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April 17th, 2009

Dr Phil Weight Loss Challenge

Dr Phil Amazing Weight Loss Reveals

Two teams on Dr. Phil’s Ultimate Weight Solution challenge are back to show off their remarkable progress. Twins Joe and Lauren, and college roommates Annette and Emilie have lost a combined 200 pounds in just four months! Learn The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom so you can join them in their journey.

When you use Dr. Phil’s 7 keys, you begin to: rid yourself of wrong thinking, heal yourself of emotions standing in the way of a healthy relationship with food, create a no-fail environment, shape your eating behavior into what you need for lifetime weight control, get real about nutritional choices that worked to your detriment, change your priorities to include exercise, and plug into a circle of support for encouragement and accountability. In short, you are changing how you’re living.

Key #1: Right Thinking
Lay aside self-defeating, invalid mindsets that do not work. They have the power to keep you from making different choices or developing new behaviors. Too often, we let these negative notions go unchallenged, and we act as though they were true. You must monitor what you’re thinking and challenge whether it is true. If it’s not working, replace it with thinking that works.

Key #2: Healing Feelings
Overcome emotional overeating by managing inappropriate reactions to stress; solving problems rather than dwelling on them; changing self-defeating thoughts, since more often than not, feelings follow thoughts; gaining closure on unfinished emotional business; and learning new ways to cope without resorting to food.

Key #3: A No-Fail Environment
Design your world so that you can’t help but succeed. This involves removing temptations to eat and rearranging your schedule in order to avoid or minimize triggers to overeat.

Key #4: Mastery Over Food and Impulse Eating
There’s only one reason why you haven’t changed the bad stuff in your life. You’re getting something out of it. I’m not saying that you’re getting something healthy or positive, but people do not continue in situations, attitudes or actions that do not give them a payoff. This key helps you identify those payoffs, unplug from them, and replace bad habits with healthy behavior.

Key #5: High-Response Cost, High-Yield Nutrition
To lose weight, you must choose foods that support good behavioral control over your eating, that is, high-response cost, high-yield foods, organized into a moderate, balanced, calorie-controlled plan to ensure weight loss.

Key #6: Intentional Exercise
Prioritize regular exercise into your life most days of the week — walking, jogging, aerobic dance classes, yoga, playing a sport, or lifting weights. Exercise does more than simply burn calories; it changes your self-perception so you stop labeling yourself as a couch potato.

Key #7: Your Circle of Support
Surround yourself with supportive, like-minded people who want you to lose weight and succeed at your health and fitness efforts.

Start changing your life today! Read The Ultimate Weight Solution and The Ultimate Weight Solution Food Guide and master the keys to weight loss success.

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Price Relief for Stress Release

February 10th, 2009

the-lodge-at-woodloch-pa-destination-spaOnce an economic sweet spot, spas are aching for business.

Spas are discounting or tossing in freebies “to get people in the door,” says Shelby Jones, an International Spa Association (ISPA) spokeswoman. An ISPA survey found specials at slow times (Monday-Thursday) and more free use of amenities such as pools and hydrotherapy areas.

More hotels (1,646 in the USA had spas as of June, ISPA says) are giving spa credits. When ISPA president Lynne Walker McNees checked into a Lexington, Ky.-area Marriott after a power outage, it gave her a $40 spa credit.

Some soothing offers driven by the stressful economy:

•Through May, Miraval Tucson in Arizona (an Oprah Winfrey favorite) is touting “Authentic Remedy” packages from $399 a person daily to help manage angst. That covers meals and one spa service (up to $125) a day.

•At the Inn at Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina, visitors who book a 60-minute massage ($145-$160) also get a free mini-facial or foot refresher.

•Usually heavily booked Rancho La Puerta across the Mexican border from San Diego is holding rates at 2008 levels and running a “bring a friend for 50% off” deal on slow weeks.

•Pennsylvania’s The Lodge at Woodloch is massaging wallets with savings of 25% for a four-night minimum stay and 20% for three nights.

