Can I make my life better?

Last month I was in Hollywood for the GBK Kids Choice Award Event Fund Raiser for the American Cancer Society! One of the donors to the event was a foundation called the Make Life Better Foundation. They invited my daughter and I to share in the launch of their Make Life Better Transformation to Hollywood celebrities and their moms!

Here I am with my daughter, Kristen Montgomery and a famous dog!

We met with lots of celebs and then after the event they invited me to try the Make Life Better Transformation . . . See some event photos here . . .

Dana Wilkey of the real housewives of Beverly Hill and Kim Power Stilson

Amandla Stenberg of the Hunger Games with the Make Life Better Foundation Team

Jake Short Kids Choice with Make Life Better Foundation

So, I decided to check it out! See what I read about them here! What do you think?

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Nina Isaacson, Mother of Seventeen Adopted Children, Offers Her Insights on Mothering, Love, Resilience, and Never Giving Up.

Nina Isaacson, Mother of Seventeen Adopted Children, Offers Her Insights on Mothering, Love, Resilience, and Never Giving Up.

Twelve years ago Scott and Nina Isaacson were featured on the Oprah Winfrey show for adopting seventeen children, many of whom were older and traumatized. Now, with not one failed adoption, Nina Isaacson shares insights on their journey as a family.

Salem, UT – February 17, 2012 – Nina Isaacson will be the featured guest on this week’s broadcast of Healing Talk Radio.

Twelve years ago Scott and Nina Isaacson were featured on the Oprah Winfrey show for adopting seventeen children, many of whom were older and had been abused and traumatized.

The Isaacsons, unable to have biological children, did not start out intending to adopt seventeen boys and girls. In the beginning they adopted a single newborn, and then another infant. In time they became acquainted with three sibling children who need to be together. The Isaacsons fostered these children and then adopted them. Gradually the number of adopted children swelled to 9, and the Isaacsons thought they were done.

Then they became aware of a family of eight children who were being separated in the foster care system because no one could be found who was willing to take on so many children at once. In an astonishing act of sacrifice and compassion, Scott and Nina chose to adopt them all and kept the children together.

The reaction of the community was mixed. Some, like Oprah, praised them for their heroism and compassion. Others thought they were naïve, or just crazy. A few predicted dire consequences.

Now, twelve years later, with not one failed adoption, with three sons on LDS missions simultaneously, four children still at home and thirteen grandchildren, Nina Isaacson will appear live on Healing Talk Radio to talk about her journey:
Join us as Nina shares what she did to create healing and stability for many of her children who had survived trauma and abuse; what she did to cope with the amazing level of stress and frequent crises of having seventeen children under fifteen years old; how she handling the logistics of so many meals, so many homework assignments, so many soccer games and so many personal needs, and hear her special message to parents of troubled children.

About “Healing Talk” Talk Radio Show: The Healing Talk Radio Show explores the best of current research in emotional and relationship healing. Host of the weekly “Healing Talk” Radio Show, Diana Hoffman is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Trauma Recovery Specialist at LightSpring Counseling in Salem, Utah. Healing Talk is broadcast live on KHQN 1480 AM every Friday at noon in Utah. The program is simulcast by video streaming to healingtalkradio.utahvalleylive.com. Healing Talk is syndicated to Planetary Streams Talk Radio, Web Campus World Wide Radio, and Shoutcast. Past programs are archived at healingtalkradio.com. Contact: healingtalkradio@gmail.com or visit the website, www.healingtalkradio.com.

Power Mom Gets Organic Facial Thanks to Green PolkaDot Box

To me saying I am going organic includes skin care. In my second month’s order from the Green PolkaDot Box I decided to add to my new year of organic living with organic skincare. Wow! there are many more bath and beauty products than I ever imagined and it can be expensive. But the thanks to the Green PolkaDot Box and the savings the offer I could afford to buy three! I choose to try the Pangea Organics skin care line and the Hugo Naturals Soaps and Shampoos. I used Pangea Organics Japanese Matcha Tea with Acai & Goji Berry Facial Mask, Italian Red Mandarin with Rose Facial Cream and French Rosemary with Sweet Orange. Mmmm the names sound heavenly!

