♣ Is everyone around you sick? Add these herbs to your wellness kit. “The pestilence!” I moaned, overdramatically, to my poor mom. I’m on week three of a ridiculous chest cold, and nervously eyeballing statistics on this season’s flu season. So, I drank a double shot of...
Read More♠ How greening your space, petting your animal bestie, and taking a break to walk can fight Zoom fatigue and improve your work-from-home routine. We can probably all agree that there is nothing normal about the so-called new normal. The World Economic Forum has even proclaimed that “lockdown is the...
Read More♠ Pick yourself up from an injury and find new ways to move again. I remember laying on the couch, unable to shift my position without excruciating pain. It had been fifteen days of the same: when I had to get up, I would roll to my...
Read More• • • Everyone’s microbiome is slightly different, but for this week’s Healthy Habits, here are some ways to support it in general. ◊ Remember that old song where Judy Garland sings, “Just me and my shadow ...
Read More♠ Utilize one (or all!) of these tips to become healthier day by day. It's no secret that leading a healthy lifestyle is important. Eating right, exercising, and getting enough sleep are all essential components of a healthy life. However, you can do many small things that...
Read More♠ “How can you possibly start your day off bright-eyed and bushy-tailed if you don’t get a proper night’s sleep?” Stress is the new smoking. Studies have linked stress to countless health problems including insomnia, inflammation, obesity, Alzheimer’s Disease, anxiety, depression, asthma, heart disease, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders,...
Read More♦ According to science, avoiding unhealthy snacking can actually be as easy as decluttering your kitchen. As a young ballerina, I remember poring over famous New York City Ballet dancer Allegra Kent’s The Dancer’s Body Book. It was full of tips and tricks (ranging from reasonable to...
Read More◊ Achoo! Want to reduce seasonal allergies? Try these methods. Allergy reactions always remind me of a roll call of the Seven Dwarfs: Sneezy, Grumpy? Here. Dopey and Sleepy, if you need to take strong allergy medicine. Doc is here if you need an appointment with the...
Read More↓ Here are five new ways to make peace with your pillow. My husband and I once saw a coffee shop called Insomnia that oddly, closed at 4 p.m. If only it were so easy to knock out for the 60 million Americans who suffer from this...
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As the world begins to open up again, we have the opportunity to reinvent ourselves—or to restart healthy habits we let lapse. Cultivating healthy habits is the most powerful thing we can do to care for ourselves both physically and mentally. These simple lifestyle shifts are...
Read More↓ You sleep all night, only to wake up in the morning feeling fuzzy and groggy. What will help wake up your brain so that you can enjoy life every day? Two main ingredients: blood and information flow. Whip these elements into a frothy morning experience...
Read MoreSelf-compassion can make a person feel more energetic, alive, and optimistic. Right up there with being able to make spaghetti and wash your own socks, practicing self-compassion rates as a vital life skill. With self-compassion, we are able to accept that though we are imperfect beings...
Read MoreThink of yourself as a leaf on a tree. Contributing what we can while realizing we’re not indispensable releases us to appreciate our own life cycle. “Ruth, you’re not indispensable.” That’s what my supervisor told me when I announced that I would be leaving my position as...
Read MoreHere are five ways to bring the power of intention into every day. by Kathryn Drury Wagner We race through life in a blur, speeding from one activity to another. Gotta get dressed. Off to work. To the meeting. Make dinner. Rush. Rush. Rush. We are rarely...
Read MoreFeeling like you might throttle someone? Try these tactics instead. Ah, difficult people. There are passive aggressive—the ones who “forget” and put pork in a vegetarian’s dinner. Then there are the grumpy misanthropes, the abusive yellers, the self-centered narcissists, the Debbie Downers or Woe-Me-ers. If we’re...
Read More↓ Turn a season of hustle and bustle into one of peace and intent. I once heard that kids spell love T-I-M-E. I often think of that with my own kids, but I think it’s also true for adults. What adult wouldn’t want a little more time...
Read MoreFollow these three mindful steps to bring small, good moments into your awareness. The other day I spoke with a friend I hadn’t connected with since the pandemic began. When I asked how she was, she unexpectedly said she had just tasted the best cherry in...
Read MoreConfused about whether fat is good or bad for you? Here’s the scoop. by Thrive Market “Everyone seems to be talking about fat these days—I've heard that fat is somehow good now, and can help with weight loss and disease prevention. How can that be true, when...
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