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Learn Raw Chocolate Making Secrets in My Kitchen!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on October 13, 2013 / Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Personal Growth, Raw Chocolate Making, Workshops

Make Healthy Chocolate With Me! Have you heard? I’m offering several people the opportunity to come into the MindBodyFood Kitchen and learn the secrets of professional raw chocolate making! pay any day loanspay day advance locationsimprove credit rating These 4 specialty workshops will teach the health conscious homemaker and wellness warrior how to make professional looking, tasting and appealing varieties of delicious, nutritious and guilt-free raw chocolates on their quest for better health. You will learn how to make beautiful, smooth raw chocolate that won’t increase your blood sugar or waistline, as all recipes include natural sweeteners and nutrient dense

Organic Food and Farming | Benefits and Tips

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on October 11, 2013 / Fat Loss, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Medicinal Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Personal Growth, Wellness Coaching

Interview with Homegrown Health Recently I visited Cabarlah, on the edge of the Great Dividing Range, to meet with Darrin Pateman from Homegrown Health organic farm. www.fcjbunclody.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/04/ We sat down on his back veranda, overlooking the farm, and spoke about the benefits of organic food, seasonal produce, getting certified, farmers markets, family, and future plans for the farm. We also answered some Facebook questions about growing organic at home and dealing with pests, like fruit flies and aphids, the natural organic way without harming your produce. As mentioned in our interview, the Clean Fifteen and Dirty Dozen poster is below in three variations, or

Upcoming Workshop with Essential Oils and Chocolate!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on October 2, 2013 / Body Image, Confidence, Eating Disorders, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Medicinal Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Personal Growth, Raw Chocolate Making, Self-Care, Sparkle & Shine, Stress Management, Wellness Coaching, Workshops

Do you use essential oils? Do you love healthy chocolate? Recently I was approached by the lovely Berit Munro from The Health and Wellness Company! this issue payday loans She’s on a similar mission to spread the message of healing and hope through self-love and holistic nourishment. Berit has asked me to present at her next Toowoomba workshop and share my love of wellness and raw chocolate. Here’s the official invite flyer. It’s only $10 and it’s coming soon! YOU ARE INVITED TO AN “EDIBLE ESSENTIAL OIL” CLASS Would you like to learn how to take control of you and your family’s health, whilst creating quick

What My One-Legged Grandfather Taught Me About Life

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on October 2, 2013 / Confidence, Gratitude, Holistic Health, Inner-Strength, Mental-Health, Mindset, Passion & Purpose, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Positive Thinking & Affirmations, Self-Care, Self-Esteem

Listen and Learn When I was in grade one my maternal Grandfather taught me how to spell “encyclopedia”. I was the only child in first grade who could spell such a long and impressive word, which I loved to spell over and over with pride at my young abilities! That same year he also taught me how to recite the alphabet backwards. He used a nifty little rhyme which I’ve recently taught my step-children. Now that really impressed the other grade one kids! Every holiday my older sisters and I would stay with our maternal grandparents for at least a week. We would

Reaching Your Goals on the Road Ahead

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on September 23, 2013 / Confidence, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Positive Thinking & Affirmations, Self-Esteem, Wellness Coaching

Dreams, Deadlines and Commitments A lot of my clients have the initial worry of how far they have to go in reaching their health and wellness goals. They focus on the long road ahead and freak out about how long it will take to get there. We’re a growing nation of impatient (stressed and overweight) people the more modern stress takes its’ toll on our lives. We want change immediately, and what’s more, we want it to last so that we never, ever have to deal with the conflict or upset ever again! The worst thing is that we spend so much time

How to Create Life Balance and Fulfil Your Needs

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on September 17, 2013 / Confidence, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Self-Care, Wellness Coaching

WELLNESS TIP – Life Balance Life Balance is an interesting term many use when they suddenly become aware that they don’t have any! This usually comes about the more stressed, overwhelmed, exhausted and/or frustrated you increasingly feel. Creating life balance isn’t about controlling life – obligations, commitments, challenges and bumps in the road can easily disrupt your plans and unbalance your life every day! The trick is in recognising where your needs aren’t being met and attending to them as a daily act of self-love. The focus then becomes on YOU and not what happens to you. Here’s a list identified by

Achieve Your Wellness NOW!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on September 12, 2013 / Confidence, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Inner-Strength, Mindset, Passion & Purpose, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Positive Thinking & Affirmations, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Wellness Coaching

Happier, Healthier, Fitter! Fulfil your needs and find your balance in all areas of your life: Mentally, Physically, Spiritually and Emotionally. My new eStore is up and the first product live is my comprehensive wellness coaching workbook designed to move you step by step from overwhelm, confusion and low energy to wellness, happiness and abundance in all areas of your life. Just like I did on the road to my own healing and wellness journey! Evaluate your strengths and values. Align your beliefs with your actions. Create and achieve SMART goals using short and long term goal planners with solution focused evaluations. Clarify your

Do You Love or Hate Your Body?