Here I am with my first Pangea Organics facial! Very green but smell lovely and made my skin so soft!

Here I am received the box that held my new organic products . . . by the way, buying organic is a lot cheaper when you order from the Online buying collective membership club offered by the Green PolkaDot Box. All you do is join, buy, save and then live organic!

The Green PolkaDot Box™ is a clean foods online “buying collective” membership club that provides the lowest pricing on organic and all-natural healthy foods and products, delivered nationwide directly to consumers’ doorsteps. The Green PolkaDot Box (GPDB) was founded by Rod A. Smith and his family as a result of their efforts to live healthier after being faced with a diet-related health issue. GPDB offers products of all varieties that are free of harmful ingredients and genetically modified organisms. The GPDB annual membership programs include “club” and “reward” memberships, the latter enabling members to accumulate reward points, further lowering their grocery bill. All memberships feature a FREE delivery option. GPDB members will also enjoy access to fresh harvested, organic produce delivered directly from organic farms through the upcoming GPDB Harvest to Home program, set to launch Spring 2012. Affordable organic and all-natural products are now available to every household in America! Learn more at www.greenpolkadotbox.com.

Power Mom Goes Organic with The Green PolkaDot Box

Power Mom here on Day 1 of going Organic in 2012. My Power Mom goal is to help feed and fund families from their homes and their kitchens! Lately we have all heard a lot about eating healthy, clean foods from the Green PolkaDot Box! The Green PolkaDot Box is an online buying membership club that gives cost-conscious families a reduction in cost for their favorite organic food items! As a radio host and sneaky yet savvy mom, I invited myself to the newly launched GPDB Organics Products Warehouse to ask some questions and to watch them process my very first family order. It was fun . . . see the photos below!

If you would like to get your own family membership to the Green PolkaDot Box please visit wwww.greenpolkadotbox.com/powermom.

To see what my family does when they open the box at home please watch for the next post! In the meantime, get your very own Green PolkaDot Box membership at www.greenpolkadotbox.com/powermom.

Power Mom’s Green PolkaDot Box Adventure!

Hi, I am Kim Power Stilson, Power Mom! My goal this year is to help my family eat more healthy! So . . . drumroll please . . . we are going Organic! My Power Mom goal is to also help feed and fund families well from their homes and their kitchens! Lately we have all heard a lot about eating healthy, clean foods from the Green PolkaDot Box! The Green PolkaDot Box is an online buying membership club that gives cost-conscious families a reduction in cost for their favorite organic food items! As a radio host and sneaky yet savvy mom, I invited myself to the newly launched GPDB Organics Products Warehouse to ask some questions and to watch them process my very first family order. It was fun . . . see the photos below!

If you would like to get your own family membership to the Green PolkaDot Box please visit wwww.greenpolkadotbox.com/powermom.

Power Mom Makes her first Green PolkaDot Box Order!

Power Mom's entire family is there for the event!

Power Mom's husband, Chad, makes sure to get his favorite products on the list!

Sariah Smith explains the GPDB concept to Power Mom's Mom Joanne!

Power Mom watches as her GPDB rolls off to be filled at the Green PolkaDot Box Warehouse!

Power Mom's daughter Maddy assists!

The Legendary Member Services Warehouse team makes sure to get the right products!

Love this cleaning spray!

Next, the GPDB Legendary Member Services Warehouse Team checks the order.

Power Mom's GPDB order is given the thumbs up!

Power Mom's GPDB Box is filled with family favorites!

Power Mom's products are packed by happy GPDB Legendary Member Service team!

Power Mom's GPDB box is assembled and beautifully packaged!

Power Mom is happy to see her box rolling down the line!