Even VIP-luring Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills is value-minded. It’s doing massages in a cabana at no extra cost, spa director Derek Hofmann says. “And if you’re a Bloody Mary girl, we’ll bring you one.”

Vegas spas deals:

•The Golden Nugget spa gives guests who have 50- or 80-minute services a free manicure or blow dry, based on availability.

•Some packages at The Mirage Hotel & Casino are deeply discounted ($150 for a massage and facial vs. the usual $260).

•The opulent Caesars Palace spa now gives new guests $25 off a service on request; all can get free eye treatments with a facial.

You can tell the industry is hurting  says Lindsey Gockenbach of the Spa Week Media Group. 

More spas with “treatments of $200-plus” are joining in, Gockenbach says. Among the 250 newcomers: pricey The Boulders Resort & Golden Door Spa in Arizona. “These are spas that never participated in Spa Week because of this discount but now are almost forced to do so.”

Spas also are touting wellness over pampering. But in general, rates for spa basics such as massages ($150-plus hourly at some chic sanctuaries) aren’t sliding.

“The idea is to protect the brands,” says Bernard Burt, co-author of 100 Best Spas of the World. “Historically, the best spas have ridden out recessions.”

Meanwhile, at a time when a good kneading is needed more than ever, he suggests asking for discounts. It can’t hurt, he says.

“The smart shopper will call direct and ask for the best price.”

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Atarting January 5th Oprah’s Best Life

January 3rd, 2009
Best Life Series
Your Best Life Starts Monday!

Oprah’s Best Life Series kicks off on January 5. Tune in, log on and listen in!
MONDAY JANUARY 5: YOUR WEIGHT

The Oprah Winfrey ShowFalling Off the Wagon (with Bob Greene)
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TUESDAY JANUARY 6: YOUR HEALTH

The Oprah Winfrey Show- The Ultimate Health Checklist (with Dr. Oz)
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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7: YOUR SPIRITUALITY

The Oprah Winfrey Show- Finding Your Spiritual Path (with Elizabeth Lesser, the Rev. Ed Bacon and the Michael Bernard Beckwith)
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THURSDAY JANUARY 8: YOUR MONEY

The Oprah Winfrey Show- Your Money Plan 2009 (with Suze Orman)
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FRIDAY JANUARY 9: YOUR SEX LIFE

The Oprah Winfrey Show- Relationships, Intimacy and Sex (with Dr. Laura Berman)
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THE BEST LIFE WEEK CONTINUES ON OPRAH.COM

It’s a week of webcasts starting January 12. Get all the details!

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Oprah’s Best Life Series Schedule

January 2nd, 2009
Oprah’s Best Life Series

Oprah’s Best Life Series Schedule:

YOUR WEIGHT
The Oprah Winfrey Show: January 5
Oprah & Friends Radio: January 5 (View hourly schedule)
Oprah.com Live Webcast: January 12, 9 p.m./8c
Have you fallen off the fitness wagon? Bob Greene will help you get back on it.

YOUR HEALTH
The Oprah Winfrey Show: January 6
Oprah & Friends Radio: January 6 (View hourly schedule)
Oprah.com Live Webcast: January 13, 9 p.m./8c
Dr. Oz has a smart and easy wellness plan to take care of your one and only body.

YOUR SPIRITUALITY
The Oprah Winfrey Show: January 7
Oprah & Friends Radio: January 7 (View hourly schedule)
Oprah.com Live Webcast: January 14, 9 p.m./8c
Elizabeth Lesser, the Rev. Ed Bacon and  Michael Bernard Beckwith explore ways to find deeper meaning in life.

YOUR MONEY
The Oprah Winfrey Show: January 8
Oprah & Friends Radio: January 8 (View hourly schedule)
Oprah.com Live Webcast: January 15, 9 p.m./8c
Suze Orman shows you how to get a fresh start on your finances.

Your SEX LIFE
The Oprah Winfrey Show: January 9
Oprah & Friends Radio: January 9 (View hourly schedule)
Oprah.com Live Webcast: January 16, 9 p.m./8c
Dr. Laura Berman offers advice about increasing intimacy and passion.

