Yesterday in our little home town our high school and local school were under lock down. A person in the high school brought many thing to school that were illegal. After he was arrested with no injuries, many people I’m sure were asking why? Who? and How? The police and news media I’m sure will answer all these questions.

As my kids got in the car, they proceeded to tell me their school was on lock down and the reason they gave me was I’m sure whisper down the lane. So in the car, I explained what had happened to the best of my knowledge and gave my own little debriefing. As a mother of three younger children, I think what is happening in the world? Then I remembered that my husband and I (high school sweethearts) went through the same thing in high school. Evacuations, running, tv news helicopters, and pure panic from our parents. A high schooler had brought  a bomb to school and placed it into a locker. And yes someone was hurt, bad. The problem was bulling and lunch room fighting. http://articles.philly.com/1989-06-07/news/26106036_1_school-locker-bomb-awards-banquet

As you can see from the article above, a model person and he didn’t have anyone to talk to about his situation. I have no idea where or how this person is doing from so long ago but what I remember still sticks in my head. After getting home, my mom sat me down and told me to always come to her no matter how bad it is, that she would always listen.

Striving to make children and young adults feel as safe as Christmas Morning

Yesterday I explained to all three of my children as I have before, that if you have a problem no matter how bad you think it is, talk to mom and dad. If you can’t talk to me or dad, than a priest, deacon, grandmother, pop-pop, go to someone. Our children have to know they are safe, no matter what age. So much trust is broken in this world and so many feel they have to hide their problems. When really when we talk about our problems, God helps us through them. I told my children that we have to lean on God, and by explaining the bad feelings to an adult we can walk through the problems with God together.

I get the perfect world everyone thinks they live in but really are hurting so badly inside. I have done this, and I understand how it may take time to work through problems and obstacles in life, but what I didn’t get until this passed weekend at a retreat was sharing your story helps so many people heal with so many problems. Let your children know they are safe, let them know to always no matter how bad the problem to tell someone, let them know that you to have made many mistakes and this world is not perfect and we all are not perfect. God is perfect. Let your Children know they are safe. Verbal is great but action helps so much, a hug or many, kisses (many), touch, smile, hold hands. Action too maybe to set aside so many activities in the daily schedule and making more time for bike rides, walks, throwing or kicking a ball together. Yes, sometimes slowing down is the best way to maintain a healthy loving, trusting relationship with our children.  No one is perfect, we all just try the best we can. Everyone Struggles.

Signing off,

Dr. Holly Matteo

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Can Catholics Practice Yoga?

Today during hot yoga, our instructor said “say a little prayer or something” while in Gorilla Pose. Then she said “do you guys realize its ok to say a prayer in yoga?” She said “I do and anyone can”. Which brought me right back to an article in our Church Bulletin a few weeks ago and this is what it said:

I practice yoga to relieve stress and because it’s a form of exercise that’s not hard on the body. Now my friends are telling me Catholics shouldn’t do yoga because it’s founded in another religion. Is that true? Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
It’s good for you to be concerned. Many events and
groups seem innocent, but further investigation often reveals that the event or practice is really designed to persuade people to join their faith. For example, a Protestant church in our town regularly invites teens from all faiths to a free evening of movies and pizza. The night always ends with preaching, so I told our teens they shouldn’t go. Some types of yoga are associated with the Buddhist religion, but others are simply a way to relax, exercise or meditate. To tell the difference, find out who is sponsoring the group before you join. As long as the sponsor isn’t using yoga to proselytize, you’re fine.
I started doing yoga a few years ago when I needed an exercise that was easy on the knees. It helps me slow down and focus on what’s important, so my meditation and prayer have improved. For example, while holding a pose for three minutes, I say the Jesus prayer.
Yoga didn’t take me away from the Church—in fact, I think it’s brought me closer to Jesus. So keep using yoga as an exercise, but also let it help you focus on Jesus’ love for you.