Power Mom happy to have her box full of clean food products at up to 60% off!

Chad puts the box in the trunk! No shipping this time! Look at those great windmills near the GPDB Warehouse too!

Power Mom's son loves the hill outisde the GPDB Organic Products warehouse!

To see what my family does when they open the box at home please watch for the next post! In the meantime, get your very own Green PolkaDot Box membership at www.greenpolkadotbox.com/powermom.

Kim Power Stilson Hosts the new TalkWorthy! Radio show~

Talk about Good . . . Listen on BYU Radio this Friday, December 9th at 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time!

Join the new Talk Worthy! Radio Show to take an insider’s look at sports starting with Rugby.

Join Rugby’s Forever Strong screenwriter, Dave Plilier, Professional Rugby Player Matt Byrd, Utah Warrior Rugby Team Owner, Sean Whalen, and Rugby fan and NFL Chicago Bear’s football player, Harvey Unga in a rousing rugby discussion. Talk Worthy! Host Kim Power Stilson learns with listeners about the growing fanfare for US Rugby on BYU Radio Friday at 2 p.m. Mountain Time! Talk about good . . . tune in on BYURadio.org and SiriusXM chanel 143!

Talk About “Trauma Therapy with Acupuncture: The NADA protocol on Healing Talk Radio Hosted by Diana Hoffman

Diana Hoffman, founder of the Lightspring Counseling Center

Salem, UT – November 011 – Planetary Streams Talk Radio Network today announced that Diana Hoffman, Trauma Recovery Specialist, owner of Lightspring Counseling Center and host of “Healing Talk” radio show, will be joined by Nina Isaacson, Master of Oriental Medicine in a discussion of “Trauma therapy with Acupuncture: The NADA protocol”

The idea that poking someone with needles could relieve stress and trauma symptoms appears rather surprising to most of us, unless the fundamental principles behind this unusual PTSD treatment are understood.
Recent brain imaging and neuroscience research indicates that anxiety conditions and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are created when fear-housing neurons in the deep brain link together and form neural networks. These networks become more and more extensive as traumatic experiences accumulate. As the networks grow, trauma responses are more easily triggered and are progressively more intense and painful.

These neural networks of fear and anxiety cannot be destroyed, but they can be neutralized if they are linked to neural networks of calming and soothing experiences, particularly calming sensations–as sensation is the primary “language” of the part of the deep brain that houses traumatic associations.

Acupuncture tends to produce feelings of deep relaxation and well-being–in part because many acupuncture points specifically trigger the release of endorphins. Thus acupuncture becomes a soothing experience and, when repeated can build a neural network that neutralizes traumatic associations.

Although this theory and insight about trauma treatment is very new, this approach to successfully trauma treatment with acupuncture has been going on for over thirty years. The most well-known and widely used technique for trauma is the technique advanced by the National Acupuncture detoxification Association (NADA).
The NADA protocol is a very efficient, inexpensive PTSD treatment that involves placing needles in five acupuncture points in the ears. The procure is quick, can be done in a chair, and the client can remain fully clothed.

The NADA protocol was first developed in the 1970s at Lincoln Hospital in New York City by Dr. Michael Smith. It was designed originally as a drug detoxification program. The protocol was based on the understanding that anxiety and PTSD treatment is fundamental to successful addiction treatment.

Research on Veterans using the NADA protocol demonstrates that the protocol reduces pain, decreases stress, improves sleep, reduces anxiety and irritability, and diminishes hypervigilance, flashbacks and nightmares.
Join us on Saturday November 12 as acupuncturist Nina Isaacson joins us to explore the research and applications of the NADA protocol for PTSD treatment on Healing Talk Radio. This program will stream at 9 am Mountain Time and will replay three times daily for a week on Planetary Streams Talk Radio, Web Campus World Wide Radio and Shoutcast.

