“You were born a healer”

“You were born a healer”

Teacher and healer Chunyi Lin believes you possess the innate ability to help heal your own sickness and disease—and to help heal your loved ones—using nothing more than your own natural energy.

It may sound a bit implausible, but we assure you, it is not.
In fact, almost 250,000 people, just like you, have learned to help heal diseases such as cancer, fibromyalgia and diabetes, relieve chronic and acute migraines, ease depression and anxiety, and alleviate allergies.

Chunyi Lin would like to teach you how to use his system of healing free of charge in the upcoming online event called the Spring Forest Healingfest.
Learn to use your mind to take away stress, pain, and sickness
Chunyi’s system of healing is based on an ancient practice called Qigong. He is a Qigong Master, himself.

Qigong (pronounced chee-gong) has been around for over 5,000 years and is actually the grandfather of Chinese medicine, including Tai-Chi, acupuncture, and Shiatsu. It works with your body’s energy, or “Qi.”

As Dr. Richard Gerber puts it, “…by moving Qi through the body, you can heal yourself of many ailments.”

According to Chinese medicine, when your Qi isn’t flowing freely, you can get sick, stressed, or emotionally out of kilter. Disease, pain, and negative emotional conditions are symptoms of blocked energy. That’s why Chunyi Lin says, “Sickness is nothing to fear.”

Qigong is a way to gently and thoroughly release nearly all energy blocks and eliminate most causes of illness and imbalances.

Dr. Wang Chong Xing from the Shanghai Institute of Hypertension said in a PBS documentary that after 30 years of study, “We think Qigong can cure every kind of disease, some responding better than others.”

Practicing Qigong and using it to help yourself heal involves a simple combination of breathing, focused concentration, gentle movements, and healing meditations.

You will be able to learn this free of charge during the upcoming Spring Forest Healingfest. Starting 10th June 2013.


You can get a Free Pass right here.

Dr. Deepak Chopra said, “Like Yoga, Qigong teaches you to balance energy in your body. Master Chunyi Lin has developed an easy-to-follow program that will allow you to incorporate the health benefits of Qigong into your daily life.”

You will have complimentary access to 10 professionally produced audio sessions and two video sessions for six days beginning June 10. You will learn to harness Qi energy, you will see exactly how to practice Qigong, and you will experience powerful and beautiful meditations—all designed to raise your energy and help you heal.

The natural healing process of your body involves unblocking Qi and allowing it to flow to where it is needed. Practicing Spring Forest Qigong can accelerate the body’s natural healing process and often result in a level of healing that some consider miraculous.

Dr. Bill Manahan from the University of Minnesota Medical School said, “I would place Qigong equal in importance to the incredible discoveries in the forties called antibiotics and in the fifties called immunizations.”

How to get a Free Pass to learn from Chunyi’s
We encourage you to learn more and participate in the Spring Forest Healingfest.


You can get a Free Pass right here.

If you suffer from any pain, disease, fatigue, stress, or the effects of aging, or if you’d simply like to increase you energy, we believe you will find great satisfaction in the online event that begins on June 10.

Witgh abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston

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Tamworth is NOT the “Fat Capital” of the UK

Tamworth is NOT the “Fat Capital” of the UK

In the last couple of weeks, Tamworth in Staffordshire, where I live has been branded at the “Fat Capital” of the UK by several major newspapers.

This is very unkind.

Tamworth, as a town, has people of all shapes, sizes and weights – as does any town in the UK. I would not agree that there are more people who are overweight in Tamworth than there are anywhere else. Tamworth has quite a few fast food outlets, but then it also has a lot of shops and supermarkets that sell fresh fruit, vegetables and healthy food.

There is a park in the town, as well as country parks, water parks and plenty of cycle tracks. There are fitness facilities, both privately owned and subsided by the local authority.

Over the last 18 months, Tamworth and the people in Tamworth have helped me to take control of my life, change my relationship to food and to lose over 5 stone / 70lbs/ 31kg in weight, of which almost 4 stone / 56 lbs / 25 kg of that has been since September 2012.

