Courtney on Health Core Part Deux

Courtney focused on standing core exercises last week, so this week, it’s Core Part Deux, and she will take it down to the floor for mat based work. So get down on your gluteus maximus, and shake your booty, as it will help stabilize your spine and create better body movement. For more info check out Courtney on Health on Facebook and follow her on Instagram @clgwellneess. For more shows also check out malcolmpresents.com

Courtney on Health It’s All About the Core

This episode deals with strengthening your core. It’s good to do sit-ups and pushups, however, core exercises are an important part of a healthy fitness regimen, which are often neglected. Your core muscles — the muscles around your trunk and pelvis — are a key to good health. 

Core exercises improve your balance and stability

Core exercises don’t require specialized equipment or a gym membership

Strong core muscles make it easier to do most physical activities

Core exercises can help you reach your fitness goals

For more information follow Courtney on Instagram @clgwellness and on her FaceBook page, Courtney on Health. Tweet us @tmshadesofgreen and check out more shows on malcolmpresents.com

Which of these world leaders Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, called our guest Lianne Sorkin a Goddess? The Answer is in the listening.

Lianne Sorkin has traveled the world and has taken action to create solutions to climate change, social justice and violence against women. She has over 40 years experience as a live and virtual event executive producer, meeting facilitator and international project manager for the United Nations. She has lived in Japan, and is fluent in Japanese, and was the UN’s liaison for the Secretary General of the 4th World Women’s Conference in Beijing to the First Ladies, including Hillary Clinton. Lianne works with Project Drawdown, Pachamama Alliance, and the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women. For more info go to drawdown.org, pachamama.org, 350NYC.org and HudsonRiverRadio.com

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TMSOG with Guest Maya van Rossum, Delaware Riverkeeper and initiator of The Green Amendment Movement

Our guest is Maya van Rossum who has dedicated her life to being the “voice of the Delaware River.” She has taken on industry, government, and even the U.S. Army, preventing harm to the River, communities, and environments she so bravely champions. Maya is currently working to empower individuals across the nation to stand up for their environmental rights by pioneering the Green Amendment Movement. She has written a book called The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment.  In 2013, Maya and her organization achieved a major victory in the landmark case, Robinson Township, Delaware Riverkeeper Network,  v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The case, decided by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, revived the state’s long-ignored Constitutional Environmental Rights Amendment, empowering it to protect the people’s right to pure water, clean air, and a healthy environment.  Maya has also inspired some musicians, and a group called The Donuts wrote a song in her name, titled “Maya van Rossum’s Blues,”  which is about an oil spill that spewed 165,000 gallons of heavy crude into the Delaware. For more information go to forthegenerations.org, delawareriverkeeper.org, to hear more shows go to malclompresents.com and tweet us your thoughts @tmshadesofgreen

Courtney on Health how food affects our mood

In this episode, Courtney explains how food affects our mind, our mood and our well being. Mind and body connect through what we eat. Find out how vitamins, herbs and minerals can help improve sleep and reduce stress. Also, there are good carbs that we can eat without guilt, as they do have a place in our diet. We need to include magnesium (pumpkin seed are a good source), as well as selenium, Omega 3FA, Kava root and more. Courtney touches on CBD, and explains how to decipher what foods and supplements are good. Here’s a question, why does James Bond like oysters? Tune in to find out. For more info check out Courtney on Instagram @clgwellness, tweet us @tmshadesofgreen, and listen and view more shows via malcolmpresents.com.

The Many Shades of Green first episode of 2021 with guest Syd Mandelbaum, founder of Rock and Wrap it Up

As we face the fall out from a pandemic with increased unemployment leading to more food insecurity, we rely on organizations to get us through these challenging times. Our guest this week is Syd Mandelbaum, who has been on the forefront in helping those in need for for nearly three decades. Syd is the founder of Rock and Wrap it Up, and award winning poverty think tank established to honor his parents, who were holocaust survivors. Since 1991, Rock and Wrap it Up has fed over 1 billion people who deal with hunger. Other projects within RWU include Hannah’s Project, which helps provide feminine hygiene products to woman and girls in need, and Feed the Veterans Database, to help men and women who served our country. For more information go to rockandwrapitup.org. Check out more shows about the environment and social justice by visiting malcolmpresents.com, thegreendivas.com (50Shades of Green Divas), HudsonRiverRadio.com #RaiseYourEcoConsciousness