About “Healing Talk” Talk Radio Show: The Healing Talk Radio Show explores the best of current research in emotional and relationship healing. Hosted by Diana Hoffman, Licensed Professional Counselor and Trauma Recovery Specialist in Salem, Utah. Listen every Saturday at 9 a.m. on Planetary Streams Talk Radio. Listen to internet replay daily at 9 am, 5 pm and 2 am Mountain Time on http://www.planetarystreams.com, http://www.wcww.com and http://www.shoutcast.com. Contact: healingtalkradio@gmail.com or visit the website, http://www.healingtalkradio.com.

Talk About The Tragic Impact of Untreated PTSD in Veterans on “Healing Talk” Radio Hosted by Diana Hoffman This week’s Talk Radio Topic is The Tragic Impact of Untreated PTSD in Veterans

Salem, UT – Planetary Streams Talk Radio Network today announced that Diana Hoffman, Trauma Recovery Specialist and host of “Healing Talk” radio show, will discuss “The Tragic Impact of Untreated PTSD in Veterans. According to Diana, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in veterans is a problem of enormous proportions.

The long lasting effects of ptsd in veterans are illustrated by the soldiers of the Vietnam war: According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one third of the nation’s homeless population is comprised of Veterans, a majority of them Veterans from Vietnam. Tragically, the number of homeless Vietnam Veterans is now greater than the number of soldiers who were killed in Vietnam. They are homeless because of the dysfunction, addiction and mental illness caused by their war experience.

Various studies place the lifetime occurrence of PTSD in combat veterans at somewhere between 10 and 30 percent. It is estimated that 20 percent of military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in the last 6 years have PTSD. That means over 300,000 soldiers are affected.

According to the Times Free Press, the Veterans Administration reports that about 1,000 veterans a month try to commit suicide.

A study published in JAMA show that Veterans with PTSD are more likely to abuse alcohol. They have an increase in health problems, and struggle more with anger and violent behavior. This violence is often directed towards family members.

Unfortunately, many Veterans do not want to admit, either to themselves or others that they are experiencing post-war trauma. Admitting there is a need for treatment has often been viewed by soldiers as a sign of weakness. This is an attitude that perpetuates a great deal of suffering. Untreated PTSD can often create a downward spiral of stress, addiction, damaged relationships, mental illness and physical deterioration.
It’s important to help our Veterans to understand that release techniques can be learned, painful emotions can be discharged safely and gradually, and soldiers can return to being normal civilians. Trauma therapy has been dramatically transformed in the last ten years by a wealth of brain imaging research and new techniques. It is now possible for many severe cases of PTSD in Veterans to be resolved, and for severely-impacted combat veterans to “get their lives back”.

About “Healing Talk” Talk Radio Show: The Healing Talk Radio Show explores the best of current research in emotional and relationship healing. Hosted by Diana Hoffman, Licensed Professional Counselor and Trauma Recovery Specialist in Salem,Utah. Listen every Saturday at 9 a.m. on Planetary Streams Talk Radio. Listen to internet replay daily at 9 am, 5 pm and 2 am Mountain Time on http://www.planetarystreams.com and http://www.wcww.com. Contact: healingtalkradio@gmail.com or visit the website, http://www.healingtalkradio.com.

Diamond Donna Root helps 300 small business owners how to Thrive in the New Economy.

Diamond Donna Root

Executive coach, speaker, peak performance consultant and author of Getting Past You, Diamond Donna Root, reaches out to raise the socioeconomic status of a million homes by teaching Thriving in the New Economy tools to small business owners.

Salt Lake City, UT – October 2011 — Diamond Donna Root, founder and CEO of Getting Past You, today announced her Thriving in the New Economy coaching and consulting was successfully presented to 300+ small business owners at the Grand America Hotel Ballroom in Salt Lake City, Utah this week.

300+ small business owners from all over the nation gathered Friday and Saturday to learn the keys to building success from one of the country’s leading authorities on business development, corporate alignment and peak performance. Diamond Donna Root was honored to speak about how to be proactive in spite of the current economic crisis.

