Stay n' Play Giveaway

WOW – “Stay n’ Play Giveaway” at MG on the Halifax

Register online for SeanDon’s entire 8-part Words of Wisdom “WOW” Summer Series prior to 5pm on Sunday, July 10^th and you will be registered to win a 4 day, 3 night “Stay n’ Play” at the best kept secret in Daytona – the magnificent MG on the Halifax!
Experience healthy, happy living with a picturesque view of the Halifax River, Daytona Beachfront or a scenic sunset from your private balcony. The luxurious “Stay n’ Play” suites at MG on the Halifax are fully furnished and ‘dressed to impress’.


You'ill feel as if you’ve been swept away to paradise – without leaving your own community.

Drawing will be held at the last “WOW” series event on Tuesday, August 23^rd.  You must be a Volusia or Flagler County resident to qualify. Odds of winning are approximately only 1 in 45 because space is limited.



Advance purchase of $150 Words of Wisdom “WOW” Summer Series is required to qualify. 

Visit the calendar of events page on www.SeanDon.com to secure your spot now. Direct all questions to Lea@SeanDon.com  

Special bonus from SeanDon: The first ten people who register online will also get a free, unique, PERSONALIZED copy of Sean’s book “Health and Happiness: YOUR owner’s manual for the mind and body”.

Let us “WOW you NOW” – and all summer long!

Ease into Activity

Now that spring is upon us and the weather has turned pleasant and favorable for a more active lifestyle, there are some precautions that you should take heed of in order to protect your health and longevity.

Many of us lead rather dormant lifestyles during the winter months. The cold weather and shorter days naturally tend to lull us into a lazier, less active lifestyle.

Then the first beautiful day of spring or the opening of baseball season motivates us to get off the couch and go out and do some much needed yard work or pitch a little baseball with the kids. The catch is, however, that we are not accustomed to the strenuous activity and many of us spend the next few post-activity days or weeks suffering from aches, pains, strains, sprains, torn muscles, slipped disks – or worse, a heart attack.

To further complicate matters, we often put a lot of pressure on ourselves to get the job done in one afternoon or weekend. Slow down - the life you save may be your own! Pushing your body too much too fast could land you in a funeral home, hospital or on the bed recovering for weeks or months.

Slow and steady may not always win the race, but it may insure that you live longer and perform stronger for many races to come in the future. (Turtles usually live very long lives)!

Here are some tips to insure that you stay healthy and happy:

1.        Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! Water is the key to life - and dehydration is a leading cause of high blood pressure, muscle aches, cramps, headaches and a whole host of other ailments. It is estimated that 90% of Americans are dehydrated daily. Coffee, soda, Gatorade, energy drinks, etc… are NOT substitutes for water – in fact, many of these “drinks” further dehydrate us. I recommend pure, alkaline, mineral rich water such as FIJI Water (click to find out why).

2.      Stretch. Our muscles and deep tissue can become oxygen and nutrient deprived due to inactivity. This deprivation combined with the decreased ability to detoxify and remove lactic acid can lead to a lot of aches, pains and more serious problems. Stretching can loosen these atrophied muscles up and get the juices flowing to prepare you for work.

3.      Get a massage: Massages and therapeutic bodywork isn’t just a luxury that rich housewives enjoy after their facials and spa treatments. Bodywork is a MUST in your pursuit for health, happiness and pain-free living. Deep tissue massage can rapidly detoxify the body and get nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood flowing to muscles, organs and tissues that are starved of life and attention. Massage can revitalize your body and make you impervious to injury and disease.

4.      Hot/Cold therapy: Visit a sauna or a hot yoga studio and expose yourself to some heat in a controlled environment. When the heat becomes too great, take a break or a cold shower and then re-visit the heat again. This will build up your tolerance and prepare you for the changing weather outdoors and high levels of internally generated heat from activity. This will also get your juices flowing and help your body detoxify – thus reducing your chances of dropping dead in the yard from heart attack or heat stroke.

5.      Interval training: Start out with some gradual physical training. Do one minute of strenuous activity followed by one minute of rest. Check your resting pulse before the activity, check your active pulse immediately following the activity, check your pulse again after one minute of rest. Your pulse should return to its initial resting rate within one minute of stopping the activity. If your pulse is not returning to its resting rate, it means your heart is “gasping” for breath – which could be a great indication of cardio-pulmonary problems. Try implementing an arginine (amino acid) supplement into your diet to naturally improve cardio health.

6.      Gradually increase activity: If your pulse returns to its resting rate within a minute, then start to gradually increase the activity periods, but still rest for a minute in between activity. Example: Two minutes of strenuous activity, one minute of rest – increasing the activity by one minute or so every day until you are ultimately working for 10 minutes, resting for one.

