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INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED BY LIVING NOW MEDIA PTY LTD 4 MARCH 2017


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INSIGHT & EXPERIENCE Self Awareness.


6 | What do turtles have to do with abundance?


by Julie Ann Cairns Are you hiding out in your shell or collectively doing your part to create the abundant world we all want to live in?


15 |Only we can damage or heal


our souls and the planet by Anne Wilson Schaef None of us had a perfect family. We are humans. Humans, by definition and design, are imperfect..


16 | Great expectations – not! by John Ptacek Once a gauge for how charitably life was treating me, my expectations had become as pointless as my appendix.


.Insight.


31 | Life in the flow by Peter Walker Life is a wild, exotic, colourful, kaleidoscopic thing... Flow with it.


.Personal Development.


24 | Self-sabotage stalls success by Alison J Beaty Practical steps for you to overcome self- sabotaging behaviour and thoughts.


36 .Metaphysics.


61 | A healer's dilemma by Raym Richards A stone in her shoe reveals the deep seated reason for Raym’s client’s stagnation as a healer.


.Astrology.


67 | Stargazer for March 2017 by Stella Woods The controversial president. Venus retrograde. Sun in Pisces.


HEALTH & NUTRITION .Diet.


10 | The dark side of the spoon by Casey Conroy What to do when seemingly sensible diets (like raw, vegan, or paleo) don’t work.


.Health.


26 | Risky herb & drug combinations


by Bec Farah Contrary to what many Australians believe, some herbs and foods may interact with medications, resulting in serious adverse reactions.


.Kinesiology feature.


34 | Is there a pebble in your shoe? by Susan Martinez


Kinesiology is an outstanding modality for dealing with the emotional ‘rock in the shoe’.


36 | How kinesiology helps you sleep by Philipa Huynh Research is demonstrating how kinesiology can improve sleep by discovering the source of the issues.


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