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Page 16, Boca Club News

From The Professionals’ Desks

Healthy Answers – A Guide to Healthy Living:

“Dream a Little Dream for Me!”

By Dale Brown, B.S., M.A., C.E.C. I was told by my doctor at that time that the difference This is why dreams come across as abstractions, a dense
Dale is a motivational speaker who between a dream and a nightmare is how you feel when you weave of images, emotions and characters spun from the
has spent many years as a Certified wake up. If you’re frightened, it’s a nightmare; if calm and dreamer’s experience. Your mind is able to draw from people,
Life Coach and has written numerous inquisitive, it’s a dream. He advised me to try and finish the places and experiences that you’ve had from childhood, or at
articles and e-books relating to self- dream by getting to the other side and it would stop it from some time in your life. This could explain why my roommate
improvement and ways to build a happening again, and it did! entered my subconscious, and may account for my husband’s
high-performance team. She is the My husband’s dreams are a whole different story. He has imagined exciting escapades. Who knows?
author of the recently published book, been the subject of narrow escapes, been chased by alligators, Here are some common dream theme interpretations from
“Small Steps...Big Changes: The and become the Sherlock Holmes of unsolved mysteries. expert Patricia Garfield, Ph.D., author of the “Universal Dream
Personal Stories of a Life Coach.” Her education and years Regardless of what your dreams tell you or how you feel when Key.”
of experience in physical fitness and training of elite athletes you wake up, the dream state is one of the most important phases Being Chased – When you are coping with a life-threatening
has enabled her to sharpen her knowledge in many health- of sleep. Why? situation, such as illness or strife with family member.
related areas. The following introduces a new approach to Ms. When we sleep, our bodies and minds rejuvenate for the next Flying – Moving closer to a goal, such as reaching for
Brown’s series of columns devoted to many topics that deal day’s activities. If we are sleep deprived, our bodies don’t have spirituality.
with the mind/body connection and the importance of living a time to complete all the phases that are needed for muscle repair, Water – If you dream of sinking, you may feel you’re losing
healthy lifestyle. Dale, a Bocaire resident, can be reached at memory consolidation and the release of hormones regulating your grip on something. If swimming gently, you’re feeling
dalebrown@lovingmondays.com. growth and appetite. How you look, feel, react and perform every supported in life.
At 4 o’clock this morning, I was awakened by my 13 day is affected by the quantity and quality of the sleep you get. Public Nudity – Suggests insecurity; inappropriate clothes
lb. cat settling in on my chest. This is not unusual for him There are several phases in the sleep cycle. The fifth stage is point to feelings of conflict about your role or status of a
to think it’s cute to wake me from a sound sleep to get up known as the dream sleep and is what psychologists agree is a particular situation.
and play. After kicking him off the bed, I tried my best to critical element for maintaining good mental health. It’s called Teeth, Beaks, Claws – Signal of anger, either your own or that
go back to sleep to finish a dream I was having. It involved REM, which stands for rapid eye movement and makes up 25% of another person.
my roommate from college, whom I haven’t seen or heard of your night’s sleep. Discovering New Spaces – Your waking life is expanding,
from in years. She seemed so real, it’s as if we were back During this phase, our mind undergoes fewer active changes broadening into new possibilities.
where we left off years ago. in specific parts of the brain that control emotion, decision- The more REM patterns we experience, the more our
Why did she suddenly show up in my dream? Was she making and recollection. This alternate state of consciousness, memories improve, and the better our overall health becomes.
trying to contact me, or was her memory wedged somewhere not planted in the real world, enables us to sift through When someone is deprived of dreaming it can cause many
in my brain and surfaced at this time? Dreams are peculiar, and information and search for new ways to apply it. adverse health problems, including fatigue, reduced immune
for the most part go unnoticed unless you awaken suddenly It is believed that dreams are the result of the work our brains system efficiency, and deficiency in cognitive reasoning.
and make a mental note of their happenings. are doing in segregating, analyzing and filing away the data Think of how much of your life is spent sleeping, and think
When I was very little, I had what is known as a reoccurring that we have learned during the day. It’s thought that our brains of all the fun you might imagine while dreaming. Don’t deny
dream; the same one that happens night after night. In the revisit childhood memories that may be mixed with more recent yourself a good night’s sleep. If you are having trouble falling
dream I was trying to crawl through a small space but couldn’t thoughts and show up in random dreams. This “filing” system or staying asleep, consult your doctor. Your dreams might seem
get to the other side. It wasn’t a pleasant dream, and so I guess makes room for new information, and so helps to improve our silly and humorous, but losing sleep is no laughing matter!
you could call it a nightmare. overall memories.
Legal: Florida Special Session