“Having the ability to be proactive to the major shifts in business can give owners a huge competitive edge,” said Diamond Donna Root. “The corporate landscape has shifted and there are tools that most small business owners are either not aware of or are not using to help execute major growth in this economy. I invite them to try my Thriving in the New Economy program.”

The Thriving in the New Economy Training teaches corporate alignment. The creation of a culture that has the ability to execute effectively is imperative for small business today. Diamond Donna Root teaches that understanding the shifts and being proactive with technology and the resources available makes a huge difference to the profitability and bottom line for small business owner.

“Usually the biggest hurdle is getting the executive team to see that although they have goals that are measurable and actionable, they are often not meaningful, relevant or aligned to the current global trends,” said Diamond Donna Root. “Simple alignment on an executive level, a focus of my coaching program, shifts everything for a company.”

Donna Root’s Thriving in the New Economy program teaches people the skill sets they need to start over with the emotional, mental and spiritual mindset they need to shift and thrive in this new economy. This program will help people suffering and in emotional crisis; depression, anxiety and stress, due to the economic shifts that are wreak havoc on our families. People are in survival mode they do not need to be motivated today, the time for motivation has passed, what is required today is transformation, people need a system to follow a roadmap to help them recreate themselves and that is best done through the personal empowerment skills taught by Diamond Donna Root for over 15years.

“Reinventing yourself and re-framing your life at any age is difficult but millions of American are being forced to address these issues just to keep living and eating indoors,” said Diamond Donna Root. “It is time to do a transformational makeover in your life. That is what Thriving in the New Economy seminar and workshop does. It gets you dialed in for transforming your life in every area of your life and when you can do that, you find relief. A life by design, not by default, is a beautiful life.”
You can find out more information about the Thriving in the New Economy Program at http://www.gettingpastyou.com.

Diamond Donna Root founder of the Diamonds by Donna is known as “Diamond Donna” as much for her sparkling personality as for her innovative leadership as an entrepreneur. As an author, lecturer, speaker, lifestyle consultant and talk show host, Donna shares her message about achieving transformational growth in her Thriving in the New Economy training. For more information about Donna Root, please visit http://www.donnaroot.com or http://www.gettingpastyou.com.

Power Mom Day 10! Stormy Sleepover Girls Make their own eFoods Beef Stroganoff!

My daughter McKall rarely asks for anything so when she asked for a sleepover after a late movie I acquiesced. Hey my husband working the night shift so I really like the extra people in the house — keeps my from being too lonely! Anyway the girls stayed up late and so slept in — right through breakfast. A storm blew in across the valley (see video) and when they got up they wanted something hot! Since I am now championing the Power Mom Food Fund and our mission includes getting our kids cooking food and eating food storage — I invited them to pick out their own eFoods Global meal and make it themselves! They had fun doing it — see the photos and video and I didn’t have to go back in the kitchen for lunch! They made two packets for 8 1 cup serving for the 7 of us and there were plenty for leftovers. I was hopeful I could skip making dinner — of course as soon as Maddy’s friends came over the Beef Stroganoff was gone! I am loving eFoods Global meals! Try having your teenagers make it for themselves — get your 12 meals free!

Please join us in feeding and funding our families from the kitchen! Just check out this quick video of why we are doing this here or please get your free food samples (shipping only) here Food Freedom Tour

Since they missed breakfast by hours I invite them to make their own hot lunch! Smart mom!!

Cute blue hair sleepover girl ready to have hot lunch made by her and friends

eFoods Global Beef Stoganoff

Now eating everyone quiet for the first time in 24 hours! Dog sure looks hopeful too!

Then men get in on the food action

Smiling sleepover girls

Please join us in feeding and funding our families from the kitchen! Just check out this quick video of why we are doing this here or please get your free food samples (shipping only) here Food Freedom Tour

Power Mom Food Fund Founder -- Kim Power Stilson