Healthy Happy Loving Life: Happy Friday the Thirteenth!

13 Friday Jan 2023

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Ever since I was a child, I have heard the phrase “Friday the Thirteenth” spoken with tension, even fear. So many people have a fear of Friday the Thirteenth that there is a term for it: Triskaidekaphobia. As a kid, I had no sense of any problem with that date. I was born on the thirteenth of October, which was a Monday. However, in my earliest debunking campaign, to try to help kids set aside their fear of the day, I actually told my buddies I was born on a Friday the Thirteenth! Further, I told them 13 was my lucky number. Did it work? We’ll never know. Remembering my second grade conversations with a little smile, I went on to collect information about what could have led to to this widespread cultural belief in a bad luck day.

It turns out that two very nasty moments in history occurred on Friday the Thirteenth. The first was in 1307, in France. The Knights Templar, formerly powerful and well respected, had a reversal of fortune and were banned across Europe. For over 2 years, people sought out the Knights Templar, arrested, tortured, and murdered them. At the culmination of the campaign, two of the top leaders of the Knights were burned to death on Friday, March 13th, 1314. This was done in Paris, below the Pont Neuf bridge. Today, a plaque commemorates the event. No doubt stories of this time were passed down from generation to generation, until perhaps the details were lost and, centuries later, only the vague fear remained.

Now you know about the negative history. Let’s talk about the number 13, which has some good history:

The Aztecs used a 13-day week with a special god, Tezcatlipoca, who ruled the 13th day with mystery and magic
A Baker’s Dozen is the tradition of giving a thirteenth item free, when 12 baked items are purchased.
The Greeks thought 13 was a powerful number because Zeus was the most powerful of their Gods and also the 13th.

So why don’t we just go with 13 as a power number? Further, why don’t we celebrate any 13th day as being filled with mystery and magic? And on Friday the Thirteenth, let’s smile and know that we can always choose to have a great day. And that’s us, ever more Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm! Are you in?

Kebba Buckley Button is a stress management expert, holistic healer, and award-winning author who celebrates life. She has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within: Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine. The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office. To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Backstory to My Holistic Practice

02 Monday Jan 2023

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Kebba Buckley Button teaching Peace Within at the Franciscan Renewal Center

I’ve been invited to share the backstory of my holistic coaching and healing practice. Before I was known for holistic pain management and teaching effective living skills, I was actually a well-known hydrologist. For a few years, I worked for the Army Corps of Engineers, on the Tucson (AZ) Urban Study. We were evaluating the possibilities for Federal participation for major projects in Tucson.

Kebba Buckley with Captain John Jens– Army Corps of Engineers Tucson Urban Study (Photo by Freda Johnson)

Unfortunately, during my hydrology/engineering days, at age 26, I was suddenly stricken with an intense burning condition, from head to toe. There was a great stiffness with it, and I began to lose flexibility in my hands. I went to the “finest arthritis doctor in the Southwest”, and he had no answers for me. (Thanks a lot!) Left to my own devices, I began talking with all the arthritics I could find, about what helped them. They said diet and exercise were the important things– two factors no one was discussing at that time, other than for figure control. It took me 8 years, but at age 33, using diet, exercise, and Oriental energy therapy, I noticed the condition was gone. By then, I was so interested in natural pain relief, that I could not imagine staying in engineering. So I took some therapy courses, gave 2 weeks notice, and left engineering.

I already had 2.8 degrees in sciences from well-known universities. Over the years, I became an expert in energy therapies, especially Jin Shin Jyutsu. That art looks like accupressure (with two c’s for accurate, not acu, meaning needle) and feels like your pain and stiffness are “melting”. I began writing articles (now over 600, free, and online) and books. I now give workshops on:

energy therapies, meditation
trading in your stress for energy
dealing with difficult people and situations
using words to create the life you want
finding your Peace Within.
A class at the Franciscan Renewal Center (retreat center in Scottsdale, AZ) even included a practicum in Walking Labyrinth Meditation. Today, in the wake of the pandemic, I coach/counsel some clients through Zoom, and I give energy healing sessions in my office. Classes are mainly on Zoom. Pain, stiffness, depression, frustration– people bring those to my office and leave them there.

In 2022, I renamed my practice “Healthy Happy Loving Life”, rather than “Healing Therapeutics.” When you feel healthy, you can be happier, and when you are happier, you can feel gratitude more easily. And when you have those qualities, you can really put your arms around your life and truly love it.