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on August 19, 2013 / Emotional Eating, Gratitude, Holistic Health, Inner-Strength, Mindset, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Self-Care, Wellness Coaching

Are you in Love or Hate with Your Body? How many times have you looked at your physical reflection and zoned in on the body parts you’re not so fond of, only to begin a barrage of nasty name-calling and judgements in your mind towards it? Our body image is largely dependant on how we FEEL and THINK about our bodies. personal loans lenders for bad credit When we have negative feelings towards our bodies, our mind, mood, confidence, eating choices and behaviour all decline as we focus on those negative feelings, become overcome by them, and eventually feel even more weighed down by what’s

Are Your Adrenals Fatigued? The Dangers of Stress

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on August 2, 2013 / Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Mental-Health, Mindset, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Personal Growth, Self-Care, Stress Management, Wellness Coaching

Are your Adrenals Fatigued? Recently I’ve had a many new clients coming to me for “MANAGING STRESS”. Even the local newspaper reporter sought me out for information on a feature about stress IN LAST WEEKENDS PAPER! (OMG the top photo is terrible!!!!) Recently I wrote, Stress Kills! Find Your triggers and take action! Often we miss the signals that our bodies are attempting to provide us. We’re too consumed by the daily grind and keeping up with the mounting tasks, that we miss our physical responses and don’t do anything about them. Adrenal Glands Two, triangular shaped glands that sit on top of your

What is Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT?

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 25, 2013 / Health & Fitness, Inner-Strength, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Positive Thinking & Affirmations, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Stress Management

Emotional Freedom Technique history pioneer services have Tapping your way to health, success, wealth and happiness… What is EFT? If you have negative emotions creating roadblocks in your efforts to create change, feel happier, get fitter, be successful, find love, accept yourself, be more, do more, feel more, have more… you have nothing to lose and everything to gain from trying EFT. It’s quick, painless and easy to learn. Sequences are tailored to your individual fears, limiting beliefs and personal mental and emotional blocks. It’s a meridian based therapy focusing on releasing blocked energy within the body to return the flow of health,

Stress Kills! Find Your Triggers and Take Action!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 18, 2013 / Benefits of Meditation, Holistic Health, Meditation, Mindset, Personal Growth, Self-Care, Stress Management

Identify Stress Triggers & Take Action Throughout my work with individuals and groups as a Meditation and Stress Therapist, I see first hand how little the general public are aware of the physical symptoms of their stress. This is such a terrible shame seeing as stress is the number ONE underlying cause of ALL modern illness and disease! SHOCKING! Stress has become the go-to word to describe a myriad of emotions, feelings and situations in our lives. How many times have you heard someone say: “I’m too stressed to deal with this” “I’m so stressed out” “Life is really stressful at the moment” How many

NEW Meditation Term & Stress Management Classes in Toowoomba

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 15, 2013 / Benefits of Meditation, Meditation, Mindset, Personal Growth, Self-Care

Weekly Meditation Term 3 Monday 15th July to Monday 16th Sept (10wks) One Whole Hour of Quiet, Calm, Peace & Happiness! Breathe, relax, feel safe, let go. Learn more about your Self, your stress and your strengths… BOOKINGS REQUIRED! Regular weekly classes incorporate various styles and traditions of meditation for relaxation, breathing, stress management, pain management, healing, confidence, visualisation, self-esteem and affirmations to deepen your practice and connection to self, and reinforce your learning with regularity, greater insight and promotion of the relaxation response. Meditation is a wonderful practice in mind-body awareness, self-connection and emotional healing. Classes are 1 Hour duration and

Awaken to Your Inner Silence

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 1, 2013 / Holistic Health, Inner-Strength, Mindset, Personal Growth

Monday Inspiration! Meditation expands self-awareness and is a tool for the re-discovery of our body’s own inner intelligence. Practiced for thousands of years, it’s not about forcing the mind to be quiet, it’s finding the silence that’s already there and making it a part of your life. Silence is the birthplace of happiness, creativity, and infinite possibilities. From this field of pure potentiality we get our bursts of inspiration, our most intuitive thoughts, and our deepest sense of connection to the universe. Practicing meditation on a daily basis allows you to weave silence and stillness into your mind and body to

Watch my MindBodyFood TV interview on Managing Stress

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 26, 2013 / Benefits of Meditation, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Inner-Strength, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Personal Training, Positive Thinking & Affirmations, Self-Care, Stress Management, Wellness Coaching

Stress-related Conditions CAN Happen To Anyone No matter who you are or what you do for a living, we all experience a degree of stress. Are you feeling down, anxious, tired, overwhelmed.. everyday, ordinary people can easily be overcome by prolonged stress when we ignore the signs and symptoms from our own body and mood. What can you do about it to help yourself and manage your stress before it leads to stress-related conditions, illness and disease? Take a 15 minute break to watch this interesting and humble interview with Steve Lynes, Owner of Fitness Works Gym in Toowoomba, to learn ways to identify your own levels of stress, and

GF Orange Almond Cake

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 11, 2013 / Benefits of Meditation, Food, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Personal Growth

Orange Almond Cake REAL FOOD FRIDAY I came up with this very simple, easy and delicious one-bowl cake a few weeks ago (April 2013) and have since created variations of “Orange Chocolate Cake” and “Carrot Cake with Nuts and Seeds”. It’s a winner! The whole family loves this little beauty. It’s moist, satisfying and best when served warm. Best bit is it’s gluten and dairy free, and sweetened with nutritious coconut sugar! Enjoy Viki xo Gluten & Diary Free Orange Almond Cake! Ingredients: 2 cups of Almond Meal 1 tblsp ground Linseed OR LSA (linseed, sunflower and almond

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