Natural medications

If your interested in improving your mind, body n health without the invasive side effects of prescription drugs n medications this list is a good place to start these are the ones I use my husband they help us n I hope they will help you too!

Daily multivitamin once a day women's active mind & body I buy the heb or cvs off brand
plant therapy love their cost effective essential oil blends I use for my sons asthma bronchial congestion, allergies, relaxing, stress in diffusers, in the bath, roll on, in a spray bottle so many uses also add to my homemade laundry soap when I sale.
21c Remedies homeopathic blends taste like water u spray on ur tongue n safe for ur whole family. We use serenity, morale, n recharge.

The newest edition to or natural health! hellolife.net all homeopathic blends.
I'm using their ocd blend- compulsin n I can really tell the difference my husband uses the adhd blend- Synaptol, I'm considering adding the Respiratory blend for my son with asthma n Stress relief for me.
 I also use nativeremedies.com moodcalm homeopathic blend

I also use cinnamon n turmeric capsules for indigestion, I open n put on bagels or in oatmeal for my son with asthma n we all take pure local honey for allergies.

I hope this small list will help you! For more resources plz visit my main web blog Kim

God's Love Speaks the Truth

We will each make a choice to believe in Him or not. I chose to believe. What are you choosing?

I Dont Need a Flat Stomach to Be Beautiful!

I went through a phase of looking for workouts to do to help with my back pain and all i seen was videos of these perfect bodied woman on how to get a flat stomach and so I bought into that for about a month. But, what was my motivation? The girls in the videos? At home my husband told me I was beautiful just the way I was and that he loves my body. I decided I dont need a flat stomach to be beautiful! I don't absolutely love my pudgy stomach but I had two children so it's okay with me I didn't get my stomach by sitting on my butt eating all day it happened from having my stomach stretched out twice over a 9 month period within the last 5 years.

So, I don't need a flat stomach for me that wasnt the issue to begin with it was the pain in my shoulder, back, and wrists. Doing more pilates stretching and some strength training is helping with that. So my goal is to enjoy life to it's fullest not to have an 18.5 BMI (body mass index). I'm really okay with the 20 extra lbs if I can be happy I need to see beyond my body to the heart of things because that's where Jesus lives and that's what really matters most. I don't like eating vegetables so I enjoy sneeking them into spaghetti and fruit smoothies. I'm staying healthy for maintenance purposes not as a life obsession. My passion isn't nutrition, healthy and fitness it is Jesus Christ and how he transformed me from the inside out that's what I want to focus my life on helping people know Christ, His love and His gift.

This was just a phase but my passion for Christ that's a love story that will never end!

Jesus is the reason for my life now and my hope for the future!

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16

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Why I said NO to Prescription Drugs

This is a sequel to my last post so if you haven't read that you can click this link

After two days of taking medication for OCD and pain meds I made a choice to say NO and instead I went to the Lord in prayer, read His word and made a choice to get healthy instead of taking prescription drugs. For the pain I started working out and realized my core muscles were weak which was causing the pain and lack of daily physical activity in my muscles. I watched alot of youtube videos and found some that were way too advanced and so I just took what i learned on abs and core workouts and started doing them on my own for as long as i could which wasn't very long without alot of burning and pain. I did this several times a day for a week with primarily crunches and ab workouts for beginners. I added dumb bells for more muscle strengthening and have also tried  fun dance videos because i love to dance and it's a great workout! i will do a seperate post with workout videos i use for working out and food recipes. heres the link (soon to come)

I keep a thankful journal and have recorded my recent health journey in this journal to keep me moving forward and recommend you do the same to reach any goals keep track of the good stuff and daily find something to be thankful for.

Here are 10 Steps to Healthier Living:
Losing Weight & Feeling Great!

1. I started drinking fresh squeezed lemon/lime juice in my water first thing in the morning (instead of just coffee) or plain water this helps your bodies immune system.
2. I stopped drinking diet sodas or any sodas completely after cutting back to 1 glass a day. I had to stop buying it. I replaced with green n black tea instead for the first week. make this a treat to do once a month but i find i don't even like the taste now. also all other artificial sweeteners such as sweet n low and aspartame not good i got rid of them all and replaced with a natural sweetener stevia and coconut sugar. 
3. increased fresh foods-superfoods in my grocery shopping and learned different ones to eat and ways to prepare such as kale and collard greens frozen in smoothies.
4. started drinking protein and superfood shakes/smoothies, added kale/spinach to fruit smoothies and protein powder.
5. i added supplements of cinnamon, biotin, turmeric for digestion and immune system booster along with my multi-vitamin from cvs Daily Women's Active (supports mental and physical well being)
6. added protein bars and homemade trail mix for healthy snacks, also bags of chopped vegies carrots, broccoli, and cucumber can be eaten with low fat/no fat dressing
7. addressed stress by drinking 1/2 c of red wine and pure dark chocolate with almonds to relax for the first week (now i don't drink the wine i didn't like the taste and the alcohol isn't good for you unless it's completely organic supposedly)
8. replaced the wine with exercise for the same mood boosting effect and taking naps/resting for stress relief, watching tv to destress (i watched the newest season of drop dead diva on netflix)
9. get outside and out of the house, by taking the boys to the park and i would walk around while they played and played with them too, i love walking outside nature is very therapeutic to me.
10. i don't buy all organic after reading the pros and the cons i decided to take the chance of the cheapest produce route as you can read the regulations on pesticides and that brought me the comfort i needed or you can just buy the organic ones that don't have a peel but for me i've found it cheaper to just buy the on sale produce each week and we are saving money not eating as much meat. no, it's really not more expensive to eat healthy!! fruit and vegetables can be frozen for smoothies, stews, stir fries etc. do not believe that lie, think of the dr. bills and medication costs and freedom of being healthy compared to not? what's the real cost? 

