  Are we nuts?!  Totally insane?!?

I admit that when I first heard Jerry Cameron, of LEAP, talk about legalizing drugs, I was surprised.  Jerry is, after all, a law enforcement veteran with over 17 years experience, and he was speaking to our Rotary club here in very conservative St. Augustine.                           

We’ve been brainwashed to believe that The War on Drugs is the “American” thing to do, and anyone who was against it was UN-American.  (Just like they tried to brainwash us into believing that it was UN-American to question sending our young people to Iraq to be killed.  I feel like doing a Frank Cotolo rant here:  who is “they” and what power do they have anyway?  It is UN-American to remain silent, or to follow like sheep WITHOUTasking questions!)

Anyway, back to Jerry.  He, and LEAP, make a very convincing argument for ending prohibition (after all, it didn’t work back in the 1920’s either).

And so I just had to interview him for my podcast “Off The Beaten Path” found at BoomerYak.com .  (Thanks to the folks at Yaktivate.com ).

ABOUT WAR
Have you noticed how fighting against something makes it stronger and puts all the focus in the wrong place? 

Instead of winning...the addiction rate is the same as it was $1 Trillion dollars ago, our jail population has grown at an unbelievable rate, young people are jailed for a few ounces of marijuana while violent criminals who pose a real threat to society are released because of prison overcrowding...and the list goes on.  And on.

ABOUT MONEY
The illegal drug business is the largest business in the US, and it is completely tax free.

Can you imagine what we could do with $1 Trillion?  How far would that go toward improving our education system?  Toward finding ways to reduce poverty?  Toward finding non-polluting, sustainable energy sources? 

The politicians would have you believe that Utopia is only in the mind of drug users.

I believe Utopia would be a country that put its money and energy toward raising and educating healthy children, providing basic health care for all its citizens, creating a safe, sustainable environment, and giving us hope for a peaceful world.

Well, that’s my rant for now.

Here’s Jerry!

And take a few minutes to educate yourself.  Learn about LEAP.   Watch the 12 minute video (recommended by Walter Cronkite).

And, these numbers on the Drug War Clock on what the War on Drugs has cost us in the US so far this year will make you sick to your stomach.  And we’re paying for this?!

Are you wondering what you can do? 

• Get involved with LEAP and have a spokesperson speak to your organization
• write your congressmen and women, educate yourself
• and help make this a safe country to have an honest and open discussion without being afraid of finger-pointing, political blacklisting and name-calling.

And, no, this is not an excuse for you to go break the law.  Let's just change it!

 

Fun with Frank Cotolo!

Now I’m a Podcaster!

What do you do if you’re interviewing someone who is a polished and experienced radio personality?

Well, I was kind of nervous.  But fortunately, Frank is fun and easy to talk with – an interesting combination of high energy, creativity and philosopher. 

Frank’s experiences and stories are interesting, and I may do a whole show just on that sometime.  Kind of a nostalgic journey.

But I was interested in Frank now – what does a boomer who was at the forefront of pushing the envelop back in the 60’s reflect (he wrote for and performed with Wolfman Jack) about our generation and where we’re going?

Frank raises some interesting questions about our generation.  In the 60’s we thought love could change the world.  We knew our generation was different.  And no one can argue that we did change the world – and in spite of the potshots we’ve taken, we have made a positive impact.  But, is it enough?

Frank asks:  Have we sold out?

Listen to the podcast now.  And you can listen to Frank’s weekly live radio show (or access the recording) as he chronicles life as he sees it.

What do you think?  Have we sold out?  Vote (way at the bottom of that page), or leave a comment below.

Are you A Consumer or A Citizen?

Did you know that last year there were over 70 BILLION catalogs send in the United States?  That’s about 60 for every man, woman and child.  This year, 2007, projections are that this horrifying number will increase to 120 BILLION.

Besides the nuisance of clogging up your mailbox and cluttering your home, think of the amount of extra fuel it takes just to transport them.  And the worst thing of all is the forests (not just trees, but FORESTS) that are being decimated just so companies can bury us under catalogs we don’t want or need, and that are usually not even recyclable. 

This weekend I had the opportunity to be in a seminar that Lynne Twist presented.  I’ve admired Lynne ever since reading The Soul Of Money last year.  (It was my favorite book of the year, and if you haven’t read it, I strongly recommend it.  It will make a difference in your life!)

Lynne has had a long career as a global activist, fundraiser, speaker, and mentor.  After several years dedicated to fundraising for The Hunger Project, she and her husband Tom cofounded The Pachamama Alliance.

Lynne opened my eyes on the catalogs.  You can get more information about what’s being done, how Victoria’s Secret is improving, and how you can take action

You can immediately do a couple of things that will help prevent mass decimation of the world’s forests. 

Two easy ways:

1.    Reduce the number of catalogs that you receive at your home or business by registering with the catalog trade association’s mail preference system. Just send a postcard including your name, address and email to:
Mail Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
PO Box 643
Carmel, NY 15012-0643

2.    Start using sustainable shopping bags.  Here are tips and ways to get involved.

And this is more difficult, but very important.  Look at your own habits.

Are you A Consumer or A Citizen?  Which are you raising your children and grandchildren to be? 

Please post your thoughts below.