Art of Healing - Herb & Health Digital Library Extreme Flash Sale

The Art of Healing Extreme Flash Library Sale. Only $39.97 for 53 digital products, ending March 7!!

Included in this awesome sale are books by my herbal friends Kiva Rose (Medicine Woman, Folk Herbalist and Teacher at The Medicine Woman Tradition and author of the Plant Healer Magazine), Henriette Kress (owner of Henriette's Herbal and author of Practical Herbs), Darcey Blue (owner of Blue Turtle Botanicals and ShamanaFlora.com and author of the Sacred Plant Wisdom Newsletter) and Rosalee de la Forêt (owner of Methow Valley Herbs and Herbal Remedies Advice!

EXTREME digital “Health Library” bundle includes: 

1. 100 Days of Real Food Challenge by Lisa Leake. (73 pages; Bonus)
2. 7 Habits of a Gluten-Free Warrior by Peter Osborne. (90 minutes; $19.95)
3. A Fibromyalgia Recovery Story: Eating Outside The Box by Christy Pooschke. (50 minutes; $14.95).
4. A Healthy Soda by Donna Schwenk. (9 minutes; $6.99)
5. A MTHFR Manifesto by the Probiotic Police and Natural Peacekeepers by Folate Girl. (8 pages; priceless parody)
6. Adrenal Fatigue Solutions – 90 Day Plan to Improve Adrenal Function by Pat Robinson. (127 pages, $59)
7. Aging: Cumulative Knowledge from Peer Review Studies by Sayer Ji. (131 pages; $29.99)
8. Baking With Coconut Flour by Starlene Stewart. (63 pages; $18.95)
9. Broth: Elixir Of Life by Patricia Lacoss-Arnold. (59 pages; $8.99)
10. Cancer Isn’t a Death Sentence – It’s a Life Changing Opportunity by Marcia Schaefer, D.C. (115 pages; $29.99)
11. Car Seats: The Deadliest Parenting Decision by Guggie Daly. (7 pages; Bonus)
12. Common Sense Health: Detox, Diet and Physical Activities by Laurie Neverman. (40 pages; $8.99)
13. Detoxifying Your Home – Inside and Out by Dawn Lorenz. (25 pages; $9.99)
14. Divine Dinners: Gluten-Free, Nourishing, Family-Friendly Meals by Lydia Joy Shatney.  (104 pages; $14.95)
15. Eat More Leafy Greens by Cynthia Lair. (20 pages; $6.99)
16. Essential Elements of Whole Health by Amy Love, NTP, CGP, CILC. (110 pages; $49)
17. Family-Friendly Allergen-Free Menu Planner by KerryAnn Foster. (41 pages; $16.95)
18. Herbal Remedies for Children During the Cold and Flu Season by Rosalee de la Forêt. (88 pages; $20)
19. Holistic Approaches in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus by Todd Caldecott, Dip. Cl.H., RH(AHG). (22 pages: $17.99)
20. Homeopathy for Childhood Illnesses by Miranda Castro. (10 pages; Bonus)
21. Infertility: Cumulative Knowledge from Peer Review Studies by Sayer Ji. (34 pages; $9.99)
22. Introduction to Energy Healing by Tracy Liebmann. (24 pages and video resources; $18)
23. Introduction to Flower Essences by Amy Hendrickson. (12 pages; $10.)
24. Introduction to MTHFR by Ben Lynch N.D., (80 minutes; $50)
25. Introduction to Tree Medicines by Darcey Blue French. (38 pages; $19.99)
26. Lacto-Fermentation by Wardee Harmon. (155 pages; $20)
27. Listen to the Ancient Mother Wisdom by Kimberly Crail. (23 pages; $10)
28. Mother’s Little Herbal Helper And Home Remedies by Natalie Vickery. (116 pages; $12.50)
29. MTHFR Blueprint by MTHFRSupport. (24 pages; $14.99)
30. Natural Beauty Recipes by Katie (Wellness Mama). (37 pages; $10)
31. Nourishing Our Children: Timeless Principles by Nourishing Our Children. (97 pages; $20)
32. Numen: The Healing Power of Plants A Resource Guide by Numen. (37 pages; $12)
33. Of Thorn and Petal: The Remedy in the Rose by Kiva Rose. (50 pages; $9.99)
34. Off The Shelf by Kris Bordessa. (43 pages, $7)
35. Practical Guide to Children’s Health (Excerpt) by Kate Tietje. (28 pages; Bonus)
36. Practical Herbs by Henriette Kress. (150 pages; $9.50)
37. Quinoa Fit by Wendy Polisi. (156 pages; $8.99)
38. Rebuild from Depression: A Nutrient Guide, Including Depression in Pregnancy and Postpartum by Amanda Rose, Ph.D. and Annell Mavrantonis, M.D. (200 pages; $19.97)
39. Salves Made Simple by Jennifer Saleem. (41 pages, $9.95)
40. Simply Sourdough by Melissa Naasko. (30 pages; $2.99)
41. Spring Cleansing – The Local Way by Jennifer Steinbachs, ND. (9 pages; $9.97)
42. Stress Relief for Parents by Genevieve Simperingham. (50 minutes; $25)
43. The Everything Beans Book by Katie Kimball. (95 pages; $8.95)
44. The Five Flavors of Food by Lisa Mase. (4 pages; Bonus)
45. The New Health Paradigm by Anthony Gucciardi. (99 pages; $19.97)
46. The Savvy Shopper’s Guide to Sustainable Food by Raine Saunders. (121 pages; $24)
47. The Whole Foods Revelation by France Morissette. (102 pages; $19.95)
48. Thrifty Food Plan Experience by Millie Copper. (67 pages; $8.95)
49. Traditional Soup Workshop with Whole Grain Gluten-Free Muffin Cookbook Bonus by Kimi Harris. (29 pages; 58 minutes of video; $30)
50. Ultimate Secrets to Acne Freedom by Tracy McCullough. (116 pages; $29)
51. Understanding The Right-Brained Child by Cindy Gaddis. (70 minutes; $8)
52. Whispers from The Universe: 30 EFT Scripts for Feeling Great by Deborah Donndelinger. (48 pages, demonstration videos; $25)
53. Wildly Natural Skin Care Oils by Michelle Czolba. (29 pages, $17)