All this runs true in my life as a well. As I got closer to the Church, I got closer to Yoga, and that brought me much closer to prayer. I do say prayers in many poses. Hot Yoga is very different one of the main differences is the sweat pouring down your body, in the 90 degree room. The style of yoga that I do is Baptiste Yoga and every class, every instructor is different. One common practice is no music during class, which lets you get more into the class and release many stressors and emotions in our head. As a Doctor of Chiropractic, I can say hands down many physical stressors in the body are present because people hold on to their emotions, the body has to have a outlet. Combining prayer and yoga together heals the body and mind. As I get older, I realize so many need both. We all deal with so many problems, children, parents, death etc. Most run for help and wind up with a handful of medications. Some depend on prayer and still wind up with medication and vice versa. I’m not going to say Chiropractic is a secondary approach of course not, Chiropractic is the primary approach. How and the heck are you supposed to be flexible, and moving freely in yoga without Chiropractic care. But learning how yoga and prayer can truly open up a healing world, is an amazing feeling. So go ahead no matter what faith you are Pray during Yoga!

Can Catholics practice Yoga?

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Lemon Ginger Green Smoothie

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Blogging with Raw Smoothies

Today we celebrated my Mother’s Birthday over my brothers with pancakes, organic turkey bacon and gorgeous fresh fruit. We topped the afternoon off with a fresh French Bakery cake from a little place on Hilton Head Island. Everything was superb, so needless to say I waited until dinner to make this shake. This was a fantastic shake and one I will add to a list of smoothies for a long time to come.

Day 2: Young and Raw Smoothie of the Day

Raspberry Kale Booster Smoothie

1 Rib of Celery
1 Frozen Banana
½ Cup of Raspberries or Blueberries (I used Wild blueberries)
1 Handful of Kale
1 Cup of Water (spring water is the best of the best) Coconut Water, again I used the Seuro Viv from Beyond Organic.

Growing up, in New Jersey, our yard was full of blueberry bushes. In fact, I can remember we had so many my father chopped down a lot because they were everywhere. But still the memories of going outback and eating from the bushes will last forever. When we moved South, I had no idea how much you actually pay for a small container. This summer, my children and I are going blueberry picking and I will be able to show them how it was going up in New Jersey.

Dr. Mercola sited a study on his blog: In the June 2004 issue of Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry researchers used a technique called oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) to test the antioxidant power of more than 100 different kinds of fruits, vegetables, nuts and spices. In a laboratory testing, wild blueberries emerged as the top antioxidant capacity fruit– and overall were second only to Mexican red beans!

For the first time, in this antioxidant study, the USDA evaluated both wild (lowbush) and cultivated (highbush) blueberries and found that wild surpassed its cultivated cousins by 48%. Scientists attribute the high antioxidant capacity of Wild Blueberries to anthocyanin, the phytonutrient responsible for the berry’s deep blue color.

The official standings of this study are listed below…

Small red beans (dried), also known as Mexican red beans
Blueberries (wild)
Red kidney beans
Pinto beans
Blueberries (cultivated)
Cranberries
Artichokes (cooked)
Blackberries
Prunes
Raspberries
Strawberries
Red Delicious apples
Granny Smith apples
Pecans
Cherries
Black plums
Russet potatoes (cooked)
Black beans (dried)
Red plums
Gala Apples

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Making the decision to blog again and keep with it. All along I told myself I was never going to be one of those people that put up a blog and let it go. It happened. And truly am embarrassed. You see I love posting on our Matteo Family Chiropractic fanpage, twitter, Instagram etc. I have found it hard to balance it “all”. Three children, their school homework, our Office, spending time with my children etc. I keep saying when everything is perfect, well when is life perfect right? So here I am. Our Free Ebook that I have worked on for 5 months is at the publisher and well it’s time to get with it. So my journey starts today, because I took a 30 day Young and Raw Superfood Green Smoothie Challenge and day one is today!
Nothing can be simpler for me than to either Blog about Chiropractic or Blog about Whole foods. So to kick this blog into gear, I am blogging first about the smoothies.
First do you have a Blender? Yes. I have a Vitamix that is very powerful. Next I used the food shopping list they sent me, and got everything that I didn’t have already at the store , which was only two things.