Fresh food from Aldi

This has been on a tight budget, so I have bought fresh fruit, veg, salad and other fresh food to make meals from scratch. This has been from our local Aldi, which is a discount supermarket.

Eating healthily is a choice

Yes, it can be cheaper to make a meal out of junk and we can feed four of us for under £2 on a pack of sausages and a bag of chips, it is not filling and I have found myself in the kitchen picking later in the evening, so actually I end up eating more than I would if I spent more money on chicken or ham with salad or vegetables. Meals consisting of proper food fill me up, so I end up eating less overall.

Exercise with Gymophobics

I joined Gymophobics in Tamworth, which is a ladies only gym and which has a 30 minute circuit that is designed to work all the muscle groups in the body. As I started to tone up, I was also losing weight and the staff have been incredibly supportive of me on my journey.

This is a picture of me on one of the machines about a month after I first started at Gymophobics. I am in the foreground in the blue shirt.

This photo below was taken a couple of weeks ago, so you can see there is a bit of a difference!

54321

I have followed the 54321 eating plan from Gymophobics, which consists of 5 portions of fruit and veg per day, 4 of carbohydrates, 3 of dairy products, 2 of proteins, 1 of butter/oil/fats and a couple of snacks – portion sizes being quite generous and in line with government guidelines.

I have learnt to manage the size of my portions and now eat enough food for one person and not for four people – as I was eating before!

Inside Job

By taking control of the food I have eaten and regular exercise, this has given me the momentum to look at the inner issues which had caused the weight problems in the first place and which had triggered years of out-of-control binge eating and yo-yo dieting.

I had always seen myself as fat, ugly, unworthy of anything very much and with a profound sense of self-loathing which translated into a lack of self-confidence, poor self-esteem and a desire to hide.

I had used food as a comforter, but then, the more I tried to fill the emotional gaps with food, the worse I felt about myself and so the more I ate and the more I tried to hide myself.

I have now conquered all this inner stuff, so that I can release weight at a healthy pace- without sabotaging my efforts.

I have had a problem with weight issues since I was a child, so if I can beat it all, then anyone can.

Fantastic results

Not only have I reduced my weight from 17stone 12 lbs / 250lbs / 113 kg to 12st 11lbs/ 179 lbs/ 81 kg, I have lost nearly 50” off my body and come down 5 dress sizes from a 22+ to a size 14 – and all of this was living in Tamworth at a time when it is supposedly the “Fat Capital!”



At my heaviest 31st July 2011



In the same clothes this weekend.

Husband also lost weight

Over the last 6 months, my husband has also lost over 3 stone/ 42 lbs/ 19 kg, so it has been a real family effort. He has reduced his portion sizes, eaten less food and exercised by using the Wii Fit exercises and games. He works away quite a bit, so he eats out quite a lot, however he has still managed to lose weight and to drop 6” off his waist!

Health is a Choice

Healthy eating, regular exercise and a healthy lifestyle are all personal choices. There is always a way to make a healthy choice and to exercise, no matter how tight your budget might be.

Whether it is a matter of food choices, exercise or dealing with inner stuff, there is always plenty of help and support to help you to achieve your weight loss and health goals – but you have got to want to do it. You need to be willing to follow a plan and stick to it and not beat yourself up when you have a bad day. Just get back on track with it.



This is the first time in a very long time that I have been slim enough to wear a dress with a belt!

Thank You Tamworth

So, I have a lot to be grateful for in relation to my adopted town of Tamworth and the people in it. I come from the Westcountry originally and, yes, I am very partial to a great dollop of Clotted Cream in, on and with most foods, so I brought a few “bad habits” with me when I came to Tamworth!

Tamworth has a lot of facilities and opportunities and it has enabled me to substantially improve my life.

Have a great day
Amanda Goldston

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Another 3lb off !

Another 3lb off !

Today was weigh day at the gym and I have lost another 1.9kg / 3lb. That is 6.2 kg / just under 14 lbs since 2nd January 2013. I am really pleased with that because that includes the couple of pounds that I had put on over Christmas.

