I’ve often written about the need of getting enough sleep at night, but I don’t think I’ve touched on the risk of getting too much sleep. It’s great to think of sleep as being the healing elixir of life – and for the most part, it is
Read more →An interesting problem arises with the realization that our thoughts create our reality. If we think a certain way, how can we ever manifest something different? The trick, as with so many areas of life, is to take baby steps in changing the way we think It
Read more →Back in January, Time Magazine published an article called New Ways to Think About Grief in which they described expression of emotion (versus repression) a myth in terms of recovering from grief. I spent a bit of time mulling this over and my studies of hypnotherapy have
Read more →In this day and age, there seems to be a quietly increasing trend toward dehydration. Many people are dehydrated and don’t even know it. Are you one of them? First off, let’s deal with some of the more commonly known symptoms of dehydration. Thirst, dry skin, dark
Read more →Various religious and spiritual practices have cleansing rituals that are intended to purify the body and spirit in preparation for a significant event. Purifying the body is a noble gesture, but is it necessary? Given the diet of the vast majority of people, the answer is a
Read more →You’ve read it here many times: Drink lots of water each and every day as a means of ensuring your good health and well-being. And it’s true; without a proper amount of water each day, our body fails to cleanse itself of impurities and the system ultimately
Read more →Okay, no, I don’t think supplements are silly. In fact, I take a rather full complement of supplements daily. The title, however, acts as a flag that the use of supplements may not be all that is needed for good health. The question of supplements really gets
Read more →So, you’ve read books and blogs, listened to fitness experts and maybe even consulted a wellness coach. You’ve decided that you’re ready for a change and first on your agenda is eating better. You open your fridge door and, whoa, bottles and packages of processed foods everywhere.
Read more →It might not be obvious, but inflammation is the baseline for pretty much all physical distress. Any time we’re experiencing discomfort, we can be assured that there is inflammation in the body. Inflammation can be general (throughout the body) or specific (localized to one or more areas).
Read more →Continuing on from our last article that talked about how to buy organic foods for less money, I’d like to write a bit on how spending more money on food can actually save you money in the long run. It may not immediately seem to make sense,
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