2012 Holistic Health Theme for ClareKelway.com

Holistic health energy

Strategies for Optimal Cellular Health

I hope you are all having a fantastic January! I wanted to share my plan for my blogs with you for 2012 and finally bringing clarity to what was really a very confusing situation!

In the latter part of last year, I moved this blog, ClareKelway.com into health and healing. This is absolutely where it belongs! My heart is passionate about helping you with your health and teaching you preventative strategies to maintain optimal health.

In October 2011, I gained my US certifications necessary to practice as a holistic health practitioner here and I am very excited about plans for my health consulting business and this blog in 2012. (I practiced alternative medicine in London, UK for nine years before moving to the US).


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Along with my passion for health and healing, I remain a business consultant to small and medium sized companies on web-design, implementation, social media optimization and online marketing. This part of my career is expanding rapidly as I have found my consulting experience combined with my social media experience a helpful combination for companies working out how to exponentially grow their businesses online. I teach them how to create a loyal community in their niche and how to mix outbound marketing with inbound marketing strategies. My role is closely aligned to a business project manager. I put together a solution that works for a particular business and then I work with technical web and social media gurus to implement the plan. Along the way, I have discovered it is confusing for my current and future business consulting clients to find me online as a health expert when they are consulting me on web projects and social media strategy!

So with this in mind, I have decided to build a web-site dedicated to small business consulting and removing the mystique associated with social media and e-commerce. This web-site is called
CK Social Media.

It is currently in the process of being built with the help of one of my online partners, Jupiter Jim (Jim Landers).

Perhaps there will be an intersection between the businesses when I help therapists and health practitioners run a social media optimized practice!


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So back to ClareKelway.com and you my readers – what to expect on this blog this year?

The theme I have chosen to run on this year is CELLULAR ENERGY! We can never have enough and most of us struggle feeling tired and exhausted so I plan to focus on all the reasons why we don’t have enough energy and how to dramatically improve your cellular energy!

I will be writing about topics that relate to improving the energy flow through your cells. I suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome 15 years ago and although I don’t display any outward symptoms, I have learned to manage my life. It has been a consistent learning curve through many health modalities and therapies for me to find the optimal answer to my health. I have learned how to maintain and keep my energy flowing. It is my personal journey back to health and the opportunities I now have in my life that drive me to continue to help you with your health.

Some of the topics I will be covering include: heavy metal poisoning, water dehydration, mineral imbalances, children’s energy challenges, and adrenal insufficiency. I will be bringing many solutions to common problems of “tired”. It is so sad to me that millions of people push themselves through the day exhausted. If only everyone knew what they could do to improve their energy? One solution does not fit all but many of the ideas that I will share with you are applicable to everyone. They work in a holistic way.

Your suggestions…..

I look forward to hearing your suggestions of what you might like me to cover and I will be sure to add it to my publishing list. I am also looking for products that I can offer here on this web-site. So if you know of a wonderful health product, let me know. Please no Network Marketing products – I already distribute what I believe is the most valuable product on the planet via network marketing and I am committed to not offering any other products that are distributed in this manner. However, I am seeking to distribute other health products if you have any that I may offer to my community.

Be blessed always,

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What exactly is Holistic Health and why should you care?

Holistic Health As a Holistic Health practitioner, I am often asked what is holistic health anyway?

So let’s start with a definition! Holistic Health according to Wikipedia is ” a concept in medical practice upholding that all aspects of people’s needs, psychological, physical and social should be taken into account and seen as a whole”.

From my own experience and practice, I would go further in my definition. I would say that holistic health is a way of life and once you begin understanding more about how your body works on a holistic or whole basis, it becomes a continuum of life. Holistic health brings together the mind-body-spirit connection.

Why would this be important? Because simply disease ( dis-ease) or poor health can have its origin mentally, emotionally, spiritually or physically. It is the practitioner’s role to facilitate your journey not only back to physical health but to attain a level of optimal health that goes beyond the physical. What I have found is that clients who have embarked with commitment on a holistic health program, not only find dramatically improved physical health but also inner peace and joy. As a holistic health practitioner, it is my role to unearth the causes of what is stopping you from attaining optimal health. This cause can be on any one of the levels I have mentioned. By working holistically we are able to impact the body on all levels simultaneously and thus moving the body towards a healthy movement.