To date, in total, I have lost 28.1 kg / 62 lbs / 4 and ½ stone of which 20 kg/ 44 lbs / 3 stone 2lbs has been since September 2012. I have come down from a size 22+ to a size 14. I have so far lost over 41” from my body and I am at my lightest weight that I have been for well over 10 years.



At my heaviest – August 2011



3rd February 2013

There is just a bit of a difference in weight and size!

My husband, Greg, has lost 10 lbs / 4.5 kg in January, which brings his total weight loss so far to 2 stone 10 / 38 lbs / 17 kg since September 2012, following the same healthy eating plan and exercising on the dancing games on the wii.

Size 14 off-the-shelf clothes

Over the weekend I was trying on different dresses to see which was best for filming my videos for the website. I originally bought the orange dress in the picture above in July 2012 for a wedding. It was a size 20 and really was as much as I could do to get it done up properly at the time. When I wore it for these photographs on Sunday 3rd February 2013, I had so much spare material, that I had to try and fold it all together on my back and put it into a belt.

I tried on one of my daughter’s dresses, which was a size 14 and was quite surprised that it FITTED ME! Well, I have not been a size 14 for a very long time!

Today I decided I would take myself into a clothes shop and try on some off-the shelf clothes to see what fitted me and what size I actually am right now.

I picked up a gorgeous gold coloured, polo neck jumper that was quite clingy in the material and tried it on. Again I was quite amazed that it fitted me.

I am not sure why I am so surprised that smaller clothes are fitting me now with the weight I have lost. I suppose it is because I have not bought any new clothes on my downward weight journey and I am still wearing the old, big and baggies.

I have wanted to get to my final weight before I buy any new clothes, especially as we are (hopefully) now coming out of Winter and into Spring.

The biggest victory with trying on clothes today was trying on Jeans and Jeggins. I, rather optimistically tried a couple of pairs of size 12, but they did not fit. However, the size 14 jeggins fitted perfectly. I could do them and I could bend over – and I did not break them! Of the Jeans I had chosen the best fit was a pair of size 16 skinny leg jeans!

I have not been able to wear skinny leg jeans since I was a teenager because my legs were always too fat. Looks like all those parallel squats, inner and outer thigh exercises and calf raises are starting to pay off.

So, summer wardrobe, here I come!

With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston
Changing Lives Coach
http://www.AmandaGoldston.com

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Visualize Your Weight Loss Success

Visualization

Visualization is a very important aspect of weight loss.

Write out your Ideal Weight and a description of YOU with your Ideal Body. It is important to include aspects, such as what you look like, what clothes you are wearing, what you are doing and who you are with. Also include how you feel about yourself, food and your lifestyle. It can also be helpful to hear the compliments of people around you on your weight loss.

Get a picture in your head of the Ideal YOU at your Ideal Weight and with your Ideal Body, living day-to-day with your new body, or perhaps you at an event in the future, where you are slim, trim, toned, full of vibrant energy and glowing health. The more vividly you can see and feel and experience this in your head and in your body, the quicker your subconscious mind gets the message of what you want to create and the more it will help you with that goal.

My goal is to fit back in my wedding dress that I wore in 1993 when I got married and then in 2000, when I had it altered, and the train taken out, to make an evening dress.

I have not worn it since then. I was about 2 stone (28 lbs/ 13kg) and 2 dress sizes smaller when I last wore it than I am now.

Have an ultimate weight loss goal

Have an ultimate goal of Your Ideal Weight and your Ideal Body, which is when you have lost all the weight you want lose.

Don’t get too fixated on a specific figure of an Ideal Weight. It might be more helpful to have a range of up to 14 lbs/ 1 stone/ 6 kg around the figure you consider to be your Ideal Weight. As you get nearer to that figure, your body may have its own ideas of what it thinks is the Ideal Weight.

Smaller weekly goals

Have smaller goals of weekly increments of maybe 1-2 lbs / 0.5 -1 kg per week or whatever works best for you which you feel is realistic and achievable for you.

Each week I get a set a goal for my weigh-day the following week and see myself getting on the scales and looking down at the new weight for that week.

You can also visualise yourself fitting into clothes that are a “little bit” tight as a short term goal and into clothes that are “very” tight as a longer term goal and Ideal.

