USANA: Live It — Your Health. Your Life. Your Way. | USANA Video

  This was my first USANA Health Sciences convention I have attended - I have been an associate of this comapny for one year.  This video gives some illustration of the impressiveness of the company, but in truth it is the taking of the supplements that is the proof of the pudding.

I joined USANA because I wanted to add a residual income stream to my business as a Life, Health and Wellbeing Coach, and Master Practitioner of NLP.  I believed at the time that I was pretty healthy and that the aching sports injuries I had acquired over years of martial arts, tennis, and dance were simply to be with me for life.  Over several years I had spent a significant amount of money on osteopathy, acupuncture and shop-bought supplements and none of them had made any difference - I had learned to accept my aching elbows, knee, and a shoulder so painful that I wished at night I could simply remove my arm.  For several years I had relied on a combination of Ibubrufen and paracetamol to get some sleep.

IN truth I had not expected anything from the USANA supplements.  I really did believe I was healthy and well nourished but with the aches as described above.  To my surpise, I noticed, in a few days that my energy levels increased, over a couple of weeks I noticed that my mood leveled - I have enormous resilience and energy typically, but as a single parent, with a newly growing business, no other income, and an accumulation of tragedies during my lifetime - on occassions my bubble might get deflated.  I noticed that now deflation lasted very little time. Within a couple of months I realised that I could walk around for the first time in many years with my arms just hanging by my side - without any pain.  Soon I was sleeping through the night without the extreme pain in my right shoulder, or my hips, the pain in my knee disappeared too.  A month or too later I noticed that candidiasis (something that nothing prescribed by doctors had shifted in years) had simply vanished.

Then I heard impressive reports from clients who took the supplements - all noticed improved energy, improved mood, no hangovers, an elderly man noticed within one week that the pain in his back was greatly diminshed, in two weeks he noted that he was waking in the morning with no pain in any of his joints for the first time in years.

At convention in Salt Lake City I heard more incredible tales.  (It has to be noted that it is illegal for any non-pharmaceutical company to make any claim that any supplement or herbal product can treat or cure anything - so none of my comments here are making any claims - they are merely reporting what I, and others have found as a result of taking USANA Health Sciences award winning supplements).  On my last day at convention I was sitting with a remarkable woman - a samoan tattooist - she told me of a child she had come across in Samoa who had been so severely infected from mosquito bites that she was dying - there was no hope for this child, she had been informed.  She gave the mother a pot of the children's supplements - within one month the child was recovering and stunning the medics who were treating her.  USANA's philanthropic work in Cambodia, Malawi, and Uganda has resulted in similar stories.  Wonderful and amazing.

So now as I get over my jetlag, and return to life after touring the USA with my son, and being so impressed with the inspiring, educational speakers at USANA's 20th convention - I am delighted to be able to offer to women joining my 'Drastic to Fantastic - getting the best out of your health, hormones and habits of thinking' programmes, such brilliant supplements to support their nutrition and health.

Internship .. who wins?

Internship - is it exploitation of the internees? Slave labour? free labour? or a wise business decision on the part of the business?

The news is peppered with the tales of dispair of university graduates, and school leavers with regard to getting employed.  One hears of the rage of parents hearing how their children are being exploited by the employers.

Whilst indeed the perspectives above are very understandable - does such helpless rage make any difference to the situation? 

I wonder whether the opportunity for a reframe isn't being missed here....

For those experiencing the short-term, low-paid/unpaid internships:-   how about - 'an opportunity to learn fast from an organisation with no obligation to stay, and so to serially gain experience faster than if formally employed.  (Most frequently the learning opportunities in permanent employment fall off radically after the first few months - so longterm employment with one company is perhaps not good for anything except for the reqular paycheck and decreasing motivation).

Also -'The adaptability required by having to go into many different employers builds resilience, flexibility and keeps you alert.'

and 'The experiences you gain from a variety of different employers  could accelerate your skills accumulation many times, over those who go into long term employment very quickly -  thus if you sell it at interview - a great asset.' 

The other side of the coin for businesses could be:-
Businesses who revel in the belief that they are getting work done cheap or for free, may be on the losing side.  They can be giving away their secrets and benefitting the next company more than their own.  In fact what they are engaging in -  is total waste. 

Ethicly, in my view the minimum wage and basic expenses should always be paid to internees.  To not do so is exploitation - so internees always make sure that you learn everything you can, add every skill you gain to your cv, and at interview apply the skills you have gained to every possible requirement for the post you are applying for.

Learning to re-frame situations inorder to get the most out of them and your life and happiness is key to your longterm success, and happiness.  Always be alert for the opportunities that are around you, and have your eye on the longterm goal, whilst doing your best, always.