Today, my favorite studies are in neurobiology, the role of the vagus nerve in our health, and the role of EMFs (Electromagnetic Frequencies) in our ill health. Perhaps this month, I will write about some of that. Meanwhile, do you have any questions about holistic answers for pain and illness?

Try my recommendations, and that will be you, more and more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!

Kebba Buckley Button is a stress/energy management expert, holistic healer, and award-winning author who celebrates life. She has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within: Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine. The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office. They are also available in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the Franciscan Renewal Center bookstore and at the bookstore at St. Barnabas on the Desert Episcopal Church. Or simply email us to order: kebba@kebba.com . Thank you!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Fresh Starts at New Years or Anytime

01 Sunday Jan 2023

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One of the things I enjoy most in my year is writing for the Ultimate Blog Challenge every 3 months; in each cycle is a fresh start. I create and post an article with photos and social media links every day, for 31 days. Then I read and comment on the other writers’ blog posts, and my world opens up more each day. I get such connections! I now have friends in Tennessee, Switzerland, Georgia, South Carolina, New York, and India. Real friends, as well as writer cohorts. They range from age 5 to 75. I hope my writings will both uplift and amuse my readers and sometimes make them think about trying new habits, so they can enjoy their lives more. I now have over 600 of these articles on my blog, sharing the themes from my natural healing and coaching practice. Today is the first piece of the January 2023 series.

Part of the fun of being in a blog challenge is the creativity of coming up with a topic every day. So I collect topics all the time, and they’re stored in a Secret Stash in my computer. The UBC organizer, Digital Maestro Paul Taubman, provides a prompt each day during the challenge. Sometimes I use it, and sometimes I am more drawn to something else.

Today, Happy New Year 2023! Of course, I’m thinking a lot about different kinds of fresh starts– some we’ve chosen, and some Life has thrust upon us. Right now, I’m re-inventing life as a recent widow and also a cancer survivor. Yes, at the same time. In 2021, I was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer, had surgery, started chemo– all as my late husband passed away. All these changes kicked off within 3 weeks. So fresh starts have been forced upon me. I spent my year of chemo also as a new widow. And now I am coming out of the shock and chemo-weakness, and I’m asking, “Who am I now?” “What does my home look like?” “What do I like to do for fun?” “Who do I like to do fun things with?”

Each day, I always have prayer practice and positive mind/heart practice, even before breakfast. One of the bright spots in my daily routine is glancing at the picture above, of the bird and baby staring at each other. I found the image as a magnet, in a hospital in Denver, when my mother was there for some serious surgery. The photographer, the late John Schoenwalter, liked to bike around Denver and snap the images that caught his eye. This is one of them. I receive this message, by Sister Barbara Hance, anew, every time I look at the image. I smile, and my heart fills. My mother made a perfect recovery after surgery. She had a fresh start. Whenever I look at the bird and baby looking at each other, I know I can always have a fresh start, even after chemo and loss of my husband.

Is there an area of your life in which you would like to declare a fresh start? Why not do it now? Then that would be you, even more awesome, and ever more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Writing is Fun–and Huck the Roof Dog

31 Sunday Jul 2022

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As a writer, one of the best Fun Things I do is write for the Ultimate Blog Challenge every 3 months. I create and post an article with photos and social media links every day, for 31 days! Then I read and comment on the other writers’ blog posts, and my world opens up more each day. And I make wonderful friends. I hope my writings will entertain my readers and sometimes make them go “hmmmm”, prompting changes in habits that help them enjoy their lives more. At this point, I have over 600 articles on my blog, representing my natural healing and coaching practice. Today is the last piece of the July 2022 series.

Part of the fun of being in a blog challenge is the creativity of coming up with a topic every day. So I collect topics all the time, and they’re stored in a Secret Stash in my electronics. The UBC organizer, Digital Maestro Paul Taubman, provides a prompt each day during the challenge. Sometimes I use it, and sometimes I am more drawn to something else.

One of the Fun Things I found this month was an item featured in a British newspaper I read, The Telegraph. It seems, in Austin, Texas, USA, there is a golden retriever that just loves to let himself up on his family’s roof! Then he stays for hours, depending on the weather. His name is Huckleberry, or Huck for every day. Huck has been amazing passersby with his rooftop sentry mode now, since 2017. Huck is on Facebook, Instagram, The Dodo, and his own website. He has been featured on major news shows. Just search “Huck the Roof Dog” to see more images and videos. He draws enough concerned attention that his family had to post a sign saying not to worry about the dog on the roof. He figured out how to get up there, and he loves it. When the family expanded their house, they made sure to maintain Huck’s access, and he now has his own ramp.

