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The term "getting a lucky break" originated from the wishbone ritual, referring to having received abundance or winning a prize.

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New mothers naturally want their babies to be happy and healthy. Along with taking vitamins and getting regular checkups pregnant women will want to add positive thinking to their prenatal prescriptions. Pregnancy can bring a mixture of joys, nervousness, and a number of stresses. Protecting the unborn child from stress and any feelings of negativity is being recommended by some health care professionals.

It is now being learned that a mother's mood while pregnant and also during the months prior to conception may very well affect fetal genetics. James Goodlatte, in the The Epoch Times, cites several researchers and experts who believe that keeping a positive outlook will likely result in creating an offspring with an optimistic disposition.

Among the doctors cited in Goodlatte's article Positive and Negative Thoughts May Affect Fetal Genetics include prenatal physiologist Peter Nathanielsz, Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., Dr. Thomas Verny, and Dr. Deepak Chopra.

Mental Imagery is suggested as a helpful tool for altering negative thinking and also reducing any stresses experienced by pregnant women.

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Ughh... I really dislike reading about deception and snake-oil cures dimming the "bright and shiny" healing light that generally glows within the holistic community.

Recent stories of fraudulent practices in the holistic community was reported by Jill Stark in The New Age. Stark reports outlandish behavior by Thunder Eagle (not his real name) falsely claiming to be a Sioux Lakota Indian shaman who could cure cancer with psychic surgery. The Australian man's birth name is Peter de Angelis but is now going by the name, Shamir Shalom. Changing his name and promising cures is not the worse part of the story. Shalom is an alleged sexual predator who has been the subject of an investigation in the Australian State Parliment for the past year.

Sad and disgusting as these stories are, it is good to expose these "bad eggs" and their fraudulent practices. Take heed in choosing your doctors, therapists, and healers. Using discernment and having an ounce of skepticism are handy tools to use in healer/client relationships. Blindly trusting is simply not in anyone's best interest. Unfortunately, there will always be a few people who will take advantage of the vulnerabilities of others.

Related Blog: Phony Spiritual Healer Pleads Guilty to Indecent Assault

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It's the weekend. Yea! Time for our weekly Carnival of Healing. Cari Campbell of Your Joyous Life is our carnival host today. Cari is a writer, dancer, and lover of life in general. Her mission in life is to help empower others. Thanks Cari for seeing "joy" in every moment/day.

Among this week's carnival attractions are:

• Bashing Perfect: Change of Frequency
• Grace in Gravity: Put Your Hips into It
• Lessons from a Recovering DoorMat: LOA in Action: Perfection

Be sure to head on over to the Carnival of Healing #216 to review all of this week's carnival attractions.

What is the Carnival of Healing?

The Carnival of Healing is a weekly round-up of blogs across the Internet featuring information about healing, self empowerment, and spirituality. Bloggers can become a part of upcoming carnivals by volunteering to host or submitting blog posts for consideration. Check the carnival calendar for available hosting dates.

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