Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day -- "In today's world, some 774 million adults lack minimum literacy skills; one in five adults is still not literate and two-thirds of them are women; 721 million children are out of school and many more attend irregularly or drop out; and literate environments with access to reading material and suitable publications are lacking, with the result that neo-literates cannot sustain their skills." ~ Kochiro Matsuura, Director-Generalof UNESCO (Sept, 2007) -- Authors Read -- Doris Fisher is a popular children's author & has several books available ( One Odd Day, My Even Day, My Half Day, Happy Birthday to Whoo, Play with Your Food , & the Grammar Allstars series ). Regular listeners may remember Doris reading My Half Day on Sept 29, 2008 - she returned back on Dec 1st, 2008 to read from another book in that series: One Odd Day .– Today we will hear Doris read her book: My Even Day . To access today's broadcast simply click on the hyper-lin...

:) :) Happy Valentines Day Everyone !!! :) :) -- Quote of the Day-- “…Find your core essence, find what brings you joy. …We so often take care of other people, so come back to yourself, take care of yourself, love yourself, appreciate yourself – respect yourself.” ~ Traci Slatton 05/09/08 Today's quote was taken from an interview that aired on May 9th, 2008 on the Conscious Discussions talk radio show. During this interview, Traci & I were discussing the trend in today's society for finding one's self in mid-life. Simply click on the hyper-linked show title, or look to the right for the link to the website. From there look for the archives according to the month in which they aired. -- Authors Read -- Brian McClellan is the author of 2 books - The Real Bling: How to Get the Only Thing You Need , a powerful guide to personal and professional development. -- The book we will hear him read from today is: A Love Letter to Black People - Audaciously Hopeful Thoughts on Race...

-- Quote of the Day -- “…My passion is really to help others to discover their passions; to acknowledge it, access it, awaken it and express it to the world. …We don’t get over the vulnerability because vulnerability is an important piece of the process. The way to do this is to be vulnerable, to be open and to allow ourselves to be afraid. Because the fear is not the problem; it is when the fear stops us that creates the problem. ” ~ Mark Gerson 08/12/08 What is the meaning of your life? Why do you exist? What will your legacy be in this moment? I've seen a lot of information in the media as of late dealing with issues of discovering yourself, being healthy and looking younger. Few of us understand that these things go hand in hand. From my own personal experience of discovering my passion, I can tell you that I have never felt so complete, so fulfilled in life as I do now. Things are not perfect and woes did not disappear - but my focus in life shifted to the point that I no lon...

-- Conscious Discussions -- Teresa Holler - a physician assistant, professional wellness speaker, and author of 2 books. The latest, "Holler for Your Health" empowers readers to take control of their own health destiny by altering their buying habits. Teresa and host, Lillian Brummet, delved into how the average individual can learn how to avoid harmful chemicals lurking in common products. We also discussed common myths, issues with water, plastic and detoxing methods. To access this interview at your convenience simply click on the hyper-linked Conscious Discussions show title, or click on the link located on the right side of this blog. Find Dave & Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio shows & free resources & articles at www.brummet.ca

-- Quote of the Day -- “Civil engineering has not changed since the Roman era… they would pull water… and then they’d run it to the city, flush the city and send it down the river, and that really hasn’t changed much. …The solids are now captured… so the goal is to get that back onto the land. For example in the city of San Diego … a biosolid treatment plant… they squeeze all the water out of it they take as much energy out of that they can through anaerobic digestion – put that energy to electricity, and then, unfortunately they are then using it as alternate organic cover for their landfill. …If we can shorten that cycle to using the materials closer to home (and building healthy soil) …will take less energy and be more sustainable. (There is this) economic piece to the circular (aspect of sustainability) …Compost is both carbon and the nutrients, if we are going to tie up those nutrients… we need to follow the carbon, where is the carbon going to go – in the soil, water or air? …We ...

-- :) 1st Review for the 2nd Edition of our 3rd Book ! :) -- "It is my opinion that every author, whether they are published or hoping to be published, should own a copy of this book. The information is presented in a concise, clear fashion and each subject is covered in a way that makes it easy for the author to apply the suggested techniques to their own marketing requirements." ~ Carol A. Guy, author of Spirit Lake Books I & II Carol is the editor that Twilight Times Books publisher hired to work on the final manuscript for this latest edition of Purple Snowflake Marketing - How to make Your Book Stand Out in a Crowd . She was so moved by the book that she was inspired to voluntarily write this review as well. Carol is, in my personal opinion, one of the best - if not the best - editors that Dave and I have had the pleasure of working with. Thank you - Carol - for your wonderful suggestions on improving the manuscript! * The 2nd edition of Purple Snowflake Marketing ...

-- Quote of the Day -- “…If a person has a couple of hours and they would like to give back a little to your community, look in the yellow pages and you can find food banks… the local library is always looking for someone to help; women’s centers… …any organization would be absolutely thrilled and grateful to receive monetary support, but if somebody did want to donate their time, any organization in your area… or if you have some type of personal connection with a particular organization. The other day I drove by a food bank and saw a line of people out front and thought, maybe I’ll drop in and see if they need some help.” ~ Carol Denbow 09/04/08 So often when we think of how we, as an individual, could possibly have an impact in the world we forget that small, daily actions are the key. I chose this quote of the day to encourage our readers to think small - think of something you can do today that only takes a few minutes of your time that will improve your community in some way. Thi...