This is why I said NO to living on prescription drugs and YES to God's plan for my health eating whole foods, fruits, vegies, working out, getting enough sleep, and stress reducing activities. Please join me on this adventure to living life to the fullest! I would like to offer informative videos so please stay posted for those on my youtube channel: Kim Fincher

Have a Blessed Day!

Prescription Drugs? I said NO!

My personal journey has recently led me to a choice in the road of life and I chose to trust in the Lord and to pursue educating myself on natural health. I had another choice which was to take the pain medication and the OCD medication i was given and diagnosed on 7-14-15 while going in for a solution to my back, neck, shoulder, and wrist pain that had been coming back and forth for several months.

The diagnosis was startling although I do like control I chose a different route as Robert Frosts poem stated, "I chose the road less traveled and that has made all the difference." Now, I did take the two medication for two days and did not like the side-effects of nausea, stomach pain, and even less energy than usual. eek! At 35 I am stubborn and never want to be on medication to survive I want to live in a way that is joy filled and I want to honor God with my whole life: body, mind, heart, soul and strength. I started to clean up my diet increasing the whole foods I eat to 80% and started working out more than my daily 20 minute walks by adding some crunches, planks, mountain climbers, and squats. It was not easy! For the first time I could feel every muscle, joint and knew I needed to get back in shape. I don't know if I will ever get to where I was before I had my two amazingly wonderful boys, because that changed my body; but that's my hope and dream.

To date since I started my pain relief journey I have lost 3-5lbs so I started at 146 and I weighed myself on 8-16-15 it read 140.8 and since then it's read between 141-143 so that's why i say inconsistently i've lost 3-5 lbs. I hope to lose more but to primarily discover a way that works for me personally that I can stick to every day to eat healthy, lose weight, have energy, stress release, that's fun, doesn't feel restrictive and so yeah that's going to happen. so it will be an ongoing lifestyle improvement. so that I can love the Lord my God with all my heart, mind, soul, body and strength and be the best Mom and wife that I can be, lol (that reads like the army quote). Mommy Reserves!

I started this site to share my dreams and goals and alot of good information and resources on whole foods and natural living. Please join me on this journey! like, share, add me on here and on my other website: www.kimfincher.org and connect with me on fb:kimbfincher  twitter: kimbfincher

God Created it and said it was good! Genesis 1:11-12

Worry About Today

24“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

25“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? 27Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

28“And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, 29yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. 30And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?

31“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ 32These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. 33Seek the Kingdom of God^d above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

34“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. Matthew 6

this is one of my favorite scriptures and gives great wisdom into how we can live in victory just by focusing on todays troubles, not yesterdays mistakes or tomorrows worries: today is enough for today. amen!

Make your plans each night for the next day and stick with those plans for your day that will help you make it and to achieve some goals. You can even make you a weekly goal and have weekly plans when it comes to meal planning and cleaning chores: i do but i'm flexible with whatever comes up today that those can easily change. I might have 3 chores to do today but because of a sick or difficult child only get one of those done but I will get that one done and crossed off my list leaving 2 to fit into the schedule on later days and that's okay, no need to stress or overburden yourself with unplanned cirucumstances- those happen in life,especially when you are trying to get yourself a job, or into college, and starting your life over or picking up the pieces but I hope you are getting a new puzzle taht want get you back in trouble and in prison- you might need to find a new place to start over until you can get yourself organized and together and then maybe live back around your family but most friends will need to go or you've found out have already gone that's just life.

This group is for ex-felons my ministry is woman in prison so that's the audience I'm writing to.
Most men are not worth your time. Take that to the cross and pray for God to provide you with a man that loves the Lord and is a God fearing man. If you are a woman after God's heart then this will be the best suitor for you.

So, remember to not worry about tomorrow, today holds enough worries for today.

My Personal Journey Today

From a woman in prison to a woman of God who still has that past it occurred to me that maybe the reason I'm not making any close friends at my last church is they all know my past and that's why every time I smile and try to start a conversation they don't make any effort or show any interest in talking to me or inviting my family to eat lunch or to their children's bday parties outside of church. How many of them even know that we are no longer members there after 2 months. One member didn't know as he said see yall at church on sunday, i didn't clue him in but he clued me in that he didn't notice us; we weren't important to him.

It hurts when you've tried for 5 1/2 years to be apart of a church you were welcomed to as a member and then after several different incidents realize you don't belong there. Me being an ex-prisoner and now a completely changed woman after God's heart makes it extra challenging. You'd think that wouldn't be an issue that they would be excited to see such an amazing testimony but it was more like stay away from my children and they avoided me accept when it was a bump in their ratings for being a supporter of prison ministry yet when not one soul offered to write a letter you begin to wonder. their were some financial sponsors and money never seemed to be an issue just dirty hands and feet willing to serve in the battlefield. I dreamed of a prison ministry division with a room where we'd get together and pray for the prisoners and write letters together, but slowly that dream faded as I realized the only thing i was going to get was some stamps and copies each month. That was appreciated but so much more support could have happened.

I know that I can't back down from my testimony as an ex-inmate it's what makes me special in God's kingdom and a powerful witness to woman in prison today and woman getting out looking to follow God's plans. I am a proud mentor and encourager to them. Thank the Lord I didn't turn my head and forget where I came from. I don't regret my past only the sins but the testimony for personal transformation is rich with God's miracles and love and I'll never stop preaching that Jesus is the key to a beautiful life.

He has the power to change the darkest heart into something warm and filled with His light. Their's a difference in the church today where many only have the religion they don't have the relationship which is warm, joy-filled, and praise worthy. I hope you can experience the energizing relationship with Jesus Christ as Your Saviour as I have and the knowing God is always with you and you can count on Him.