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The Renewal Times Wishing You a Prosperous and Happy New Year The Renewal Times is a publication of Renewal Technologies Inc. and is edited by Roger Ellerton. This newsletter may be republished without permission, provided it is reproduced in its entirety and provided copyright is acknowledged. To reproduce sections of the newsletter, please contact Renewal Technologies Inc. at info@renewal.ca. Please forward this newsletter to friends and colleagues. To become a subscriber or to view previous editions of this newsletter, please visit www.renewal.ca/newsletter.htm. Please note: The material in this newsletter is presented for information only. It is not a substitute for medical, psychological or professional advice. Please consult a qualified professional. Included in this newsletter:
****************** To be what we are and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life. R.L. Stevenson ************ Add Some Legumes to Your Daily Diet Legumes represent an incredibly diverse group of foods that includes lentils, peanuts, soybeans, peas, garbanzo beans, lima beans, as well as red, white, or black beans. A recent study of older people revealed that regular legume eaters have a significantly lower risk of mortality compared to non-legume eaters -- they experienced an 8% lower risk of mortality for every 20 grams of legumes consumed daily. Legumes may promote health because they are high in protein, low in fat, and contain nutrients -- folate, fiber, and minerals -- that reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes. Fiber lowers cholesterol, helps you feel satiated, and stabilizes blood sugars by slowing digestion. Folate reduces blood levels of homocysteine, a compound associated with arterial aging. Magnesium and potassium are minerals critical for blood pressure control. Regular exercise, weight management, and medical check-ups also are important for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease. Legumes: the most important dietary predictor of survival in older people of different ethnicities. Darmadi-Blackberry, I., Wahlqvist, M. L., Kouris-Blazos, A., Steen, B., Lukito, W., Horie, Y., Horie, K., Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2004 June 13(2):217-220. -- Eating Fish May Help Your Health Although eating fish as seldom as 1 to 3 times per month may be enough to provide some protection against stroke, a recent study revealed that eating fish weekly could reduce stroke risk by as much as 13 percent, compared to people who ate fish less often than once per month. Certain kinds of fish may contain high levels of mercury, a trace metal that is found in the environment and is toxic to humans. Choose your fish wisely. Long-lived fish, such as swordfish, shark, tilefish, king mackerel, red snapper, and orange roughy, tend to have the highest mercury levels. Fish consumption and incidence of stroke: a meta-analysis of cohort studies. He, K., Song, Y., Daviglus, M. L., Liu, K., Van Horn, L., Dyer, A. R., Goldbourt, U., Greenland, P., Stroke 2004 Jul;35(7):1538-1542. Epub 2004 May 20. ************ Norm Goldman, a professional book reviewer, has reviewed my book Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You. His review is available at www.live-your-dreams.biz/book-reviews.htm. Other book reviews will be posted as they are received. ***************************** NLP Practitioner TrainingThree week-ends: February 3 - 5, 17 - 19, 24 - 26, 2006. or Seven consecutive days: July 10 - 16, 2006. NLP Master Practitioner TrainingTake your NLP knowledge and abilities to the next level! For our most recent schedule and a description of these workshops/seminars, please visit www.renewal.ca/neurolinguistic.htm Click on the following link for the location of our NLP Training Centre in Ottawa (Stittsville), Ontario ************* Given that a number of us make New Year's resolutions, I thought that the following article would be very appropriate. Roger Taking Charge of Your LifeBy Roger Ellerton Phd, ISP, CMC, Renewal Technologies Inc. www.renewal.ca How do you live your life? At cause or at effect? It is important to be aware of this distinction. It is the rare individual who always lives his or her life at cause; however, far too many of us live a large portion of our lives at effect - responding to the whims, desires or emotional states of others. Being at cause means that you are decisive in creating what you want in life and take responsibility for whatever you achieve. You see the world as a place of opportunity and you move toward achieving what you desire. If things are not unfolding as you would like, you take action and explore other possibilities. Above all, you know you have choice in what you do and how you react to people and events. If you are at effect, you may blame others or circumstances for your bad moods, for what you have not achieved or for the disarray of your life in general. You may feel powerless or depend on others in order for you to feel good about yourself or about life. You may think, "If only my spouse, my boss, my co-workers, my parents, my children understood me and helped me achieve my dreams or did what I wanted or what is best for me, then life would be great." If you wait and hope for things to be different or for others to provide you with results or happiness, you are at effect, or a victim of circumstances. And really, how satisfying is that? How satisfying do you think it is for others to be around you? Believing that someone else is responsible for your happiness or your different moods is very limiting and gives this person mystical powers over you, which can cause both you and the other person a great deal of anguish. Being at cause means you have choices in your life - you can choose what is best for you while ensuring the choice is ecological for those around you, in your community and your society. That is, you consider the consequences of your actions on others, while not taking responsibility for their emotional well-being. Believing you are responsible for the emotional well-being of someone else places a heavy burden upon you and can cause a great deal of stress. Those who live their lives at effect often see themselves as victims with no choices whatsoever. The truth is that they do have choices but have chosen not to take action. They are simply reactive to whatever is thrust upon them. Emotions such as guilt, fear, anxiety and resentment are the result of being at effect. People at effect tend to blame others and do not take responsibility for their actions. Emotions such as these can wear heavily on a person's body and life, and can be the root cause of many physical and personal issues. Do I always live my life at cause? No, not a chance; the great majority of the time I do live at cause. When I don't, one of the following usually comes to mind: ‘There is no failure only feedback' or ‘There are no unresourceful people, only unresourceful states'. Then using various personal growth techniques, such as those from NLP (neurolinguistic programming), I am able to explore other ways to achieve my outcomes or ask others for help, without being a victim to their answers. Each morning when you get up, you can either ask yourself, "I wonder what my day will bring," or "What do I choose to bring to my day?" The choice is yours. Author: Roger Ellerton is a certified NLP trainer, certified management consultant and the founder and managing partner of Renewal Technologies. He can be reached at Renewal Technologies www.renewal.ca. The above article is an extract from his book Live Your Dreams - Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You. ******* Tax Advisors The tax advisor had just read the story of Cinderella to his four-year-old daughter for the first time. The little girl was fascinated by the story, especially the part where the pumpkin turns into a golden coach. Suddenly she piped up, "Daddy, when the pumpkin turned into a golden coach, would that be classed as income or a long-term capital gain?" -- The difference between the short and long income tax forms is simple. If you use the short form, the government gets your money. If you use the long form, the tax advisor gets your money. **************** For more information, please visit our website or contact us at 613 692-1424 or info@renewal.ca Copyright © 2006, Renewal Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.
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