Click HERE to purchase this awesome deal!!

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Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program

I have fond memories of the Pizza Hut http://www.pizzahut.com/ BOOK IT! Program http://www.bookitprogram.com/. I still have my purple button with the white open book and rainbow tucked away in my button box (a box full of fun pins, buttons and pretty brooches).

When I was little we rarely ate out at restaurants. My mom was a great cook and had the time to cook meals for us. Eating out was saved when we were spoiled rotten by our Grandmother when she came to visit us or we came to visit her. Those days were few and far in between.

I went to public school when I was growing up. When the teacher handed out the Book It! buttons and explained we could get a Personal Pan Pizza from Pizza Hut (what a tongue twister!)  for free if we read books I was thrilled! This free pizza would be  the bonus I needed in between Grandmother visits. I loved reading anyway so it was easy and worth it.

In order to get the pizza you also needed to get a total of 5 yellowish gold star stickers to add to the button. These stickers were kinda small and hard to apply to the button accurately. I remember them sticking more to the tips of my fingers and less to the button. I also remember loosing a few before I ended up putting a piece of tape over them to better secure them in place.

I read and read to get those stars and finally got my personal pan pizza. Those were the days...

Well little do most know, the Book IT! Program is still going strong AND it is not only offered to teachers in public or private schools, but also parents and caregivers like me that homeschool their kids. I know that it is a promotional gimmick for parents to buy more pizza while they are at Pizza Hut, but I still support it because it is a great incentive for my kids to read...not that they don't already like crazy.

All you have to do to sign up is this... Go to the enrollment form, pick which type of school you teach at and fill it out. It is that simple! Go ahead and help your child/student read their hearts out. Hurry to enroll though because you only have until Sept. 1st to sign up. The program will run from Oct. - March of the 2012/13 school year and is available for kids in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade. It is completely free and totally fun!

DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER: I wrote this blog post because I thought you might be interested in knowing this information and taking part of this opportunity. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any compensation for doing this post.

Getting Kids To Embrace Summer Reading

If you have ever been to my house you know that we love books. We have almost every wall in our house lined with bookshelves and those shelves are covered in books. I try to read every chance I get. I love the learning that comes from opening a great book! Reading can be a great way to go to a new place that you've never been or to gain a new skill.