So for days 1, 2, ,3,4,&5 I need
3 ribs of celery
1 Anjou Pear (I bought several to have for my children)
1 Bunch of Bananas (peel these and freeze) I often have these in the freezer as a stash
1 Handful of Parsley (I’m a big parsley fan and by a big bunch every week at the store for smoothies and cooking)
1 Knuckle of Ginger
1 head of Kale (Kale is King Right? I buy 2 bunches every week), Spinach, or other Greens
1 bag of frozen blueberries
1 bag of frozen raspberries (both are always on hand)
1 large Cucumber (no plastic wrapping)
1 lime
1 lemon
2 Navel Oranges (again I buy many of these a week)
2-5 coconuts or 1 liter of Raw unpasteurized Coconut Water (I use the Beyond Organic Seuro Viv because its a true raw cross between Coconut Water and Kambouchia
1 Liter of Almond Milk, Coconut Milk or Hemp Seed Milk (no dairy or soy)

Day One
1 Rib of Celery
1 Pear
1/2 Frozen Banana
1/2 of Cucumber
1 Handful of Parsley
1 cup of coconut water, I substituted the Beyond Organic Seuro Viv.

I chopped up everything threw it all in the Vitamix including the skin and let it blend for a minute. It turned out delicious!

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Taking time to say “thank you”, is sometimes one of the easiest and hardest things to do. When we get a gift or someone does something nice for us maybe from a neighbor ,  loved one,  parent, brother, sister, best friend,  most say thank you right then and there. We all should have that burning desire to do something nice for them in return. But time goes on and sometimes those special thank you’s are missed. Why? Time gets in the way and those sticky notes get pushed to the back because of busy schedules. We all do it at some point in our lives. Right?

Today I went over to see my mom, who had three strokes two years ago and is still recovering. I usually adjust my mom, massage her neck ,arms, and hold her hand and talk with her about my children or daily activities. Now my mom and I have always had a huge connection, meaning if we were thousands of miles away, we always felt a strong vibe on how the other was doing, good days and bad. Today when I got up, I felt a strong vibe to get over to her house and see her. So I quickly did my morning things in the house and got a shower got dressed and went to see her. Only today felt like not that she needed me but as if she needed me to say “Thank You”.
So I did, I thanked her for being a great mom, for showing me how to be a great mom,  I thanked her for being a great friend, for always encouraging me to strive further and do better in this world. I also thanked her for little things like, how she always made it look so easy to run a house and work while my brother and I were growing up. A huge smile came across her face, like she had just won the lottery.

When our family and friends least expect it, say “thank you”. Tell them that they do matter. Tell them with a face to face talk, a note or card with an actual stamp on it. Because we all matter.When you feel that urge to do something nice for someone you do or don’t know, do it, don’t wait til latter. If you have children, make a craft or food project and involve them, to say that special “Thank you”.  Teaching them the art of saying “thank you”, is vital so the act of kindness continues on through generations. When you are relaxing at night, send a quick text to a friend and say “I hope you had a good day”and remind them of a fun time you had with them, and thank them. We all have good and bad days, sometimes a little thank you is all we need to make the World Better!

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Dr. Holly Matteo

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Hey everyone!  We wanted to check in and let you know that the redesign of our blog is almost complete.  The blog is visually more attractive but most importantly we will make it very easy for anyone to share all of our posts with most of the popular websites.  Dr. Holly and I have accumulated lots of ideas for future posts so look for those in the very near future!  Thank you for your continued support!  Signing off.