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Oprah’s Best Life Sewries Starts January 5th

January 1st, 2009
Oprah’s Best Life Series
Oprah's Best Life Series

Make 2009 your best year yet with Oprah’s Best Life Series! Tune in, log on and listen to expert advice from Bob Greene, Dr. Oz, Elizabeth Lesser, Suze Orman and Dr. Laura Berman.

It all begins Monday, January 5, 2009, with a week of new shows on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Oprah & Friends Radio…followed by a week of exclusive, live webcasts on Oprah.com!

Reserve your seat for the webcast events today!

Coming Soon: Look for the January issue of O, The Oprah Magazine to find out what inspired Oprah to start this special series.

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Dr Phils 7 Keys of Weight Loss

September 11th, 2008

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When you use Dr. Phil’s 7 keys, you begin to: rid yourself of wrong thinking, heal yourself of emotions standing in the way of a healthy relationship with food, create a no-fail environment, shape your eating behavior into what you need for lifetime weight control, get real about nutritional choices that worked to your detriment, change your priorities to include exercise, and plug into a circle of support for encouragement and accountability. In short, you are changing how you’re living.

 

Key #1: Right Thinking

Lay aside self-defeating, invalid mindsets that do not work. They have the power to keep you from making different choices or developing new behaviors. Too often, we let these negative notions go unchallenged, and we act as though they were true. You must monitor what you’re thinking and challenge whether it is true. If it’s not working, replace it with thinking that works.

Key #2: Healing Feelings

Overcome emotional overeating by managing inappropriate reactions to stress; solving problems rather than dwelling on them; changing self-defeating thoughts, since more often than not, feelings follow thoughts; gaining closure on unfinished emotional business; and learning new ways to cope without resorting to food.

Key #3: A No-Fail Environment

Design your world so that you can’t help but succeed. This involves removing temptations to eat and rearranging your schedule in order to avoid or minimize triggers to overeat.

Key #4: Mastery Over Food and Impulse Eating

There’s only one reason why you haven’t changed the bad stuff in your life. You’re getting something out of it. I’m not saying that you’re getting something healthy or positive, but people do not continue in situations, attitudes or actions that do not give them a payoff. This key helps you identify those payoffs, unplug from them, and replace bad habits with healthy behavior.

 

Key #5: High-Response Cost, High-Yield Nutrition

To lose weight, you must choose foods that support good behavioral control over your eating, that is, high-response cost, high-yield foods, organized into a moderate, balanced, calorie-controlled plan to ensure weight loss.

Key #6: Intentional Exercise

Prioritize regular exercise into your life most days of the week — walking, jogging, aerobic dance classes, yoga, playing a sport, or lifting weights. Exercise does more than simply burn calories; it changes your self-perception so you stop labeling yourself as a couch potato.

Key #7: Your Circle of Support

Surround yourself with supportive, like-minded people who want you to lose weight and succeed at your health and fitness efforts.

 

Start changing your life today! Read The Ultimate Weight Solution and The Ultimate Weight Solution Food Guide and master the keys to weight loss success.

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Live Your Best Life Spa Week – Oprah Inspired Contest

July 15th, 2008

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Miraval Spa Contest

Inspired by last year’s “Live Your Best Life Spa Week” held at Miraval Resort by O, The Oprah Magazine, Miraval will continue the legacy of giving back by once again hosting the most deserving people in the country for a spa vacation. Through a contest, people all across the country can nominate contestants who are most in need of a luxury spa vacation.

Miraval Spa Contest Press Release

Contest Rules

Miraval invites you to give someone special a life-changing experience. Ten lucky winners from around the country will be selected for a four-day, three-night retreat at Miraval Tucson. Our team of fitness and life coaches will help each guest make lifestyle changes that result in a life of balance and joy. And, of course, every guest will be pampered as only Miraval can do.

To nominate a deserving friend or relative for this once in-a-lifetime experience, please submit your testimony below and let us know why this admirable person needs a luxury spa vacation. Nomination are taken until August 31st.

