Health concerns become more common as we age. it is common knowledge that aging can have a troublesome impact on both our mental and physical health. Addressing concerns early can not only help you avoid more serious problems down the road, but can, and often does improve your quality of…
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ESSENTIAL HEALTH RISKS EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
Women are more adept at recognizing worrisome symptoms and getting them checked out. It’s a fact. However, as we age it’s more difficult to tell a normal aging symptom from something we should pursue. A back twinge here, a headache there and a dodgy knee tweaking can overwhelm us and…
View More ESSENTIAL HEALTH RISKS EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUTBACKWARDS THINKING
We live in a world that encourages backwards thinking. Trained to use our rational minds and to look outside ourselves for direction, we ignore the guidance of our body. The sun streamed through the kitchen window this morning. The warm inviting tendrils wrapped themselves around me like a lost lover.…
View More BACKWARDS THINKINGIMAGINATION AND HEALING: “One More Hour of Peace”
We don’t often think of imagination and healing at the same time. But our imagination can be a powerful ally on our behalf when we learn how to use it. I awoke this morning feeling anything but peace. Still on the mend after dental work last week, I reluctantly crawled…
View More IMAGINATION AND HEALING: “One More Hour of Peace”REACHING – POETRY
REACHING When I bent down to pick up the pieces of my life, I shoved my hands into the black soot of death and reached through the bitter haze of unspent emotions, to find fragments of me, inert, motionless and suffocating. * When I bent down to pick up the…
View More REACHING – POETRYGetting to Know Our Body – Diet & the Healing Process
I learned so much about diet and the healing process wile working with Crystal (a highly trained Naturopath and RN) We have completed our work together for now, but I will touch base with her in August. Here’s a few things I’ve learned: 1. Our dietary habits impact on all…
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