Whether you want to lose weight or you have a particular health complaint or set of symptoms, a holistic health program will help you to restore balance in your cells.

What is the Holistic Health process?

Well firstly I listen to my clients. The client completes a detailed questionnaire about their life and from this I spent 90 minutes with them whether via phone or in-person. This is sometimes the first opportunity this person has had to discuss their health with anyone. We are able to get beyond the front door so to speak. I can hear what they have to say. I ask questions and listen. Often it is the gap between the words that enables me to ask the next relevant question. No doubt I am blessed to tap into a greater power of communication in this consultation and often I am led to ask seemingly irrelevant questions that take us to the exact place that is the core of whatever challenges the person may be facing. Can I explain this? No but I trust God to guide me. Then, I mix this intuitive communication with my training and experience in holistic health and the combination allows me to facilitate an individualized program that is best for that person.

Mostly my clients begin with a program designed to open up the body’s pathways – physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Often just as a result of this initial program, I see profound changes taking place in my clients. They sleep better, their bowels work efficiently for the first time in years, their brain starts to wake up and much more besides.

Holistic Health is not a set of specific symptoms

Holistic health does not work with specific symptoms but rather the belief that each part of us is connected to the whole and if we work on a holistic basis, then the specifics will be corrected.

I value your opinion so please join the conversation below and let me know your thoughts…..

Be blessed always,

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Emotional Intelligence: Key to Better Health and Greater Success!

What is Emotional Intelligence?

According to Wikipedia, “Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions. Some researchers suggest that emotional intelligence can be learned and strengthened, while others claim it is an inborn characteristic.”

Daniel Goleman in his famous book : “Emotional Intelligence” brought this concept to the forefront.

Our emotions are a part of our soul. We are made of up of three parts: body, soul and spirit.
Emotions are reactions to what is going on in the mind and body. Emotions are feelings that show us what is happening within us and are part of our human soul.
Our soul stands between our physical body and spirit (link to the spiritual world).

Can we raise our emotional intelligence?

It is my belief and experience that we can change our emotional responses to life and therefore improve our emotional intelligence. The effect of improving our emotional intelligence is to improve our business success and our health.

If you wake up with a bad attitude, does that give you the right to share that bad attitude with others?

When we learn that we can choose how we share our internal feelings with others, our results start to change.

From my own experience, I have been challenged by many personal issues over the past five years. When I was deep in emotional crisis, it was difficult for me to focus on others and not on the crisis going on in my own life and the associated overwhelming feelings within me.

However, as I started to share my story, I realized that there were millions of other people going through challenges too. Some I perceived to be less than mine, but many were far greater than my own in my perception.

So I began to reason that by focusing on others, I would be able to better control my own feelings and become an encourager to others experiencing deeply emotional challenges. As soon as I changed my focus, my internal emotional compass started to shift. I was able to rationalize my experiences and see reason. I was still experiencing challenging issues but my responses began to improve. I viewed my circumstances differently.

This was the beginning of my personal transformation for which I am deeply grateful. I am a great believer in second chances in life but it all begins with emotional intelligence and getting a grip on our internal feelings.

Keys to Raising your Emotional Intelligence

A key to raising your emotional intelligence is to stop listening to people who have consistently spoken negative words into your life. This may require breaking off communication with family and friends who are part of your old life.

Another key to raising your emotional intelligence involves becoming accountable for self-behavior. No matter how despondent or depressed you feel, don’t share these feelings with others but rather seek to share positive thoughts. There are always positive things you can focus on. Changing your responses to life is becoming responsible for your behavior. Catch yourself and give yourself daily points for your positive responses and create rewards for yourself when you have a great day.

A third key to raising your emotional intelligence is surrounding yourself with others who are good at controlling their feelings. It is time to surround yourself with uplifting and positive people.