Are you smiling now? Fill your mind with positive news and the negative news will be much less distressing! This will also let your nervous system reset, and you will literally feel better. And that would be you, even more awesome, and ever more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!

In my daily series this month, I have hoped to strongly convince you that positive living is the way to be, and that it results in greater health and happiness and joy. Plus, it’s more fun! And that would be me and you, shaping our lives as we want them, ever more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!

And–wouldn’t you like to subscribe? See you in the next post!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Chemo Mission Complete!

30 Saturday Jul 2022

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Last July, I was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer. I suddenly began a journey with Mayo Clinic, involving surgery and chemotherapy. Mayo is very serious about beating cancer. Within days of the diagnosis, I was in surgery, then chemo every 4 weeks for a year, plus many blood draws and scans to see how I was doing. Friends gave me many rides to my many appointments.

Here, I am sharing 4 images that are very important to me. After those many visits to the chemo unit, I wanted a photo of me in the chair. And I love the image of the drip monitor saying, “INFUSION COMPLETE”. Yes! The series is complete, and I will never need to be in that room again. We did the work. The colorful certificate, above, was provided by the nurses, a team of whom presented themselves cheerfully at the completion of my last infusion. They were wearing sparkly hats and carrying quiet noisemakers, jumping up and down, celebrating my success.

Finally, I love rainbows and their meaning as God’s promise/s that all will be well, starting now. And here is one that God offered me a few days ago, after a PET scan showed there is no longer any cancer!!

Mayo will continue to draw my blood and scan me, for several years. But now I focus on getting my strength back and enjoying my life and loved ones, my work and my clients. And that is me, shaping the new life I want, ever more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!

In my daily series this month, I hope to strongly convince you that positive living is the way to be, and that it results in greater health and happiness and joy. Plus, it’s more fun! And that would be me and you, shaping our lives anew, ever more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!

Kebba Buckley Button is a stress management expert, holistic healer, and award-winning author who celebrates life. She has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within: Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine. The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office. They are also available in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the Franciscan Renewal Center bookstore and at the bookstore at St. Barnabas on the Desert Episcopal Church. Or simply email us to order: kebba@kebba.com . Thank you!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: My Ridiculous Year Since My Life Turned On A Dime

28 Thursday Jul 2022

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Ron and Kebba Button. Image by Judy Mangino.

Today marks the milestone of one year since my life became ridiculous. One year ago, I suddenly became a chemo patient, a widow, and a home flood survivor. My husband was 19 years older than me, and he preferred not to have any medical help. As he had been very ill, I was not surprised when he began vomiting blood. There is no sight like 6 buff paramedics in your front hallway, each holding strange boxes and parcels of equipment. They quickly determined Hunky Husband needed to go immediately to a certain hospital– the nearest, and a fantastic emergency/trauma center. He would never come home again.

My identity as wife changed to my identity as widow in days. Most of the time I was going through chemo, I was a widow. I had his wedding band resized for me, and I wore it all the time. But now, stepping over the threshold into my new life, it no longer works to define myself in relation to that chapter of my life. It no longer works to define myself by the post-surgical pain, the chemo pain, or the pain of mourning. My husband and I each did our best in the number of years we had together. It’s time to bless and release those years. Now it’s time for me to take care of myself and do and be what I am called to do and be.

For me, as a person of faith, I saw God was clearing the decks for me to move into my New Life. It hasn’t been easy. But there was one direction in which to move: forward.

I am so grateful for the staffs of the facilities that treated my husband, and the Mayo Clinic, which has been treating me. I am grateful for the friends who took me to frequent appointments and to pick up my husband’s ashes. I am grateful for all those who helped me celebrate Hunky Husband’s life, on his 88th birthday, in September. I am grateful to my writer friends in the Ultimate Blog Challenge, who gave my life rhythm during the August, November, January, April, and (now) July blog challenges. Writing has been great therapy! So great for keeping the mind and heart fresh! And the friendships have bolstered me more than you may all know. I am so grateful for everyone who helped me, prayed for me, sent kind notes, included me in events, and rushed to hug me.

I am especially grateful for my husband’s son, who teamed with me to oversee my husband’s care in his last few weeks. Also for my Hospice counselor friend who gives me regular grief counseling, keeping my perspective ticking.

