As our healthcare system increasingly addresses symptoms rather than root causes of illness, functional medicine is rising to bridge the gap — Our healthcare system is evolving in a direction that increasingly focuses on treatment of symptoms rather than addressing the … [Read more...] about As Mainstream Medicine is Failing Us, is Functional Medicine the New Frontier?
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Finding My Voice: The Unexpected Silver Lining in a Traumatic Life Chapter
When her husband contracts a devastating health condition, one woman discovers her latent strengths and true self — Sometimes the most unexpected things happen. Like witnessing snow fall on a seemingly cloudless day. Most of the time we wonder aloud before making minor … [Read more...] about Finding My Voice: The Unexpected Silver Lining in a Traumatic Life Chapter
A Call for Women to Redefine Self-Care by Taking Care of Your Finances
April is financial literacy month so here’s a call for women, by women, to become more pro-active in managing money — Money can feel daunting! Is managing your money creating anxiety? Remember: Everyone shares their own unique relationship with money. Depending on a woman’s … [Read more...] about A Call for Women to Redefine Self-Care by Taking Care of Your Finances
Approaching Spring with a Sustainable Mindset
Spring is a great time to renew your practices for — and commitment to — sustainability in daily living — In the fall of 2020, then-presidential-candidate Joe Biden referred to the upcoming colder months as a “very dark winter.” Now that those dangerous months are … [Read more...] about Approaching Spring with a Sustainable Mindset
4 Ways to Choose Happiness Today
What if our happiness is not at all dependent upon others and external circumstances? What if instead, happiness is a simple choice? — When I was a kid, people would ask, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” My response was, “Happy!” “No,” they would say, “What do you … [Read more...] about 4 Ways to Choose Happiness Today
Wait for it: Exploring the Virtues of Patience
We are not a society that practices or values patience; but what have we lost in our pursuit of instant gratification? — On a bitter 23 degrees morning, my walking partner and I set out on our daily constitutional walk along the reservoir. As we crossed the bridge over the … [Read more...] about Wait for it: Exploring the Virtues of Patience
Turning Your Home Into a More Healthy and Productive Space in 2021
If your home has become your office of late, maybe it’s time to look deeper into making a more healthful environment where you work — The work-from-home revolution of 2020 may have been dramatic, but it was hardly the first time that employees had tried working remotely. … [Read more...] about Turning Your Home Into a More Healthy and Productive Space in 2021
BE STILL: The Power of Stillness & Silence
Practicing stillness and silence is a simple, yet profoundly beneficial form of self-care… here’s why — Stillness is such a powerful skill in our time. So much arises when you allow yourself to just be. When you let go of the doing and the thinking and feel into the miracle … [Read more...] about BE STILL: The Power of Stillness & Silence
5 Essential Nutrition, Diet and Wellness Trends for 2021
With greater awareness of our health needs, this year should be marked by more mindful choices in what, how, and when we eat — After the year we’ve had, many people have completely reframed how they think about health and wellbeing, including their attitudes towards … [Read more...] about 5 Essential Nutrition, Diet and Wellness Trends for 2021
Alternative Health: Natural Stress Coping Strategies for a Calmer Life
When stress and anxiety hit you, reach beyond conventional medicines to simple, natural remedies to regain your wellbeing — Everyone is affected by stress, worry and anxiety at some point in life, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore it when it happens to you. It’s … [Read more...] about Alternative Health: Natural Stress Coping Strategies for a Calmer Life
Why You Need To Be More Selfish In 2021
The pandemic put all of our lives into chaos; now it’s time to realign with what you want and need. It’s time to be a little selfish — Many of us will have put together a list of New Year's resolutions at the start of 2021. But whether you want to sign up to the gym or … [Read more...] about Why You Need To Be More Selfish In 2021
Inner Beauty Based on Your Enneagram Personality Type
Enneagrams are popular tools for understanding our, and others’, personality traits; here’s a twist on using them for self-care — When it comes to beauty, the first thing that comes to mind is physical appearances. However, physical beauty is purely an external impression … [Read more...] about Inner Beauty Based on Your Enneagram Personality Type
