Garlic, honey, apples, and turmeric are highly recommended foods to have regularly in your food plan for prevention and maintenance of health…
Spring: Everything New!
March is the calendar month for the arrival of spring. March 20th, 12:14 am CDT, is the Vernal Equinox. The Equinox is early this year, mainly because it is leap year. Speaking of early, as I write this in early March, I feel summer has arrived…
Caring for Myself: Balancing My Emotions
I journal frequently in order to balance my emotions by letting them go on paper. Journaling involves writing you thoughts and feelings on paper. Generally journals are for our eyes only, and we do not share them with others…
Caring for Myself: Intuition is My Compass
Each day I allow myself to select the thoughts and emotions I want to have, and I listen to what I am telling myself. I am a firm believer in the Law of Attraction…
Caring for Myself: My Physical Self
Exercise is very important to me, and it should be important to us all! I am fortunate to be able to exercise under the guidance of an excellent trainer. She knows my limits and knows when I need to forge ahead…
Nutrition & Depression
With nutritional deficiencies, we can experience mood changes and depression. Dont be treated for depression without having your nutritional status evaluated…
Heal Your Entire Self
Depression is a common complaint among many of my patients. Depression has many forms and many symptoms, and it is often difficult to recognize in oneself…
Holiday cravings still frustrating you? Restore Digestive Balance!
Everyone responds differently to stress, but stress over the holidays tends to hit our digestive systems hard. It is important to remember that a healthy gut is the core of whole body health…
Don’t Stuff Your Face: Face Your Stuff!
In November I attended a nursing continuing education seminar titled, Food Addictions, Overeating, and Mood Swings. We reviewed in depth the physical responses we have to our food choices, why we make the food choices we do, and the effects food addictions have on our bodies. Here are a couple useful tools we explored…
Boost Your Immune System Part IV: Flu Shots & Something Better
There is much controversy over the safety and necessity of flu shots. Last year was especially controversial with the media frenzy on the H1N1 flu pandemic. In August, the World Health Organization declared the Swine (H1N1) flu pandemic as passed. Any worries about this pandemic are not necessary, and possibly were never necessary from the start.