After my Ridiculous Year, I am a deeper person. I laugh if someone tries to be rude– I just don’t care. Such things are not “of me”, and they do not matter. I am more calmly caring, my rough edges worn away by pain and trials. Every good thing seems so sweet. I greet my house when I come home: hello, sweet house! I savor the friendships that have become more deep and textured in the last year.

I am grateful for the love of friends, some of whom sent cards, and some whom texted their love and support and prayers daily. I am grateful for my home prayer team, the Order of Saint Luke (OSL), whose love and compassion and prayers kept me going when I could hardly walk, and since. I am grateful for relatives understanding I needed tons of extra rest and quiet, not gatherings and calls. I am grateful to the Masonic and Shrine families, who declared their undying love and support for me, together with permanent invitations to all events.

I am grateful for the beautiful skies, sunny days and rainy ones. I treasure the miraculous sky photos I am able to capture. I give thanks for many goofy little things, like a perfectly ripe avocado, California rolls, and a new Mickey Mouse mug brought by friends from Disney Orlando. I am grateful for my conversations with blogger friends, their articles taking me where I would not have thought to go during these months of shock and juggling widowy paperwork. I am grateful that my healing clients are coming back; I love serving them. I love this one-year milestone and all of my progress. It is a huge blessing to feel my vitality and enthusiasm coming back. I have taken my wedding rings off, for embarking on this new time in my life. My Ridiculous Year is giving way, with grace, to my New Beautiful Life.

I had set the goal of not carrying this story beyond one year. So this piece is the end of my telling this story. Now I focus on my health and re-setting my home, and enjoying my life and loved ones, my work and my clients. And that is me, shaping the new life I want, ever more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!

Kebba Buckley Button is a stress management expert, holistic healer, and award-winning author who celebrates life. She has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within: Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine. The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office. They are also available in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the Franciscan Renewal Center bookstore and at the bookstore at St. Barnabas on the Desert Episcopal Church. Or simply email us to order: kebba@kebba.com . Thank you!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Wordless Wednesday God Rays and Sunrise Bright

27 Wednesday Jul 2022

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Phoenix image by Kebba Buckley Button–

NW Las Vegas image by Marcia Griffeth, used by permission–

Look at both these images as large/ly as you can. Skygazing is fun! Plus, it resets your brain. And that would be you, even more awesome, and ever more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Sunrise Sunday

24 Sunday Jul 2022

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This image is the Sun rising over Cabo, this week. A friend was celebrating a big birthday and photographer Carol Young managed to capture this! Skygazing is fun! Plus, it resets your DHEA, the master hormone, and your brain. And that would be you, ever more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Life as Art

21 Thursday Jul 2022

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We have sometimes heard the expression, “Life imitates art.” But what if Life itself is the art of the individual? A dictionary definition offers this:

“[Art is] the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.”

An artist friend, Lily Leung, is a very creative woman I met through the Ultimate Blog Challenge. Lily bakes, gardens, skis, writes, sketches, and paints. Today, she shared this quote from Helena Bonham Carter:

“I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea. How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art.”

Somehow, this Carter quote reminded me of the experiences I have had with light moving through my living space of 18 years. Each hour the light is different, as my home is oriented West-to-East. There is a huge park, Pierce Park, on the east side of my home, with my Feng Shui Garden between the house and the Park. The sun rises in the morning and moves across the living room, changing the shadows, colors, and energy as it goes. At nightfall, the back side of sunset filters in from the Park, painting its own colors across the living room. I could not help but paint the great beauty of the moving light: Pierce Park Evening, in acrylics on wood. I hope you enjoy it. Notice the light moving from right to left, from the Park through the house, as the sunset backlighting fades.

Since we are always at choice, does it make sense to you that we are actually creating our lives as we go? And isn’t that art? I hope you engage more and more, as creator, with the art of your life– and enjoy it thoroughly. And that will be you, ever more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Wordless Wednesday Sky Curves

20 Wednesday Jul 2022

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Skygazing is fun! Plus, it resets your brain. And that would be you, ever more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Happy Friday the Thirteenth!

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Backstory to My Holistic Practice

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Fresh Starts at New Years or Anytime

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Writing is Fun–and Huck the Roof Dog

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Chemo Mission Complete!

Healthy Happy Loving Life: My Ridiculous Year Since My Life Turned On A Dime

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Wordless Wednesday God Rays and Sunrise Bright

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Sunrise Sunday

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Life as Art

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