See yourself celebrating your weight loss and being happy with every pound/ kilogram that comes off – and stays off!

With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston
Inner and Outer Weight Loss Guide

P.S. My book “Inner and Outer Weight Loss Journey” gives lots more tips and ideas on losing weight – available from Amazon and from my website.

http://www.amandagoldston.com/innerouterweightebook.htm

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I ache!

I ache!

Today was Bootcamp day at the gym and I ache all over, especially my legs, bum and stomach.

Today I started on the Stomach/Abdominal Machine with one minute of the full range of movement, followed by one minute of pulsing – or short, rapid movements – all the while with my stomach muscles pulled in really tight.

We then do a minute on the first floor exercise, followed by two minutes on the next machine. This is then followed by a minute of the second floor exercise and a minute of the first one.

This means that by the end we have done the first floor exercise seven times, the second one six times, the third one five times, the fourth one four times, the fifth one three times, the sixth one twice and the seventh one once.

This is with exercises on the machines on the circuit in between, so the whole thing is an hour.

To make it fair, we all pick the floor exercises out of a box when we get there, which means that we can’t blame the instructor for a tough workout – as we picked the exercises!

Last week we managed to pick out mostly legs and today we managed to pick out mostly stomach exercises and create a workout for ourselves, that has caused my rear end (butt/arse) to ache like mad.

So today we had:
Tummy Crunches (stomach) x 7 times
Seated Trunk Twist (stomach and abdominals) x 6 times
Parallel Squats (Legs and Bum) x 5 times
Alternate Knees to Chest (stomach and abdominals) x 4 times
Calf Raises (legs) x 3 times
Jumping Jacks (Star Jumps- legs and aerobic) x 2 times
Adductor Squats (legs and bum) x 1 time

There is a little spot in the middle of my bum that aches more than anything else. Apparently the guilty culprit is called the Glutemous Maximus muscle – otherwise known as “Arse Ache” or “Butt Ache.”

I really actually really enjoy the Bootcamp sessions and I feel that I am benefitting from them. Each workout is different because we pick out different exercises for each session and we start at a different place on the circuit each week, so it is a different workout each week.

I am not sure whether I helped myself or not with this, as I then came home and took the dog out for a walk in sub-zero temperatures, which was probably not the best of ideas.

Each week, I promise myself I will take him out earlier in the day BEFORE Bootcamp and each week it ends up being afterwards.

I think it is safe to say I have had my daily exercise today!

Have a great day.
With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston

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My first attempt at home-made pizza!

My first attempt at home-made pizza!

No-one died!

Well, this really has got to be a first! The “Un-Domesticated Goddess” (Me) has just made pizza for my eldest daughter – and she is still alive!!!!

We have had a breadmaker for some time and, like all the gadgets in our kitchen, it has been my husband that has used it to make delicious home-made bread and pizza.

Today, my daughter wanted her evening meal early, so that she could go to an exercise class later and she wanted to eat before she went.

This meant that She-that-does-not-cook, alright, better known as She-that-cannot-cook had to make it for her. My husband was at work and so could not do it.

So, at lunchtime, he phoned me up and guided me through what I needed to put in the breadmaker and then gave me step-by-step instructions as to exactly what I needed to do next and when.

This took me most of the afternoon.

I did (mostly) OK, apart from I left the pizza base in the oven to rise a bit longer than he told me to do. OK, I forgot it, as I tend to do with most food I put in the oven. I was busy answering emails and doing stuff on my computer. Fortunately it was on a very low heat, so it was not too disastrous!

It looked OK when it came out of the oven and she duly tucked into it and ate it all, so either, it was half-way decent and reasonably edible or she was so starving hungry she would have eaten anything!

I don’t think my husband had much faith in my culinary attempts, as he phoned as soon as he left work to make sure everything had gone OK. I assured him that, nearly an hour after eating my cooking, that our daughter was still alive!!

I suppose if I want to have fresh, home-made food, instead of shop-bought ready meals that at some point I am going to have to use some of the gadgets in the kitchen and learn how to cook!