There was a time; however, when my oldest boy didn't like to read. He struggled with it and gave up on it several times. He, like so many other children that don't like to read, had a learning disability. He was slightly dyslexic and tested positive for ADD. I took him out of the public school setting after he finished kindergarten and decided I would homeschool. The one on one attention really helped him and we started a program called All About Spelling that helped him with learning the spelling rules for words so that he could read them easier. Some of which I was learning right along with him because I was really only taught phonetic spelling and reading of words when I was growing up. Anyway, he also started to love books because not only was he learning things from them, but he was learning how to read better and faster. His favorite books were from the I Can Read! series. They have books that are on 5 different levels...from shared reading to advanced.

Tips To Get Your Kids To Embrace Summer Reading:

1. Have books that your child will enjoy reading: If your child has a particular interest in something let them read about it. I got my boys a Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and they poured through that book taking in everything because dinosaurs were something they had a big interest in at that time.

2. Make reading important to you: Have plenty of reading materials in your home, read often and become a good role model for your kids.

3. Sign up for your local library's Summer Reading Program: If your library participates in the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) they will undoubtedly have fun materials that will help kids want to read during the summer. Some libraries who don't participate in this particular program have their own program for summer. My kids received all kinds of goodies for signing up including bookmarks, reading lists according to age, a library book bag to carry books home they check out, and a sheet they can fill out that shows which books and how many books they read during the summer to receive another prize at the end. Also, a lot of libraries have other activities that go on there throughout the summer, so make sure you get a schedule of those.

4. Sign up for your local or online book store's Summer Reading Program: Besides the library some book stores also participate in summer reading programs. Here is a list of ones I know about: Barnes & Noble, Borders, Half Price Books, and Scholastic.

5. BOOK IT!: I remember doing this national reading incentive program when I was young in public school and now I do the homeschool version and get free Pizza Hut pizza for my homeschooled kids during the school year. If you homeschool or are a teacher at a public or private school the 2010-11 enrollment deadline is June 30...so hurry and you will get FREE BOOK IT! materials for the 2010-11 BOOK IT! Program for grades K-6. They also have a Summer Break with BOOK IT! Program where you can read to win prizes.

6. Summer Home Learning Recipes: Go to the America Reads Summer Reading Program website and click on the Recipes for Summer Fun link. These are great ideas for keeping learning...including reading strong during the summer.

7. Travel and read: Read books about where you are going to be traveling. Have your child read the brochures, pamphlets, etc. about where you are going. Travel with kids books and have them read in the car (be careful if your little one gets motion sickness) or at the destination. You can also listen to audio books while traveling.

8. Read to your kids: Younger kids love to be read to and even older kids sometimes love a break from reading themselves. Read to them not just at bedtime. Make chores fun by reading to them while they are working.

9. Make reading fun with food: Use ABC cookie cutters and make finger sandwiches, pancakes, or cookies to spell a word and have them read it. Alphabet soup, Alpha-Bits cereal, and ABC Pretzels are great to use to spell words and read them.

10. Get a subscription to a magazine for kids with topics in it that interest them: They will look forward to reading it every time a issue comes in the mail. HERE is a list of good ones to try.

11. Create a book club for your kids and their friends: Having their friends over to discuss a chapter in a book that they are all reading would be a great way to get your child to read during the summer.

Disclaimer: I wrote this blog post while participating in the TwitterMoms blogging program to be eligible to get an "I Can Read!" book. For more information on how you can participate, click here.

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Tyndale House Publishers 30 Day Launch Celebration

Today is a pretty exciting day for Tyndale House Publishers. They are launching a newly designed Tyndale.com website that is more user friendly and information packed.

To celebrate the launch of their new site, Tyndale is giving away four books a day in the following categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Bibles, and Kids.

All you have to do is visit the site to sign up. You can sign up once for each book category that you want to win besides signing up everyday, unless you have already won a book from this celebration. That is 4 chances to win a book everyday!! The pictures of the books with the categories are the books that you can win, and will change every few days. If you don’t win one day, keep coming back to sign up!

Here is a sampling of what was changed for the better:

*Tyndale now has a social media site link list
*A list of all Tyndale authors and their blogs, Facebook and Twitter accounts, etc.
*A place where you can share stories about Tyndale products that have had an effect on your life
*Post product reviews on site with a link to your own blog

Wordless Wednesday Teela and Her Books

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