WELCOME TO THE PENNSYLVANIA CENTER FOR INTUITIVE STUDIES NEWSLETTER!

THE INTUITIVE ADVISOR

(your inner voice!)

Greetings!  Well, here is the new online newsletter for the Center.  While it may take a bit of getting used to, we are sure you will come to enjoy it.  We look forward to hearing from you with your comments, both good or otherwise, relative to this page.  For now, the page is still under construction.  Stay with us while we work out the kinks and refine the mechanics of this whole thing!  For now, access is free.  If you are a subscriber, you will soon be notified about how to access this page once we create the "Subscriber Only" codes. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this transitional period.  If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us! Please understand that as of now, the actual newsletter is incomplete.  There will be more added shortly.

NEW YEARS DAY...it's (almost) all over now!

Well, by the time you read this, the holidays will no doubt be over!  We hope yours were as fun-filled as ours were!  It was a great time all in all.  A great deal of the ole "hustle and bustle"  stuff to be sure.  And, of course.....New Years Eve must be fun too.  We aren't really into all the major celebrating stuff during that particular evening.  Instead, we simply look forward to a delicious meal at a cozy establishment and to be home by about 7:30 PM.  Since I am writing this just a few days shy of the 31st,  I can't really tell you how our evening went but, our plan is quite simple.  After dining out, we plan to secure some movies from Blockbuster and settle in for an evening of entertainment all by ourselves.  The outside world will be left to its' own doings.  We will be snuggled in, safe and warm.  No traffic, no intoxicated individuals, no accidents, no arguments, no boisterous individuals, no excessive noise, no angry fights.......nope.....just US!   What better way to ring in the New Year than by ending the old and starting the new with someone you love!  So no matter how you decide to celebrate your own New Year's please do it safely and gracefully.   We hope to see you all back here at the Center in 2007!

THE STRESS OF IT ALL!

How much stress is too much stress?  Studies show that it is the daily build-up of small irritations that cause a situation of too much stress.   Each of us handles stress in different ways.  It's never easy.  Since we have just experienced the holidays lets use them as an example.  Think about how you went about searching for the right gift for the right person.  Some of us have perhaps 20 people to buy for while others have maybe 3 or 4 people to buy for.  Yet, the individual who only has those 3 or 4 people on their list can be just as stressed as those buying for many more!  Even more interesting is the fact that some of us actually enjoy buying for many as we joust with other shoppers and compete for a special gift while standing for untold minutes in that long check-out line.  And, again, others find it quite difficult to deal with just getting one or two gifts and getting it all done in one store in one fell swoop!    So how do we live graciously with stress?  Eat smart; exercise; learn to laugh at yourself; say NO when demands are too great for you; get a good nights sleep; drink lots of water a day, and limit coffee, sugar, salt and fat.  Sounds simple.  Things you can do in addition to those things are:  Practice relaxation techniques; use guided imagery, yoga, meditation etc.  Stress is a response to the demands of life.  If you can recognize it and learn how to deal with it you can become much better off in the long run.  (And live longer too!)

The Pennsylvania Center for Intuitive Studies would like to welcome (and thank) Rebecca Stubbs and Gina Wendel as Board Office Holders in this new year.  Becky Stubbs is our new Advisory Board PRESIDENT.  Gina Wendel is our new Advisory Board VICE PRESIDENT.  Both individuals have a great deal to offer our clients in this new year.  We have discussed with them, some of the things we have planned and we are sure that we are all in for a very prosperous and exciting year.  We hope all of you will continue to be a part of our new direction for 2007.

THE COFFEE BREAK

Do you take one?  Recent studies have revealed that coffee actually does have health benefits for those who drink it.  Reports indicate that those individuals who drink 2 cups of coffee each day have a lesser chance of getting some sort of disease.....I really can't tell you what the "disease" is because I don't remember what the research said.  It could have been something like:  a reduced risk of heart attacks or a reduced risk of colon cancer, or prostate cancer or something like that.  I do know that it has to do with the caffeine content.  If I am correct, I think it also said that one can "overdo" the amount of coffee one takes in too.  Too much is NOT a good thing.  Heck, I know (used to know...he's dead now) someone who would drink up to twenty cups of coffee within an 8-hour period of time!  Personally, I don't know how a body can store all that liquid at one time.    Coffee also has its drawbacks.  You have probably felt some of them when you are denied your "morning fix" haven't you?  The body (and mind) doesn't take kindly to being denied this liquid when it is trying to wake up and function properly.  So, that means that caffeine is addictive.   Sometimes you will get a headache when you try to "cut back" on your caffeine.  This is nothing more than withdrawal.  Fortunately, it is much easier to cut back on caffeine than it is to cut back on some other "legal"  foods and drinks we indulge in.  When is a good thing too much?  The answer is.....when you find it diffucult to eliminate it in one quick shot!    So....go ahead...enjoy your coffee....but....moderately! 

THE MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE

If you could create a movie of your life, what would it be like?  Who might you select to play the lead?  Do you think your life would be interesting to others?  Imagine that you really did have an opportunity to view your life thus far.  What things might you change or edit out?  We all have those skeletons in our closets don't we?  Yet, rather than confront them, we would just as soon keep the closet door locked...even from ourselves.  Sometimes though, others gain access to our private closet and depending upon whom may uncover what we have hidden there,  we become vulnerable and open to ridicule for things we did in the past.....again!  There are those though, that we can trust and believe in enough to share our closet contents with who would never throw those things back into our faces.  Your spouse or significant other SHOULD be one of them.  And, while creating the movie of your life,  he or she should play a very important part in it.  After all, this person has seen fit to accept you for who you are, not necessarily for who you USED to be.  Within your movie, BOTH of you have "evolved" hopefully together and gracefully enough so that the movie is full of fun, laughter, great times and adventurous ones as well.  Yep, we should also add that there are the rough times, the tears, the arguments the dissagreements and dissappointments....but, hey, isn't it great to know that without those not-so-good times, you would not completely be able to know and experience the really great ones?  And, wouldn't it be awful if your spouse and you agreed on each and every thing, thought, idea and incident that came along?  No dissagreements equals no growth.  So my friends, know that life...each day....creates an opportunity to be the star in your own movie.  Whether you play the villian or the hero....is actually up to you!