The 7 Steps to Health & Happiness – by Dr. Jim Carey, PhD I recently rediscovered this series of articles I wrote for my health and fitness newsletter. They re-inspired me, I implemented them, and used them to quit smoking. I’ve now been cigarette-free for eight days, and am well over the hump. I hope […]

Your 7 Steps to Health & Happiness Last time we discussed homeostasis, getting started, and understanding your motivations to change. Step 2 – Assess Your Current Health OK, pull out that journal in which you wrote your motivations to change. On a new page write down as much as you know about your current state […]

Here’s Step 3 of Your 7 Steps to Health & Happiness In the last two installments we discussed homeostasis, getting started, understanding your motivations, creating a wellness journal and documenting your current state of health. This time we’ll talk about goal-setting. Step 3 – Setting Goals Goal setting is a powerful process for personal planning […]

Make weekly and monthly monitoring one of your written goals and a part of your wellness journey. At the end of each month you’ll notice the solid foundation to a number of healthy new habits. You might begin to see how you’re being held back by unexpected obstacles like stress, a busy schedule, or temptation.

Here’s Step 5 of Your 7 Steps to Health & Happiness In the previous installments we talked about getting started, motivation, creating a wellness journal, documenting your current health, the importance of goal setting and building your wellness plan. This edition we’ll talk about staying on track. Step 5 – Justifying Yourself – Defensive Psychology […]

Here’s Step 6 of Your 7 Steps to Health & Happiness In the previous installments we’ve talked about getting started, motivations, creating a wellness journal, documenting our current health, the importance of goal setting, building your wellness plan and not justifying ourselves to others. This time we’ll talk about rewards. Step 6 – Rewarding Your […]

Here’s Step 7 of Your 7 Steps to Health & Happiness. What a great way to start a new month – inspired and resolved, because I’m changing my Life! In the previous installments we’ve talked about (deep breath) getting started, motivation, creating a wellness journal, documenting our current health, the importance of goal setting, building […]

When I was the Director at Creative Health Institute I noticed that guests that said, “I can, I will and I do,” got better. Those who said, “I can’t, I won’t and I don’t,” didn’t. – Jim Carey

The Universe knows the perfect timing for all those things you want… and will find, through the crack of least resistance, the best way to deliver it to you. – Abraham I’ve wanted to see the Grand Canyon for years. A few short months after I met Jim, I’m here! Wow! Talk about manifesting!

Unconditional Love is the actual frequency of existence itself.- Bashar

Jim: To bring you up-to-date, Larra and I were together on her trips to Maui for 10 days, then 15, then 20. We’ve had a total of forty days together, plus ten months of phone calls and lots and lots of email, and Facebook posts. Forty days together. I’ll admit that I hadn’t thought this […]

Jim: Route 66 ran back into US-40 at Slegman, then we turned off onto AZ-64 at the Kabab National Forest, and headed up through Valle to Grand Canyon National Park. All of this area is the Coconina Plateau, as you’ll see on the map, below. As we drove along I realized that the Zane Gray […]

The problem with so many people is that you’ve been trained to care more about what somebody else is feeling about you, than how feel yourself. – Abraham Hicks “Freedom is Independence from the Good Opinions of others.” – Wayne Dyer So… Just be yourself. To thine own self be true. Reference https://www.google.com/search?q=become+independent+of+the+good+opinion+of+others  

May 25, 2016 – After almost two years on Maui, it took a lot for me to let go. This trip isn’t like my vacation to Vancouver, Arizona and Mexico that I took with Larra last February. This time I’m leaving for four months, and I’m going to travel over 25,000 miles. Letting go, making […]

July 9, 2016 From 2002 to 2010 I worked with Creative Health Institute (CHI) in Hodunk, MI. CHI was an alternative health institute teaching the raw vegan lifestyle. Living the lifestyle was great for me. I lost over 40 lbs., and had the energy and flexibility of a much younger man. I served in various […]

How deep is the mud? It depends on who you ask. We all go through the same stuff differently.  

What’s the rush? Everything is coming to you. Don’t put an end date on everything. Just let the Universe yield it to you, because if the path is a fun path, you don’t care how long it takes. – Abraham Hicks Jim and I are texting, emailing and Facebook messaging every day, and doing phone […]

“Abracadabra” is actually a Hebrew phrase meaning “I create what I speak,” or literally, “It came to pass as it was spoken.” Jim’s catchphrase is “Ta Da!” We’ll pull up in front of some cool place, he’ll get out of the car, stand in front of me, face me, do a little jump, spread his […]

Like the air you breathe, abundance in all things is available to you. Your life will simply be as good as you allow it to be. – Abraham Hicks

Think of yourself as a human magnet, attracting what you speak, think and feel. It’s working for me! – Larra