The next steps for you….

If you are struggling with getting the life results you desire in this tough economy or you are struggling with your health, make sure you take steps to change your life today!

Emotional intelligence is intertwined with your physical health and there may be physical impediments that are stopping you from changing your emotional responses to life.

May I encourage you to consult with a professional trained to help you change your emotions and therefore change your life!

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Be blessed,

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Unearthing the Myth of Calcium and What You Need to Know!

Calcium - Unearthing the mythWhen I started my journey into health, I was bombarded by information and didn’t know what to believe. Through 15 years of studying, consulting with thousands of clients and being a parent to three boys, I have learned to discern information and unlearn many myths previously ingrained. Calcium was one of those myths.

Calcium is a major member of the mineral family. Almost certainly you have heard that calcium is needed for strong bones and teeth but is that really the case?

The Benefits and function of calcium in our bodies:

a. a contributor to building strong bones and teeth
b. helps lower blood pressure
c. helps with muscle contraction
d. aids vitamin K in blood clotting
e. assists cell membrane function
f. regulates enzyme activity
g. helps regulate blood sugar
h. helps to maintain healthy cholesterol levels

When you see a list like that you have to be amazed at the critical importance of this mineral. However, note that I write it helps, assists, contributes, regulates and aids these different functions. Calcium does not operate alone. It is a very important member of the mineral family but that is the keyword: member!

Calcium does not operate alone!

No single mineral, vitamin or enzyme in our body can function independently. Therefore we should never supplement or add any one of these elements individually without advice from a professional qualified in cellular nutrition. Calcium doesn’t build strong bones, it is one element that builds strong bones.

One of the key co-factors for Calcium is Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin that so many people living in cold and dark winter climates don’t get enough of. It is a combination of vitamin D deficiency, mineral deficiency, hereditary factors and hormone imbalances that create the condition osteoporosis seen mostly in women during and after their menopausal years. The bone mineral deficiency often occurs due to the robbing of minerals from the bones by the blood supply. Our blood supply will rob from the bones to maintain homeostasis(balance).

How to ensure you get enough calcium

The best way to ensure that you don’t suffer a calcium deficiency is via your diet. However, you need to know what to avoid as well as what is good for you.

Dark green vegetables such as spinach and kale are a great source of calcium and are best if sourced organically and grown in nutrient-rich soils. Another great source of calcium is sesame seeds. I encourage you to supplement your calcium via whole food sources because these sources are in a complete form readily absorbed by our bodies, i.e. a synergistic combination of minerals that can be actively used by your body.

On the “what not to do list” please note that soda drinks will aid excretion of calcium. This is so important to know for your children. Children are often the highest consumers of soda drinks at a time in their lives when they need calcium the most. Not only are they not eating foods rich in calcium but they are robbing their bodies through the use of soda drinks.

A high source of calcium is raw milk, that is milk that is neither pasteurized not homogenized. The pasteurization process causes the calcium to become insoluble. If you are interested in learning more about raw milk, contact me directly.

Supplementation of Calcium

When considering supplementation, you should consider supplementing ionic trace minerals and not calcium alone. I never recommend that anyone supplements calcium. In my experience most adults are mineral deficient and it is this deficiency that lies at the heart of most health challenges.

If you want to learn more about calcium and the myths we have been led to believe, watch this video:

you can order the book “The Calcium Lie” here!:

For more information on your mineral status, you can contact me directly at 425.999.0201 and I would be happy to offer you a 15 minute FREE consultation that will guide you to Optimal Cell Health!

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A Tribute to Steve Jobs – Your Legacy Lives On!

Every internet channel is filled with tributes to Steve Jobs who passed away yesterday from pancreatic cancer.

Our world has changed as a result of the creative brilliance of this one man who brought the internet to the palm of our hands.
If you have not seen his Commencement Speech he gave at Stanford in 2005, then you absolutely must watch it. It is inspiring and his words about connecting the dots profoundly impacted me.

Be blessed and live each day as if your last,

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