7.      Get a check-up: See your physician for regular physical check-ups even when you are feeling fine. Find a good physician who will devote the time to listen to you and truly care about your health and lifestyle. Interview doctors until you find the right one (your life may depend on it). Visit the right doctor regularly – not just when you are sick. Keep him up to date about all changes (for the better or worse) in your life and all medications you are taking.

8.      Chiropractic Adjustments: Your body runs on electricity. The brain communicates with the organs and every cell in the body through electrical signals sent through the spinal cord and nervous system. If your spine is out of alignment causing pressure on nerves and disks, then the body cannot function properly – leaving you susceptible to disease and injury. Chiropractic adjustments are easy, painless, affordable and essential in your quest for health and pain-free activity. Finding the right chiropractor will be an integral part of maintaining optimum health and peak performance.  

9.      Smile: The act of smiling greatly reduces stress. Stress is the number one underlying cause of all disease. If you have to do something (like cut the grass) – you might as well make it enjoyable – so smile while you are doing it! If you can’t muster up a smile for such activity, then hire someone else (or a lawn company) to do it for you. If you think the $45 for the lawn service is too much to spend – weigh the lawn maintenance cost in comparison to $45,000.00 heart surgery – followed by weeks of missed work. Maybe you can smile as you enjoy a different activity such as playing with your kids on the professionally cut lawn - knowing that you avoided a health crisis. Care for your body and use your time wisely and you will be living on Easy Street!

10.  For many more healthy tips, join us on Wellness Wednesdays at the DME BeneFitness center as we present our Peak Employee Performance (PEP) program from noon to 1pm. Inquire with the DME HR Department, Stillman Rice at BeneFitness, or Lea D'Loughy

The Cycle of Life

The cycle of life is a masterpiece of natural design that perpetuates life and our existence on the planet. We are basically born from “seeds” or egg and sperm as we more commonly call them. These two tiny living organisms carry all of the genetic information and spark of energy that starts human life.

A tree can be one of the most massive living things on earth, but it also starts from one little seed. Add nutrients and minerals from water and soil plus air and sunlight and that tiny seed grows into a huge tree. The tree has an inherent instinct or essence that makes it grow toward the life-giving sunlight. The roots know to absorb water and nutrients, the bark knows to be bark and the leaves know to be green to photosynthesize light, but then change colors and fall off in the fall as the tree knows to hibernate for the winter. At some point that tree will die, the elements will decompose it back into soil and its nutrients will give life to the next seed that is planted in that soil. This is all part of the cycle of life.

An apple tree starts from an apple seed. The sun, air, water and soil grow the tree which grows the apple. An apple comes in a convenient natural package complete with its own biodegradable protective “wrapper” or skin. When ingested, the apple gives its life-giving energy, vitamins, minerals, nutrients and water to the animal that eats it. The animal then discards or discharges the seeds (often with natural fertilizer) back into the soil to start the cycle of life again with a new tree that will grow more life-giving apples.

Think about this – when you pluck an apple from the tree, it doesn’t kill the tree – the tree lives on to grow more apples. When you eat an apple, you are eating living food – which promotes life. read more...

When you eat meat, you kill a cow, a chicken, a fish, etc – when an animal dies, its life ceases – as does its life cycle of reproduction, milk and egg production. Although we are not cannibals and don’t kill each other for food, humans are subject to the same cycle of life - as death is inevitable for all animals. Eating meat just speeds up the process.

When you consume meat, you are eating dead food - which promotes death. read more...

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust goes the saying. We start out from seeds, collect nutrients from food and water, oxygen from the air, and energy from the sun. The assimilation of these ingredients allows us to grow physically. We also possess the ability to grow in ways other than just physically. We absorb information through our senses and translate it into knowledge, intelligence and wisdom that is able to be stored in our brains. We grow emotionally and store love and feelings in our heart. Our soul absorbs the energy of the universe and all of our life experiences - thus making us who we are.

One day we will all die and no matter how well we preserve or entomb our physical bodies, they will eventually turn back into soil and dust and then be nutrients for the next seed.

But what about the essence and the energy of the mind, body, heart and soul? Where does it go - heaven, hell, the universe, earth or to others? Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity and the law of conservation of energy are empirical laws of physics which state that the total amount of energy in an isolated system remains constant over time and can never be created nor destroyed. Therefore, the energy of our soul must be released back into the environment. Just like a cool breeze cuts through the heat of a summer day or a stream flows around rocks in a river, this energy or “e” is all around us. The energy and essence of life carries on everywhere every day - connecting everything to everything.

So is it possible to have life after death? Absolutely – if nothing else, one can live on through memories and the impact and influence they had on the lives of others. This is also a transfer of energy - from one person to another, to another, to another… how big will your impact be? And how much energy will you share with others and the universe?

Pursue Happiness

The Constitution only guarantees us the pursuit of happiness - my book guides you down the path.

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