I get summer-itis. Like senior-itis, except I'm not coming to the end of anything so important as my childhood. Around the warmest part of Summer, I lose interest in pushing myself to extremes. Over-achieving is so last season. Everybody has their season. Summer people are the ones...
Why don't more people shop at farmer's markets? Heck, why don't I shop there more often? The only possible answer is this: habit. I'm just not in the habit of stopping at more than one place for groceries. The thing is, the food at neighborhood farmer's markets...
I didn't follow a recipe; I followed my tastebuds. And my mouth was watering for the taste of cumin, curry, and salt. Here's what I put together for a tasty lunch/dinner after a recent farmer's market visit. 8 Cups mixed greens (kale, mustard, and turnip are...
[caption id="attachment_1282" align="alignleft" width="300"] Summer berries eaten in season offer the most health benefits[/caption] My guest blogger, Jen Wilford, shares what she discovered about herself, and primitive man, when she started eating seasonally. For most of my adult life I knew that eating seasonally was a good...
A client brought his 94-year old mother to me, asking for help with her 4 months of bowel incontinence. It was making her miserable and exhausted, not to mention the discouraging loss of dignity that goes with that sort of thing. Her doctors had prescribed all...
A funny thing happened when I hit the 'Send' button one morning. I accidentally told my mom, and about 12 other women friends, that I was glad she didn't embarrass me in front of them at a mother-daughter event. And you know what she said in...
Today's guest blog that started as an enthusiastic email from my friend Carolyn, who was tired of being 'stuck' in her old patterns. She found a way to break through after a couple weeks of seasonal cleansing. With some light editing of exclamation points, I'll...
When was the last time you took a new route to work or changed the part in your hair? Did you decide a really long time ago you didn't like a certain food, like brussel sprouts, so you never, ever tried it again? It's easy to...
[caption id="attachment_1000" align="alignleft" width="225"] It took this late bloomer a few extra years to grow into herbal medicine.[/caption] Some Spring seasons, I get a little fidgety waiting for the daffodils and tulips. Can you blame me? I've spent most of my life expecting Nebraska Spring to...
In Chinese medicine, it's taught that a healthy Liver means more than a nicely ‘detoxed’ body. It also holds the key to the free and healthy expression of emotions. Your Liver ensures balanced expressions of righteous anger, sadness, fear, and even the creativity. When you're robbed...