Importance of Journaling, Guest: Kim Konte, Toxins in our Parks & Schools

Knowledge Bomb: Dr. G goes into the importance of keeping a daily journal. He speaks about how it changed his life as well as what the studies are saying about journaling and mental health. Additionally, he talks about how journaling can create awareness behind disagreements to reach healthier resolutions.  Special Guest Segment: Kim Konte, founder of Non-Toxic Neighborhoods drops in to shed some light on how lawn chemicals are affecting our neighborhoods. As a result the most vulnerable populations like our children and pets are suffering with elevated rates of diseases connected to lawn chemicals. She teaches us what to look out for in parks and schools as well as the steps on how to start cleaning up your hometown from toxic chemicals.  Guest Bio: Kim Konte is the founder of the national non-profit Non-Toxic Neighborhoods(NTN). In 2015, Kim helped launch a campaign to raise awareness to protect her children and other Irvine residents of the City of Irvine’s pesticide use. In 2016 the City of Irvine adopted a historic and now award-winning organic and regenerative landscaping policy! Since then the City of Irvine has successfully and organically maintained all pest pressure from weeds to rodents, on more than 570 acres of community and neighborhood parks, athletic fields; over 6,000 acres of open space, over 800 acres of public right-of-way, including street medians and parkways; 70,000 trees; and nearly 1.5 million square feet of facilities. Kim and NTN have now assisted over 200 municipalities, counties, and school districts from CA to NY to ban glyphosate and take organic and regenerative land management policies and legislation online. Non-Toxic Neighborhoods has proven that you can have beautiful parks, athletic fields, and open space without the use of harmful and synthetic pesticides. Non-Toxic Neighborhoods and our advisors believe that it should be a basic human right that our children are protected from harmful and synthetic pesticides where they live, learn, and play! We provide the resources, training, organic and regenerative toolkit, expertise, and partner with you every step of the way to successfully transition to organic and regenerative management to protect people, pets, and our planet from harmful pesticides.     NTN is currently working to have city leaders around the county adopt the Children’s Environmental Bill of Rights CTA - Take the lead and ban harmful pesticides in your community! We will work with you every step of the way! Be sure to like and subscribe to #HealThySelf Hosted by Doctor Christian Gonzalez N.D. Follow Doctor G on Instagram @doctor.gonzalez https://www.instagram.com/doctor.gonzalez/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices