Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to the latest episode of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, nationally syndicated columnist, inspirational speaker and founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to empower women to build a strong Foundation of Wellbeing: One Whole-istic™ Step at a Time. To feel HOPE: harmony, options, peace and empowerment to help others along the way. How Do Solar Flares Affect Humans? The Northern Lights are spectacular, but they’re just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to solar storms. The explosions of radiation ejected…
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Tackling the Foster Care System, a Task for All
Reading Time: 3 minutesINTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, welcomed Nancy Poland to provide another commentary in a series. The Nancy Poland Commentaries Foster care: a combined family who becomes a temporary solution to a heart-breaking problem. Any child taken out of their biological family will experience trauma. Look around, it is likely there is a foster care family in your community. In the last month Nancy Poland has published three articles on different facets of foster…
Read More5 Ways To Keep Your Dreams Alive When Everything Looks Impossible
Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to the latest episode of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to empower women to build a strong Foundation of Wellbeing: One Whole-istic™ Step at a Time. To feel HOPE: harmony, options, peace and empowerment to help others along the way. 5 Ways to Nurture Our Dreams and Goals It takes a village to raise a child, but it also takes a community to nurture a dream into fruition. This is why it’s…
Read MoreWhat Happened to Political Etiquette?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to the latest episode of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to empower women to build a strong Foundation of Wellbeing: One Whole-istic™ Step at a Time. To feel HOPE: harmony, options, peace and empowerment to help others along the way. Why Aren’t Peoples Opinions Private Anymore? It seems as though there is no such thing as privacy anymore. People will post anything and everything about their lives and overshare them online. But why…
Read MoreUnderstanding Karma: The Key to Health, Happiness, and Success
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is karma? Sometimes, it is better to define something by what it is not. That is probably the best way to understand karma. In our Western pop culture world, we often hear karma referred to as good or bad. This predisposes judgment. However, it’s important to remember that karma is not about judgment. Good and bad signify punishment or retribution if a deed is not morally correct. But what is morally correct is subjective, depending upon your culture and point of view. Karma, therefore, is not about punishment or…
Read MoreDr. John Explains Hunger and “Eating Like A Toddler”
Reading Time: 4 minutesTo understand hunger, you don’t need to look any further than the mechanism by which babies regulate their consumption of milk, or toddlers regulate their consumption of food. If you think about it, both infants and toddlers decide on their own when to eat, what to eat, and how much to eat to thrive physically, mentally, and emotionally. When you were an infant and then a toddler, this is what you did. So today, to lose weight, you need to alter your eating habits, so you can eat as you…
Read MoreLooking for Calm in the Chaos?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to the latest episode of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to empower women to build a strong Foundation of Wellbeing: One Whole-istic™ Step at a Time. To feel HOPE: harmony, options, peace and empowerment to help others along the way. 5 Ways to Keep Calm in Turbulent Times As we know, it’s not easy to keep calm in turbulent times, but being able to stay level-headed under pressure is a critical skill…
Read MoreAre We Still Being Fooled by Fake Olive Oil?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to the latest episode of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to empower women to build a strong Foundation of Wellbeing: One Whole-istic™ Step at a Time. To feel HOPE: harmony, options, peace and empowerment to help others along the way. Why is Olive Oil Controlled by the Italian Mafia? The olive oil industry is a multi-billion dollar business, but there’s a dark side to this lucrative trade. CBS’ 60 Minutes…
Read MoreIn the Mind of the Assassin
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat Do 69% of Mass Shooters Have in Common? On Saturday, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. His assassination caused the unnecessary death of one person and two others are still in the hospital. It is beyond tragic. The investigation is ongoing and hopefully, we will learn more about the shooter’s motive and mental state. My belief is that it was preventable. Did you know that 69% of mass shooters—and no doubt, individual assassins like Crooks—have one thing in common? You may be surprised. It…
Read More3 Things To Know About Your Dream Life
Reading Time: 3 minutesMarianne Clyde, CEO of Isn’t She Amazing offers 3 things you should know about living your dream life: It is a worthy goal You have everything within you to accomplish that goal No one else has to approve it. When you are given a desire in your heart, that desire is for you. It is given to you because you are the only one that can accomplish that desire or goal in your unique way. You are a co-creator of your life. The creator of the universe lives in…
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