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- Top Arizona Romantic Spas

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Miraval Tucson AZ – Oprah’s Favorite Adds 16 Eco Friendly Green Rooms

June 6th, 2008

 

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Miraval Tucson Adds 16 New Sustainable Guestrooms. Oprah’s Spa Show Favorite.

Award-winning destination spa, Miraval Tucson announces the addition of 16 sustainable guest rooms. Miraval maintains both its commitment to growth and sustainability with these new guest rooms, each designed to be environmentally conscious. A desert paradise providing the ultimate in balance, mindfulness and wellness, Miraval is now able to accommodate an increased number of guests and provide them with unique and luxurious spa experiences.

Adding to the existing 102 guest rooms, these 16 additional sustainable rooms will be composed of 14 standard rooms and 2 suites. The standard rooms will measure 595 square feet and the suites will measure 898 square feet, both larger than the existing standard guest rooms. All of the rooms boast a simple elegant decor, including a glass wall to take in the breathtaking desert views, natural rammed earth walls, and an outdoor shower. They are decorated in a relaxed manner, employing earth tones and natural materials to connect guests to the landscape around them.

“Miraval is in the midst of a major expansion strategy as we continue the enhancement of our flagship Tucson property,” states Miraval Chief Executive Officer, John Vanderslice. “These new luxurious, sustainable rooms will provide a vibrant experience for our guests and will help them to connect to the beautiful Arizona surroundings.”

The materials used for each room were selected for their sustainable qualities including low to zero VOC paints, water based adhesives, and rapidly renewable, local resources. This choice reflects Miraval’s overall commitment to sustainable practices and utilization of local ingredients, such as their spa cuisine which focuses on natural, organic ingredients or the adobe block walls and landscape materials native to the Sonoran Desert. Each new room will include high performance heating and cooling systems, a solar hot water heater capable of supplying hot water on demand, and low flow plumbing fixtures to increase energy efficiency.

These state-of-the-art design features will offer guests the most comfortable, rejuvenating and environmentally conscious stay, deepening their connection to the nature and to themselves. In creating a destination that exists harmoniously with the natural world, Miraval Tucson hopes to facilitate the pursuit to live fully and live better, encouraging guests to be mindful of the world around them and to live in the moment.

About Miraval

Miraval® is the innovator in living and feeling better. Created in 1996, Miraval’s flagship resort in Tucson, Arizona has been consistently rated the #1 Destination Spa by, Travel + Leisure, Zagat Survey and Conde Nast Traveler. Miraval, a proponent of choice, offers over 150 uniquely vibrant programs and activities, all of which reflect Miraval’s core philosophy of living life in the moment. The brand is expanding its reach through its network of prestigious specialists and its creation of fully integrated inspired living communities, beginning with the introduction Miraval Living, New York in 2007.

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Oprah’s Eckhart Tolle – Grand Finale – A New Earth

May 9th, 2008

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How has Oprah and Eckhart Tolle’s class changed your life? Are you more aware of living in the present? Have you been able to let go of the past? This week, Oprah and Eckhart Tolle celebrated 10 weeks of awakenings in the two-hour finale of their landmark webcast series. Find out how you can start applying the lessons you’ve learned to make a difference in the world around you.

Watch this week’s class—and every class—anytime, anywhere.

Just joining class? Explore all of A New Earth.
Get Ready for Summer School
Wondering what to do now that class is over? Our summer session starts June 16! Whether you’re just starting or continuing your studies, we’ll have lesson plans for everyone. Invite your friends to join you.

Update Your Workbook
Doubt, confusion, understanding, aha! moments…reflect on what you wrote in past chapters and ponder where you’d like your spiritual journey to take you next.

Stay Connected
Become the change you’d like to see in the world around you. Strengthen your ability to live in the present moment with these Awakening Exercises.

Enlightening Conversation
What can you do to help create a new earth? See what Elizabeth Lesser suggested Monday night after the webcast! Listen now, or download it and take it to go.

Mondays with Oprah
Your spiritual conversations with Oprah don’t have to end! She’s bringing her XM Soul Series to your computer screen every week! Tune in May 12 as she kicks off her new webcast series. Browse past radio shows.

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