By Michael J Posner, Esq., a board- destructive or nondestructive testing at the inspector’s insurance companies will be able to pass on savings to
certified partner in Ward Damon PL direction. consumers. However, not all of the legislation was industry
a mid-sized real estate and business- The inspecting architect or engineer must issue an focused. A fund of 150 million dollars was created to provide
oriented law firm serving all of appropriate report to the Association and the local building grants to Florida homeowners for hurricane retrofitting,
Florida, with its main office in West official. The Association must distribute the report by mail making homes safer and more resistant to hurricane damage,
Palm Beach. He specializes in real or email to all unit owners, post the report in a conspicuous which may result in premium discounts for those Florida
estate law and can assist sellers and place at the Association, and if the Association maintains a homeowners who participate in the program.
purchaser with closing and financing website, publish the finding on such website. The My Safe Florida Home Program provides homes
of residential and commercial real Repairs based on the inspection report must be twenty years or older a two-for-one matching grant to
estate including remote closings. Michael can be reached commenced by the earlier of (i) a date set by the local homeowners who qualify, up to a maximum of $10,000
at (561) 594-1452 or at mjposner@warddamon.com. building officials; or (ii) one year after issuance and receipt for the actual cost of the hurricane mitigation project.
The year 2022 started with many pressing real estate of the report. Failure to timely complete such repairs shall To qualify, a home must have a homestead exemption;
issues, including the lack of affordable housing, the dramatic result in a determination of habitability by the local building have an insurable value of less than $500,000; complete
increase in residential rental rates, the failure of many officials. a hurricane mitigation inspection after July 1st, 2008; and
smaller home insurers, the high cost of home insurance, Despite strong calls by consumers for insurance cost complete a pre and post work inspection to confirm the
and the fallout from the Surfside condominium collapse. relief, the legislature instead sought to address a market mitigation needed and its completion. A website, https://
No action was taken in the 2022 spring legislative session, plagued by insurer insolvencies, policy cancellations and myfloridacfo.com/mysafeflhome, provides more details
but Governor DeSantis brought back the legislature for a rising insurance costs. The new law creates a two-billion- about this program.
special session to try and tackle some of these issues. The dollar reinsurance assistance program for insurers to Finally, the issue of insurers denying claims solely on
result was two new laws that affect condominiums and purchase insurance to help insulate themselves from risk. the basis of an insured home’s roof age was addressed. No
homeowner’s insurance companies. This is due to the heavy losses Florida insurers have suffered claim can be denied if the roof is less than fifteen years old
The first new law is the creation of a requirement for over the last two years, resulting in several companies and, if older, if the homeowner is able to prove that the roof
statewide mandatory structural inspections for condominium becoming insolvent. In addition, the law places new caps has at least five years of useful life remaining.
and cooperative buildings. This new law, that was adopted on attorney’s fees (a major cost factor in insurance losses) With these new bipartisan supported laws, it appears
by unanimous consent in both chambers and signed by and limits the assignment of attorney’s fees in property that Florida has taken necessary steps to both address the
Governor DeSantis on May 26th requires all condominium insurance cases to help reduce frivolous claims. Surfside collapse and some of the difficult issues plaguing
and cooperative buildings over two stories tall to have a The belief is that once the market has stabilized, the the Florida homeowner’s insurance business.
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