In good health,

Dr. Sean Matteo

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Beyond Organic National Conference 2012 | Growing Organic Families

We had a wonderful time in Orlando Florida at the Beyond Organic National Convention. Now I could go on and on about the new food soon to be shipped or the 15+  new foods coming out this year, but I would like to focus this blog on one photo.

This may look like any old picture, but read on.  Many stories are in this picture.  My story and my husband (Dr. Sean Matteo) started with a patient of ours handing us a book called the Maker’s Diet by Jordan Rubin, about 5 years ago. Last June we heard our Chiropractic Community rumbling with excitement about a Company called Beyond Organic.  Hmm, I thought,  "where do I know that name : Jordan Rubin?"  Dr. Sean goes to our library and pulls out The Maker’s Diet.  More research lead to us exploring Beyond Organic at the Founder’s Conference in July of 2011.  With much excitement we found out that yes it is network marketing.  What could be better?  Receiving a "thank you" check at the end of the month for eating food that goes Beyond USDA Organic standards.  So yes we signed up under a fellow Chiropractor.  Well, to my surprise that person was not a good fit, so I hunted for an upline that was a good fit for us to move forward.  Well I found a couple that was perfect.  As we preceded through launch with this company in November, we found ourselves getting very excited to taste the food. At the same time we had neighbors move in two doors down from us. Our children played and had a good time and their mom and I started talking more.  BUT not about Beyond Organic.  Although we had so many things in common, I hesitated to talk.  Why?  Well I have learned a lot since Jan. 2012.  Why? Because she home schools 5 children, and her husband, Dan Vivirito works 2 full time jobs.  So why was I quiet?  I think I prejudged them and thought "they don’t have the time or money for this".  Well to my surprise one of her daughters saw the "Organic truck" come as my 3 children say, and she ran and told her mom.  Wouldn’t you know it, Kristine was researching Beyond Organic in the summer of 2011, but had to put it on the back burner for other reasons.

 So far what have we learned 1. A book lead us to do more research

                                                     2. We switched Groups and Sponsors

                                                     3. I assumed someone had no money or time before I asked.

                                                     4. And our two families make up 8 children.

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 So now, our direct sponsor has 4 children. Three families 12 children and all of them went to the Beyond Organic Conference.  Why don’t you see them?  This picture was taken at Marriott World Convention Center, at a "Meet and Greet" from our top leaders, in their hotel room.  Our family arrived in Disney on Sunday and Kristine, Dan and family arrived on Monday just a couple of hours before this picture. We, (the Matteo’s and Vivirito’s) were staying inside Disney World at a Disney Resort, and we drove over to the Marriott .  There we met our sponsors Mike and Laura Melvin, who we had never met in person before, but felt we had known them forever.  So we left all 12 children in one hotel room, ages from 18 months to 16 years old, so we could take a elevator ride to meet Marsha and Andy Inman and the rest of our team.

                                      What else have learned?:

                                     5. How is it possible that we never met these people before and yet we feel so comfortable?  Social Media of course, that is how I found Mike and Laura.

                                     6. All our families have such a strong passion for this company, that when we can’t find babysitters we just bring our children along!

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The Best part, when we got back to the room, all the children were taking votes and comparing their favorite Beyond Organic Foods.  Seriously, isn’t that amazing?!  Children talking about food that goes Beyond Organic! They were talking about junk food they were having an open discussion about Organic Food!  Don’t you wish first that you had this knowledge as a child.  It isn’t because we’re doctors that my children can talk about good fats, bad fats, CLA, Omega’s,  A1 or A2 Cows, recipes that they have learned for a life time, Whey, Organic Farming, Farmer’s Markets, and the list goes on and on.  It’s because we are teaching them.  Some parents might say, "I don’t care to know all that".  Then WHO is going to teach your Children?  Mom’s and Dad’s, this is your responsibility!  Starting with the basics is what we teach in our home, and thanks to Beyond Organic we can do that.  I can tell you their is not a school out there that can teach you what we have learned in the past few months.  And I can truly say my children run to tell their friends what we are having for dinner.  Children talk, and they have started their own knowledge bank in their heads, of the do’s and don’t's, of food.  Also they are being exposed to network marketing at the highest level.  They now understand the "extra’s" in our family expenses are coming from Beyond Organic "through a thank you check".  There is Plenty of room for more families to join our Mission, to: Live, Learn, and Lead.