Courtney on Health Functional Foods

2021 IS HERE, AND GOOD RIDDANCE TO 2020. WE ARE STILL IN COVID TIMES, SO WHAT WE EAT TO BUILD OUR IMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT. A GOOD PLACE TO START IS WITH THE TOPIC OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS. WE NEED TO THINK OF FOODS AND DIETS THAT HAVE A PURPOSE, AND THEREFORE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT FOODS GIVE US BETTER IMMUNITY. MY MOM WOULD ALWAYS SAY “EAT YOUR VEGGIES AND DRINK YOUR FRESH ORANGE JUICE.” SHE WAS SO RIGHT. WE MUST LOOK AT THE INGREDIENTS IN OUR FOOD,  AND KNOW THE ORIGIN AND WHO IS GROWING WHAT WE EAT. SO WE NEED TO EAT FOODS WITH PURPOSE and FUNCTION. COURTNEY GIVES US IMPORTANT INFO ON FUNCTIONAL FOODS, WHAT IS GOOD FOR US, WHAT IS TRENDING. TAKE A LISTEN. FOR MORE INFO CHECK OUT @CLGWELLNESS ON INSTAGRAM AND MALCOLMPRESENTS.COM. TWEET ME @TMSHADESOFGREEN

Courtney on Health: good ways to bring in the New Year

At the end of each year ( and 2020 has been a doozy), people make resolutions to do better, as they vow to stay in shape, be more focused, more organized, more charitable and more altruistic. Courtney gives us info as to how to set goals that will help us build immunity, as well as help us stay healthy both physically and mentally throughout the year. One of the methods Courtney discusses is SMART- which stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time Based. Applying these methods will help you maintain goals, which in turn will keep you on a path to wellness. Follow Courtney on Instagram @clgwellness and check out more shows on malcolmpresents.com

Courtney on Health, let’s bring in some Holiday Cheer with yes, immune boosting foods, plus naughty foods that are good for you, and perhaps a holiday cocktail or two…

’Tis the Season to be Jolly, even though we are gathering in smaller groups of mostly our immediate families. It’s important that we eat immunity building foods, as we are in COVID times. It is also important to have some fun, and we can eat foods that give us comfort and joy, and maybe we can even sip some holiday cocktails to get us through the shorter days and longer nights, as we follow Santa on zoom, and sit by the fireplace, or your big screen TV with a video loop of a roaring fire. Courtney talks about immune boosting foods, holiday treats (yes, chocolate!) and a fun holiday cocktail, The Poinsettia. Have a Happy, Healthy Holiday!

Talking Trees and conservation with guest Victoria Alzapiedi

Our guest this week is Victoria Alzapiedi, who is an environmental consultant and Founder of My Native Garden Oasis – providing coaching and guidance to homeowners who want to create thriving habitats for birds, pollinators, and beneficial insects in their own yards.Victoria is also the Co-Founder of New Castle Healthy Yards, Co-Chair of the New Castle Pollinator Pathways Coalition, and a member of the New Castle Conservation Board. She is a steward of Mother Earth and does everything in her power to protect the flora and fauna on the planet. We talk about the importance of trees within the balance of nature, as well as how many species rely on trees for their survival. So think twice before cutting down a tree. GO HUG A TREE! For more info follow Victoria on her FaceBook pages My Native Garden Oasis and New Castle Healthy yards. Also check out malcolmpresents.com and thegreendivas.com

Courtney on Health with wellness and fitness tips on how to sit and even stand at your desk and avoid back pain. Plus exercises you can do at your desk to move your muscles.

Courtney gives wonderful information on how best to work at your desk as more people are working from home. We all need to move around more, and avoid back and muscle pain. She also talks about eye strain, and gives us a couple of exercises to do while working at home or at an office. You can get more info by following Courtney on Instagram @clgwellness, and check out more shows on malcolmpresents.com Follow us on FaceBook and tweet us @tmshadesofgreen

TMSOG welcomes Don Raskopf, we talk about the Clearwater organization, Pete Seeger, and what it was like to be a poll worker in the 2020 election

Our guest Don Raskopf is a long time member of the organization Clearwater, which was co-founded in 1966 by legendary singer and activist Pete Seeger. Don talks about the work that Clearwater is doing to help clean up the Hudson River, via the Clearwater sloop, and his relationship with Pete Seeger. We talk about how Clearwater has helped educate thousands of children on environmental issues and why it is so important to promote youth education and outreach. Don is also a member of the Beacon Sloop Club, which fits in with his experience as a carpenter and boat builder. He is active in Beacon4BlackLives, and was a first time poll worker in the last election. We discussed his experience with first time voters, and he had a wonderful story about the passion of those voters. For more information go to clearwater.org. Check out malcolmpresents.com for more shows, and go to thegreendivas.com for info on all things “green”.