For the first time in history retail sales on Black Friday topped $1 billion as millions of Americans began their holiday gift shopping early – and in earnest. But the momentum didn’t stop there as Cyber Monday saw a 30% increase in sales over last year.

In the summer of 2009, shortly after Christine Bronstein had given birth to her third child, she couldn’t explain why the tears wouldn’t stop streaming from her eyes. After all, for the first time in her life, she finally had what she had always craved - a relatively “normal” family. Yet in spite of her two healthy sons and her beautiful newborn girl, sadness washed over her.

More often than we would like to admit, it is our mind that keeps us sick and tired. When we say it’s too hard to cook. Or we tell ourselves I don’t have time to exercise. The thoughts and underlying beliefs behind those statements hold us back from our desired goal – more energy, losing weights, being healthy.