Category: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Our Wonderful Feet
Our feet are miracles of creation. They allow us to walk, run, climb stairs, hike, skip, hop, and give us proper balance. Hopefully, we take care of t [...]
Shift from Struggling to Conceive to Empowered Conception
The journey of bringing a soul into your life is more intricate than we have ever been taught to believe. Conception is not just a physical and biolog [...]
Is It Possible to Slow Down – or Even Reverse Aging?
In the groundbreaking book, Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To, by Dr. David Sinclair, a leading world authority on genetics and longevity, Sinclair [...]
Get to Know CBD: The Most Frequently Asked Questions
You may have heard about all the health-related benefits of using CBD, but you’re still on the fence about using it. You have questions...and we have [...]
Cleaning Up My Diet – A Lifetime of Change
I started an ethical eating stand when I was six years old. I can remember our kitchen, where I stood, and the entire conversation as if it was yester [...]
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.
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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 [...]
A Survivor’s Journey – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I will tell my story because I believe is it priceless to hear firsthand from a holistic person who has survived cancer. There were four related surge [...]
The Latest Non-Invasive Regenerative Therapy to Treat Chronic Injury
Regenerative medicine is the wave of the future. It is the process of replacing or “regenerating” human cells, tissues, or organs to restore or establ [...]
Natural Pain Relief with CBD
One of the leading reasons aging adults seek medical attention is for pain relief. As we age, those little aches and pains can become more chronic, ev [...]
CBD: The Natural Sleep Remedy?
Experts tell us a good night’s sleep is critical for overall well-being and ensures you feel rested and have energy for the next day. Effective sleep [...]
Improving the Lives of Children through Rolfing®
Over the last forty years, I have had Rolfing sessions with many children. I applaud the parents because they have insight and want the best for their [...]
Fighting Lyme Disease with Acupuncture
Summer is here! Warm, sunny days; cool, comfy nights; more time spent outdoors…introducing the potential for a greater exposure to tick bites. Tick-bo [...]
Is Sleep the Most Important Factor in Disease Prevention?
Sleep does not get enough respect. Some wish they did not need so much of it—they see it as a nuisance, an interference in what they are trying to acc [...]
The Chicken or the Egg?
It’s the age-old conundrum—which came first, the chicken or the egg? Similarly, as a student of Rolfing forty-odd years ago, we debated the question, [...]
Transform Yourself – Starting with Your Health
Are you struggling with getting rid of unwanted fat and building a stronger body? More people today are struggling with obesity and/or sarcopenia, an [...]
It’s Time to Give Acupuncture a Try
As an element of the ancient practice of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture has been used for thousands of years for a variety of reasons, from [...]
Essential Oils Basics: A Look at These Time-Tested, Natural Therapies
Have you been hearing all the chatter lately about the positive impact of essential oils (EOs) on well-being, but are not sure where to begin to becom [...]
When Your Body Talks, LISTEN!
There was a very loud bang that scared my seven-year-old dog, causing him to jump up and over, landing on my new puppy, who screeched and ran around m [...]
Celebrate the Little Things
I have always loved birthdays—my birthday, my friends’ birthdays, my family’s birthdays. It’s a day to commemorate all that is good about being brough [...]
Cryo Body-Sculpting: You Are the Clay, We Are the Sculptors
Do you have stubborn pockets of fat that are immune to diet and exercise? Despite doing all the “right” things, our body contour can have a mind of it [...]
Dive into Change!
Change is everywhere—our shifting climate, the four seasons here in New England, our bodies as we age, our relationships. Change is inevitable. It has [...]
How Traditional Chinese Medicine Improves Digestion
Imagine you are about to cook something. Assuming you have already prepped your ingredients, what is the first thing you do? You turn on the stove. Fi [...]
The Art of Patience
We, as a society, are impatient. We want everything NOW, if not sooner. I am guilty of this myself, and as I grow older and as our world speeds up, it [...]