Why You Can’t Sleep Without A Blanket Or Sheet
Good article on the importance of temperature toward having a good night's sleep! Getting (and staying) asleep during oven-hot weather can sometimes feel like more work than, well, your job. You know an easy solution to staying cool and sleeping better would be to...
15 Questions and Answers on Reversing Aging
While aging is inevitable, and the trips around the sun do accumulate...are there choices you can make that will help you age more gracefully and with more health and joy?!? Article Summary: Understand why your body ages, its purpose, and why it impacts some more than...
The Big Secret Documentary
Do you believe that people are overall healthier than they were 20 years ago? That's not what I see. In fact, the US is one of the unhealthiest countries in the world. Take a look at this article (and watch the documentary) to learn some possible reasons why (warning:...
Stronger Than You Know
We often perceive upcoming challenges to be much more difficult than they turn out to be. ...and find ourselves stronger than we thought possible. Our capacity to cope successfully with life's challenges far outstrips our capacity to feel nervousness. Yet in the...
Life Packaging
At the end of the day we are WAY more alike than we are different...despite what the media leads us to believe! We have all had the experience of encountering someone whose life seems so completely different from ours that we can almost imagine we have nothing in...
Down to Earth – Living in Today’s World of ElectroSmog
Your body is subjected to ever more stressors and toxins every day that can cause health issues for you. ElectroMagnetic Frequencies (EMFs) or Electrosmog is one of the most powerful (yet invisible) stressors and is getting worse every day! Here are two fabulous...
Longer Exhalations are an Easy Way to Calm Your Nerves
New research confirms that one of the best ways to reduce stress almost immediately is to use deep breathing - using a 4:8 inhale to exhale ration (ie inhale for 4 seconds - exhale for 8 seconds). This helps to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and reduce...
Your Stress is Contagious!
Our pets (in this study, dogs) help us in so many ways - most of which we STILL don't understand! They can be the loving companions that love us no matter what we look like or how we feel...AND...they can be emotional helpers - sharing and processing our emotions...
The 5G War — Technology Versus Humanity
What is the cost to our health for the latest generation of cell network technology called 5G? Super article that gives you another perspective! This story sounds familiar?!?! STORY AT-A-GLANCE 5G relies primarily on the bandwidth of the millimeter wave, known to...
Maintaining the Flow of Life
Flowing rivers (as in the picture) are the natural way of nature...and life! When energy is moving through our bodies (via the acupuncture meridian channels) unimpeded by blockages we are living in harmony and feel great! However, we often have embedded traumas and...
Short Film Reveals the Lunacy of Water Fluoridation
Excellent short film (20 mins) that highlights the DANGERS (yes, dangers!) of fluoride in our water supply. This is one reason why it is SO important to drink purified (filtered) water! For those that want the full story - I recommend a book called "The Fluoride...
How to Catch Rays Safely
More sunscreen is NOT the answer! You know how good it feels when you’re in a lawn chair or on the beach, soaking up the sun? Well, that’s not your imagination. Sunlight is known to boost your serotonin level, a neurotransmitter thought to play an important role in...
How Stress Makes Us Sick and Affects Immunity, Inflammation, Digestion
Excellent article on the impact that stress can have on your life! Stress accounts for more than 92% of ALL CHRONIC ILLNESS - so would be wise to consider some of the ideas in here. Stress affects most of us to one degree or another, and that even includes animals. My...
Why You Should Embrace Healthful Sun Exposure
We are designed to be in the sun - in moderation. I am not advocating sunburn, but avoidance of the sun and/or putting toxic sunscreen on your skin can lead to some major health challenges! STORY AT-A-GLANCE Both ultraviolet A (UVA) and the near-infrared light...
Beyond Counting Blessings
Excellent message about being grateful ESPECIALLY when things are NOT going well. Tough to do, but sets the tone for when things ARE going well. Often when we practice being thankful, we go through the process of counting our blessings, acknowledging the wonderful...
The Trouble With Dentistry
One of the first questions I ask any new client is "Can you please tell me about your dental history?" Why? Most doctors (and dentists) never consider the impact of teeth on your overall health. It's quite amazing that well over 90% of people with cancer have had a...
Sun Avoidance Is a Major Cause of Mortality
We have lived in harmony with the sun for thousands of years...what happened?!? One of the main changes today is that the diet we consume (not enough omega 3 fats, too many omega 6 fatsfruits/veggies, etc) does not adequately support our body in terms of protection...
The Flow of Life
If you are like me, you may often find yourself resisting where life is taking you...which can be exhausting! The flow of the universe moves through everything. It's in the rocks that form, get pounded into dust, and are blown away, the sprouting of a summer flower...
The Journey of Finding a Relationship
Relationships are mirrors that help us to grow into the best versions of ourselves - which may or may not be the stuff of social media "highlight reels". Before we embark upon the journey of finding the relationship that is right for us, we may want to take the...
Just a Small Dose of Nature Soothes Stress
Much like exercise, it doesn't take much time in nature to help balance the stress in today's world. Some days, it seems as if nothing is going right. It may be a lot of little things adding up or one major thing bothering you, like a difficult project at work that’s...