Here is the photographic evidence that I actually did it! Complete with list of instructions!

Have a great day.
With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston

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Not Reaching for Comfort Food!

Not Reaching for Comfort Food!

Well, I have to say I am quite impressed with myself. Clearly things are shifting on the Inside for me in relation to food.

On Monday and Tuesday I have been feeling quite disgruntled with myself and life in general. This is mostly over my “Inner and Outer Weight Loss Journey” Book and programmes.

Over the last few weeks, I have put a huge amount of effort into getting them all finished and ready and nothing much seems to be coming back. Sales of my book have been slow and I seem to be waiting around for feedback from people. I suppose I need to recognise that other people have got busy lives and reviewing my book may not be top of their list of priorities.

I got very frustrated when I went for a walk on Monday and started to shout and cry at the Universe. Actually this is a very therapeutic process called “Angry Walking” which I have written about in my “Inner and Outer Weight Loss Journey” Book.

I felt a bit better when I had the idea of making videos for information and promotion, but I could still not see how that was going to improve my cashflow situation.

When I got home, I sat at my computer, pondering this dilemma and then decided to do a meditation to see if I could clear issues of Invisibility and not being seen or noticed.

In the midst of all of this, I suddenly realised the one thing I HAD NOT done, which would have been an automatic habit pattern in the past – I had not been in the kitchen to eat anything – not even once.

In the past, I would have been picking and nibbling and munching to try to make myself feel better, although I would have ended up feeling sick and then beat myself up for my lack of self- control, so it would not have been much “Comfort!”

When I don’t reach for food to comfort myself in frustrating or upsetting situations, then I do tend to feel my feelings more intensely, but that does pass.

I suppose this is part of making myself write down everything I eat, especially when I am feeling stressed.

It was a strange feeling because I was not trying to stop myself eating.

It just never occurred to me to go and eat anything. I was so caught up in moping and feeling sorry for myself that it never occurred to me to add food into the mix. I didn’t even go into the kitchen to get water or a drink. If I had done that, feeling the way I was feeling, it probably would have been a recipe for disaster.

I have tried to think and feel my way through the situation by meditating and asking myself questions about going forward.

My relationship to myself and to food has certainly changed over the last few months. It has now become more important to me that the weight comes off me and stays off me than it is to deal with the fall-out and after-effects of an out-of-control eating binge.

Over the months, I have trained myself to only have water to drink – or nothing at all- when I am dealing with feelings and emotions, so I can allow myself to feel and experience them fully, so I can then release them.

I suppose it is part of the process of disconnecting food from my emotions and understanding myself and how I work.

Interesting!

Looks like the self- training is starting to pay off!

Have a great day.
With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston
Inner and Outer Weight Loss Guide
http://www.AmandaGoldston.com

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Christmas Weight Already Gone!

Christmas Weight Already Gone!

This is my first full week back at the gym. I did an hour long bootcamp session yesterday, which was a mixture of work on the machines and floorwork. The first floorwork exercise picked out of the hat was Press Ups! Groan, I still can’t do those!

Today was my first regular workout session and weigh day!

Last week I found I had put on just about 2 ½ lbs (1.1 kg) which was not too bad and could have been a lot worse!

This week I have got rid of that and a bit more. I lost 1.7 kg (about 3 ¾ lbs ) and I am below the weight I was on Christmas Eve (24th December).

YAY to that!

I am quite fortunate in that my husband is also losing weight now and he is like a man on a mission.

After all the rich food from Christmas, I am very glad to be back on my healthy eating plan, to be eating a balance diet and plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.

I really have to thank Gymophobics for this eating plan. http://www.gymophobics.co.uk/Weight-Management

It is called 54321 and has been designed by leading UK nutritionist Sue Norton. It is the simplest thing I have ever done because there are no forbidden foods.

54321 Healthy Eating Plan

Simply put, on a daily basis, we eat 5 portions of Fruit and Veg, 4 portions of Carbohydrates, 3 portions of Dairy, 2 of Proteins and 1 of fats or oil. Portion sizes are based on government health and food guidelines. I can have some snacks as well due to my weight.