P.S. The gentleman on the end, well that’s Colt Mortan, after we got back to the room, he was sending pictures of our children to his wife, because he couldn’t believe how Awesome it was to have so many children in one small space!

Thank you, Signing off,

Dr. Holly Matteo

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Dr. Sean Matteo interviews Jordan Rubin, the Founder and CEO of Beyond Organic

Victory World Church

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the “in Body, Mind and Spirit Conference” in Atlanta, Georgia.  It was held at Victory World Church in Norcross, which turned out to be the perfect venue for the event.  The church is only 21 years old but manages to have over 6,000 people in attendance for church every weekend.  The founders of the church, Dennis and Colleen Rouse are wonderful dynamic people and it was a pleasure to hear Colleen preach.

The keynote speaker for the event was multiple New York Times Best selling Author Jordan Rubin.  Jordan founded Garden of Life Nutritional company 14 years ago and most recently founded Beyond Organic, the first company in the United States to ship USDA Organic foods to your door.  Jordan Rubin  is also a Naturopathic Physician.   During the event I had the pleasure of meeting Jordan Rubin, and I was able to interview him as well about his company Beyond Organic.  I asked him why Beyond Organic is the perfect complement to Chiropractic care.  His answer should interest any physician really because he points out how Beyond Organic can help patients and at the same time introduce another stream of revenue to their business.  Please enjoy the video below:

Thank you, Signing off,

Dr. Sean C. Matteo

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Grass Fed Grass Finished Tacos for Dinner!

We all know Tacos is a family favorite for most. It can be a go to meal, for a quick dinner right? Being a Chiropractor and a mom of three small children, that is how I think: First is it healthy, second is it quick. I buy almost all Organic, but after I learn more and more, I have started to go beyond the Organic mindset. So this was my first take on Beyond Organic Tacos.

First I bought the Garden of Eatin Taco Dinner Kits. Which is the best I could find at our Kroger. We do not have a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods like store here on Hilton Head Island or in Bluffton, South Carolina.

Next I took my Beyond Organic Beef and Browned it with some Organic Coconut Oil

Added in some of the Taco Seasoning that came with the kit, and added in a pinch of fresh Basil. I have made my own seasonings before, which I keep in a container, but today I did use the packet.

Next I added in two tablespoons of Raw Honey, for sweetness. My children do not like food too spicy, so to tone it down, Honey does the trick. No sugar.

So it looks like this when it is done:

Grass Fed, Grass Finished Tacos

Now Before I go any further, I will tell you this meat was the best  Organic Grass Fed Meat, I had ever tasted. As I was cooking, I of course was tasting it. The First thing I had noticed was the meat tasted different than the store bought grass fed beef. Beyond Organic’s Beef seemed to have a softer smoother texture and melted in your mouth.

Organic Greens for Tacos

So next I chopped up some Organic Greens  for the topping. My children are not big fans of Tomatoes so they are left out.

Beyond Organic Raw Cheddar Cheese

Next I shredded some Raw Beyond Organic Cheddar, this was what took this meal over the edge to Beyond Awesome!

Grass Fed, Grass Finished, Tacos Everyone will Love!

Next Put it all together with a dollop of Organic Sour Cream and it was Perfect.

The Best Part of the Three Children my middle one is the pickiest, he loved these Tacos. And as many of the moms out there know when you have a picky eater, it’s tough, but when you find something beyond organic that they love, your heart it happy and you are jumping for joy!

Thank you, Dr. Holly Matteo

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