Category: Stress
Grounding, Gazing, Earthing, and Breathing for Peace
We are living in stressful times. Emotions are heightened, division is prevalent, and anxiety seems to be the norm. We cannot deny that we are greatly [...]
Break the Cycle of Stress Eating
Stress is one of the most common causes of overeating and weight gain. As much as you want to stop stress eating, it’s hard to control because it happ [...]
Neurofeedback or Psychotherapy? How to Decide Which Treatment Is Right for You
If you ever feel like life is more overwhelming and stressful than it used to be, you’re probably right - and you’re not alone. That’s according to sc [...]
Achieve Healthy Weight Loss with Hypnosis
Obesity is known to increase the risk of various disorders, including stroke, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and many types of cancer. It’s no secret tha [...]
Hypnosis Can Help Reduce Stress
Many of us experience some form of daily emotional stress that often results in physical stress, which can result in serious health conditions. Fortun [...]
Grief and Gratitude – Managing the Stress from Loss
Grief doesn’t come only from death or the dying process. If you’ve ever experienced any profound loss - of a job, home, business or business partner, [...]
Letter to a Caregiver
Caregiver: (n) A person who provides direct care to someone else; as for children, elderly; an injured family member/friend or the chronically ill.
D [...]
Is Your Pet’s Stress Stressing You Out? Dogs + CBD FAQs
For many of us, our pets are our fur babies. We love them, cuddle with them, and of course, we worry when they’re unwell. Thankfully, more natural opt [...]
Massage Improves Quality of Life as You Age
Americans are living longer, healthier, and more active lives than ever before. Specifically, the 65 and older population reached just under 50 millio [...]
Boost Your Immune System with Massage Therapy
Many of the health benefits of massage therapy, such as decreased pain and stiffness and reduced stress and anxiety, are very well known. But did you [...]
Massage Your Way to Reduced Stress
Stress is perhaps more prevalent than ever in today’s fast-paced world—many of us experience some form of stress in our busy everyday lives. Emotional [...]
Protect Your Immune System Naturally This Holiday Season
The glorious fall days are upon us, along with their promises of pumpkin-picking excursions, Thanksgiving, and all the special holidays, including rin [...]
Are You Touch Deprived?
Who isn’t completely stressed out these days? With the ongoing pandemic, intense political climate, and civil unrest, we are all on edge more than eve [...]
Reducing Stress Is the Heart’s Work
You’ve probably sat through a Zoom meeting and watched a weak presentation, thinking, “What an incoherent presentation that was!” Or maybe you saw som [...]
Difficulty Sleeping? Massage Therapy Can Help
According to the American Psychiatric Association, sleep disorders involve problems with quality, timing, and amount of sleep, resulting in daytime di [...]
Boosting Immunity Mindfully to Beat Stress
It’s no secret that stress negatively affects the immune system. Indirectly, stressed people tend to engage in behaviors that have negative effects on [...]
Healing Chronic Illness with Functional Medicine
Chronic health issues can be a daily burden. Many are suffering with Post-COVID (or Long-COVID) syndrome, that includes fatigue, brain fog, and residu [...]
The Four Pillars of Optimal Health
As much as we would like one, there is no single answer to achieving optimal health. In truth, a healthy lifestyle is one rooted in balance, not quick [...]
The Benefits of Himalayan Salt Stone Massage
You may have heard of Hot Stone Massage but a novel treatment called Himalayan Salt Stone Massage has become popular in recent years primarily due to [...]
Gaining Control Over Your Stressed Brain
Completely frantic and beside herself, a young mother of two came to see me for fatigue. Once she sat down with me, the floodgates opened and she admi [...]
Stress Reduction 101
In my youth, I remember feeling so stressed I could not breathe. Feeling so stressed I could not think, sleep or eat. My heart felt like a brick, my h [...]
DIY Tips to Relieve Stress
If you’re reading this, please, take a pause, and do this body scan. Let your shoulders drop, sit- up straight, unclench your hands and jaw. Take a de [...]
Are You Touch Deprived?
Who isn’t stressed out to the max these days? With the ongoing pandemic, intense political climate, and civil unrest, we are all on edge more than eve [...]
4 Ayurvedic Remedies to Manage Stress
The Ayurvedic approach to stress is based on an imbalance in our energetic properties, the doshas (vata, pitta, kapha). Stress in Ayurveda is seen pre [...]