The keys to the plan are watching the portions sizes and writing down everything that I eat on a daily basis. I bought some smaller plates and bowls last year and they have been the best thing I have ever bought.

When I first started the plan, the biggest shock to me was how much I was actually eating on a daily basis. I was probably eating 4 or 5 times what my body actually needed because I was eating all day, from when I got out of bed to when I went back to bed.

Greg is doing it with me which is great because he is the one who mostly cooks. I tend to go for the things that require the least preparation, so I am very happy to have fresh food.

We have found we are eating a lot more fresh food and home-made food. Greg makes bread on a daily basis and he also make pizzas – which are so yummy. This means we can control what goes into it and how much of it we make and eat.

We have substantially reduced the amount of sweet and fatty foods that we were all eating and I have stopped buying junk food.

A healthy, well-balance eating plan and regular exercise has enabled me to love 34lbs/ 15.5 kg since September 2012 and I am loving it! Total weigh loss since I first started in August 2011 is 23.6 kg/ 53 lbs.

So, I have started the year as I mean to go on – Less weight and more Living!!

Have a great day.
With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston
Inner and Outer Weight Loss Guide
http://www.amandagoldston.com/innerouterweightebookUK.htm

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Intuition Card Reading for 2013

What’s in store for you in 2013?

I hope you are having a great start to 2013?

What amazing opportunities lie ahead for you?

How can you make the most of money? love? luck? health?

Book an in-depth Intuition Card Reading to find out.

Over time my readings have also evolved in clearing and healing sessions where we can identify and release blockages to your success- which frequently show up in readings – right there and then in the reading.

I have a limited number of slots available over this next couple of weeks.

http://www.getyourdreamlife.com/Shop/bookareading.htm

With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston

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From 46” waist to 40” waist in 4 months!

Greg’s Journey to Weight Loss

My husband, Greg, has also been on the weight loss journey with me since September 2012. This is the first time we have done this together and it has made a huge difference to both of us, as we can support each other and keep each other motivated.

In fact, Greg, deciding that he was going to do something about his weight was one of the biggest factors that got me back to the gym and following a healthy eating plan.

Greg’ Outer plan

He has cut down on the amount of food he eats, sort-of watched his portion sizes, cut down on the rubbish such as crisps (potato chips), fried fatty food and chocolate.

He lost 2 stone 5lbs (33 lbs/ 15kg) up to Christmas and then had a big of a “pig-out”, although he has assured me we have eaten far less rich, fatty “festive” food than we have in previous years, and has got back on track so that he now weighs less than he did before Christmas.

Up until Christmas, most of his weight loss has been solely down to eating less food and eating more healthily. He has not really done a great deal of exercise.

Over the Christmas holidays he has come on a few dog walks with me. He has also started to use the very energetic dance games that we have got for the Wii.

Greg’s Inner Plan

I was surprised to hear Greg tell me that he has been visualising and imagining himself thinner and fitter and seeing himself able to walk more. There are a lot of places he has wanted to go to take photographs and has not been able to do so because of his size and weight.

He also said he saw himself “bulking up” to which I raised a rather quizzical eyebrow. He said he can see himself going into work on a “dress-down day” when he has toned pectoral muscles and his current “one-pack” has become more of a “six-pack” and wearing a tight T-shirt, so his chest muscles are showing through his T-shirt.

Well, my heart skipped a beat! I did not know whether to be pleased for him for that goal or whether that was a bit much for my jealous Scorpio nature!

From 46” waist to 40” waist in 4 months!

In 4 months, he has lost 6 inches off his waist and today He came downstairs in a pair of Jeans!!!!! He has not worn Jeans in several years – perhaps as many as 8 – 10 years. He thought they were a 42” waist and was feeling very pleased with himself – until we checked properly- and found they are a 40” waist!

OK, they are a tad on the tight side, but, that is a bit of added incentive. They will soon fit perfectly and then they will be loose on him and he will need a belt to keep them up – and then he will need a smaller size.

So, I am getting myself a new, slimline, hunky husband!
YAY to that!

Well done, Greg. Keep up the good work.
I am really proud of you.
Have a great day.
With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston

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