As a student in herb school, I remember learning about a system of medicine where families would pay the village doctor to keep them healthy, but once a family member became ill, the service was free. What a brilliant twist on today’s approach to medicine...
Jan sat down across from me with a familiar look on her face. Hope. Resignation. Confusion. Overwhelm. And next to her, in one of those reusable grocery store bags, was a jumble of every health food store supplement she’d bought in the past 6 months, some...
8 seconds. That's how long I scrolled on Facebook to find a blog/link/post about the latest unhealthy food. Then, when I Googled the phrase 'bad food', I got 2.1 billion search results. Billion! Food-fear is nothing new. In the 70's, we were warned that fat was bad...
Could forgiveness heal a relationship that's important to you? My guest blogger, Life Coach Nancy Dennis, shares personal insight on how she learned the lesson of forgiveness. I remember when I was first presented with the concept of forgiveness being a conscious choice. It had nothing to...
On my morning walk today, the street was littered with little and big branches from a wild snow tornado thing that blew through the city the day before. Every few steps I was kicking away or stepping around fallen pieces of the trees, garbage can...
One of the biggest factors threatening your immune health is fatigue. Do you ever have that dream where you’re running as fast as you can but you’re getting nowhere? Your legs are dragging like cement and every step is a ridiculous effort. When you wake up,...
For those of you contemplating change in 2020, here's a little food for thought from my guest blogger, Flame Schoeder. She reminds us that what we call ourselves becomes our truth. So, choosing your names carefully is naturally good medicine for the mind. A friend of...
Staying healthy through a season of cold, flus, and stubborn respiratory viruses doesn’t have to mean staying isolated from people or taking a handful of supplements every day with a wish and a prayer. It can be as simple as pausing throughout the day for...
Are you guilty of being this kind of friend? Sadly, it’s so common that you might not notice the problem at first. You ask someone ‘How’s it going?’ and the conversation goes like this: Friend: I’m annoyed because I feel like I’m giving everything I've got...
