The Most Important Part of Self-Care We all have so much to take care of in life. So much so that our priorities get compromised. When that happens it’s often our self-care that gets put on the back burner. EVERYBODY DOES THIS. It’s just fine if it’s a short phase of a couple of weeks. […]
Listen to Your Body’s Alarm System
Listen to Your Body’s Alarm System Pain is simply your body trying to get your attention. Something is injured or not functioning quite right. AN ALARM SYSTEM if you will. The question is, “should I just ride this out or ask for help?” All too often the answer is, “let’s ride it out”. And that’s […]
Is Consistency or Intensity Better for Health Strategies?
Is Consistency or Intensity Better for Health Strategies? Which is the best approach to healing and optimizing health? CONSISTENT EFFORT or going INTENSE for a short period of time? You will hear me answer a lot of broad health questions with “well it depends on the situation”. Not on this subject. Although I’m not going […]
Why Great Lab Results Don’t Always = Feeling Great
Why Great Lab Results Don’t Always = Feeling Great If your lab test results are great but you’re still experiencing low energy, anxiety, insomnia, and/or weight gain the answers might be hiding in your long-term health history. Lab tests are helpful because they can help you avoid disease and give you insight as to why you aren’t feeling great. […]
Why Gut Health is So Important
Why Gut Health is So Important We have so many references to our gut when we’re talking about thinking and emotions: “My gut tells me”, “I feel sick just thinking about it”, “that’s just nauseating”, and “gut-wrenching pain”. And science is showing that there are good reasons for these phrases. My gut tells me I […]
Worry – How to Stop the Habit
Worry – How to Stop the Habit Habitual worry does not serve us. It causes a poor quality of life and leads to chronic mental and physical imbalance and eventually disease. Worry blinds us from real opportunities and prevents the ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. It stunts our life experience in terms of career development, new exciting […]
What’s the Deal with Intermittent Fasting
What’s the Deal with Intermittent Fasting? Have you tried fasting? Most of us have done it by accident. Have you ever gone 12-16 hours without eating? Of course, you have! If you finish dinner at 6:30 and have a late breakfast or even skip breakfast, you’ve done it. Maybe you had breakfast or brunch at […]
Insomnia – Here’s How You can Sleep Better
Insomnia – Here’s How You Can Sleep Better “Don’t lose sleep over it”. How many times have you heard that phrase? Yeah, we’ve all had incidents in life that cause enough emotional upheaval that we can’t fall asleep or we toss and turn in the middle of the night. That’s incidental sleeplessness and it may […]
Finding Motivation to Improve Your Health
Finding Motivation to Improve Your Health If you receive my email letters, you know I harp on the power of productive habits. Well, this is about how to finally remove excuses and create solid habits. Because after all you can have all the good intentioned desires in the world but if you just can’t seem […]
Tennis Elbow Anyone?
According to the Mayo Clinic the definition of Tennis Elbow is, “a painful condition that occurs when tendons in your elbow are overworked, usually by repetitive motions of the wrist and arm.” The medical term for Tennis Elbow is Lateral Epicondylitis. Pain usually occurs at the origin of the forearm tendons right where they attach […]