Brummet's Conscious Blog

    -- Quote of the Day --     "Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality.  If you can dream it, you can make it so."  ~ Belva Davis   -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --    * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   Traci Slatton and her husband Sabin Howard are here today to give us some insight into the world of art and to talk about their co-writing project The Art of Life . Sabin is a successful classical figurative sculptor and has some 20 years experie...

How To Go Green Around Your House By Dr. Ashraf Hanafy Mahmoud Mohammed Many people want to go green, in the face of such clear and deadly climate change. However, they are not particularly sure how. Though you may recognize how important going green is to help future generations, you may think you cannot do much to help. However, every small step you take to combat climate change helps. By following the simple tips below, you can help change the impact you have on the environment, starting today.  On cold mornings, stop starting your car for a few minutes before you get into it. Additionally, don't idle your car if you are waiting for someone, if you are pulled over, or if you are waiting to pickup a child from school. Though the heat in your car may not be as hot, and you may have to ride in mild discomfort for a brief period of time, is saves you from wasting gas, and puts less exhaust into the air. Making the amount of fuel you waste and th...

-- Quote of the Day --  I had the chance to read David Thoreau's book - Walden or Walden's Pond (I think it was published under a few other titles as well) and came across this quote I'm sharing below where he shares his passion for nature. I found his writing style so very poetic, so descriptive, and jealously devoured every chapter of his book. I'd not had the chance to experience his writing before and while sometimes difficult to read, it was a sincere pleasure to say the least.    “Sometimes I rambled to pine groves, standing like temples or like fleets at see, full-rigged, with wavy boughs and rippling with light – so soft and green and shady, that the Druids would have forsaken their oaks to worship in them; or to the cedar wood… where the trees, covered with hoary blueberries, spiring higher and higher are fit to stand before Valhalla, and the creeping juniper...

At Home Rituals That Promote Well Being *Submitted by Erica on behalf of the author: Linda Shockley is a mindful-living mother of two that didn’t always make time for her well being.   She works with Gaiam TV , a healthy lifestyle media company that promotes healthy choices. A sense of well being is invaluable when you have a lot of responsibilities and obligations on a daily basis. Finding activities and rituals that enhance the peace and happiness that you feel every day is important to your overall health. These simple ideas can help you get started on feeling your absolute best. Take a Time Out If you live with other family members, finding the time you need to relax and rejuvenate can be a challenge. Taking a long bath with candles or soft music is a quiet activity that can really work to promote well being. A shower or bath may be the only time that you have alone all day, so make sure to schedule a time when you know that you have a reliable sitter for...

-- Quote of the Day --  “There are only 2 days that you can’t do anything –  yesterday and tomorrow.”  ~  unknown   -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --    * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   Sunday Gardening episodes air every 2-3 weeks from March - October annually featuring topics like bio-dynamic, sustainable, organic gardening and landscaping using square foot, inter-planting and succession crop methods, permaculture and laye...

-- Quote of the Day --  “Rainforests are very unique in that they are very diverse – you may find in a mid-western forest a 15-20 tree species in a couple of acres, but in a rainforest you will find 4-500 distinct tree species. …Rainforests cover about 2% of the surface on the planet but they may have in those forests 50-60% of the species on the planet. They circle both sides of the equator. They are parallel to most of the corral reefs on the planet, so if you have a situation where the rainforests are being removed and loose the filtration they do, you may find that the corral reefs along the equator (which is where most of the species in the ocean come from the corral reefs) may start to disappear as well. …They are coupled together so if you lose one, you lose the other. …There are so many species yet undiscovered. …It is about overcoming and embracing the challenge – not to shy aw...

 -- Quote of the Day --  “{Relationships} Event plus your response to it will deliver the outcome. There are certain events that we have no control over, what we do have control over is our response. So if you want a different outcome you have to change your response. You are never going to change a person or situation, but you can choose your response to those events and get a different outcome. …It is up to you, you have more control than you realize – you control it all.” ~ Robin Jay Today’s quote originates from the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio episode that aired back on January 8th… titled: Building and MaintainingBusiness Relationships   (*Click on the title to access the full discussion)   -- Book Review --  We received a lovely little review on the first book in our trash talk series… and I wanted to share this with you today: Author: Darcia Helle   ...