by Svetlana Konnikova

Daylle Deanna Schwatrz, founder of self-empowerment blog, posted recently a very intersting List of healthy eco-friendly and motivational products under the title “Nurturing Yourself and Your Environment in 2009.” Daylle frequently appears in national TV and radio, including Oprah, Inside Edition and Howard Stern to provide expertise on issues related to relationships, personal growth and empowering yourself. In December she also published a great gift list in her post, Giving Gifts that Nurture People and Our Planet. In her latest post in January 2009 she is recommending gifts that can enrich your life. She’s tried all products and has read books that she said made her happier, all good products with a healthy, green slant. You can find in this list some products that will make your happier and healthier if you’ll give them a try as a gift to YOU.

For a guided relaxation that leads you through a full-body massage Daylle recommends The Virtual Massage CD created by Hali Chambers, a nationally certified graduate of the Baltimore School of Massage. If you are tired at the end of your working day or you travel and cannot get to the spa, listen to this CD and relax. You can hear a sample at www.CDBaby.com

 In this list are included some special CDs, Insight and Focus by Immrama Institute. The soothing sound of rain falling and other peaceful sounds will help you focus on your work and will give your brain relaxation it needed. 

If you want to keep your body in healthy shape, here is The Rotater, a therapeutic tool working as stretching and a shoulder rehab device that also helps improve flexibility. And this tool comes with a DVD with instructions how to use it to your benefit. The most important is that The Rotater also helps breast cancer survivors after surgery in recovery period, and 10% of its sales are donated for breast cancer research.  And it is highly recommended by doctors, physical therapists, athletes, and Daylle herself, who tried it and found a few ways to useit, since she works out with weights regularly.

I like to try another product in the list, Fibre. A new fiber based product, created by cardiologist Elizabeth Klodas, MD., F.A.C.C. Daylle believes “that eating healthy is a strong component of self-love.” That’s why she was so delighted to learn about this organic, whole grain sprinkle because it can contribute to better heart and digestive health, lower the risk of developing diabetes and help control your appetite. If it helps to control your appetite, use it and forget about useless diets. You can use Fibre on different foods you eat  and they will taste better.  Daylle writes that she loves having the added nutty, chewy sprinkles in her cereal. Just 2 tablespoons a day of this product works wonders for her. Good health products = self-love.

As Daylle said, “Knowledge is always power.” She included in her list two books that can teach you ways to progress into 2009 on a healthier, happier path:

  • Mothers Need Time-Outs, Too (McGraw-Hill, 2008 by Susan Callahan, Anne Nolen, and Katrin Schumann. As you guess, this book is for stressed-out mothers who try to find more joy and satisfaction in their lives.
  • Mama’s Home Remedies: Discover Time-Tested Secrets of Good Health and the Pleasures of Natural Living (Aurora Publishers), by Svetlana Konnikova. This book is a collection of natural,  healing recipes for common ailments and illnesses, that Svetlana learned as a child in her Mama’s tea garden. This book isn’t just a guide to remedies. It’s a loving tribute to the women who taught her, including legends, her grandmother’s fairy tales, family vignettes, and herbal lore woven through the details of the remedies. There are hundreds of remedies covering almost every ailment. You may not know many of the herbs or may not want to spend too much time brewing some. But the variety of suggestions for the same problem allows you to pick the ones that best suit you. This is a lovely book to read for pleasure, and your health!

Thank you, Daylle for your kind review of the award-winning book, Mama’s Home Remedies.

She also included in the List three books-guides on living a healthier, greener lifestyle that she enjoy to reading:

  • Harmonius Environment: Beatify: Detoxify & Energize Your Life, Your Home & Your Planet (Lingham Press, 2008), by Norma Lehmeier Hartle. This book is the Grand Prize winner of Writer’s Digest Book Awards. It explains in great details how to create a beautiful, non-toxic and natural home and workplace, a healthier lifestyle and enjoying your life.
  • The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference (Alpha, 2008), by Jodi Helmer: Want to be more eco-friendly? Read this book that offers 365 ways, one for each day of the year how to live a greener lifestyle and make a difference in our environment.
  • Eco-Friendly Families (Alpha, 2008) by Helen Coronato: Full of activities and tips how to create a healthier environment, this guide is for families who want to live in a more environmentally friendly way, and greener and  healthier lifestyle.

Try some of these products. Give a gift of healthier, greener life to youself or your loved ones. You and them are worth it!

Copyright 2009.