1. The Stress factor Let’s pause and talk about how stress impacts your health. There are three major ways stress effects the body, according to Bruce Lipton, cell biologist. The first is that blood flow is shunted from your viscera, where nutrient absorption takes place, to your peripheral muscles. This is to allow your legs [...]
Society sets women up to believe that the transition into the cessation of periods is a turbulent, symptomatic whirlwind consisting of hot flashes, mood changes, night sweats, cravings, weight gain, and hair growth in unwelcome places (to name a few). However, this need not be the case. Obviously, prevention is the key, and if one [...]
Dr Borkin is an advocator of transdermal hormonal replacement and saliva testing. I agree that saliva testing is the best measure of free hormones in the blood; it’s more of a functional test rather than a measurement of bound hormones. Unfortunately, NYS doesn’t allow this form of testing for all practitioners. As most of you [...]
“Essential oils are molecules of communication, delivering messages from the plant to our mind, body, and psyche.” – Jade Shutes (Listen to the Full Episode Here.) This episode is one of the nearest and dearest to me, because we discuss one of my favorite topics, using essential oils for improving mental health. Not [...]
(Listen to the Full Episode Here.) Have you ever wondered why medicine focuses so much on the heart in February? Well, it is not to increase the greeting card companies’ bottom line. February was federally designated as American Heart Month by President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 30,1963 (via Proclamation 3566). The fact [...]
(Listen to the Full Episode Here.) Why “Yarrow is a Hit”: My Intuitive Hunch I used to keep it quiet that I get intuitive hunches when working with clients. I thought it was commonplace to receive a picture in one’s mind of a specific formulation, supplement, essential oil, or herb when speaking with [...]
(Listen to the full episode here) The Silent Epidemic According to the most recent data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on traumatic brain injuries (TBIs): There were 214,110 TBI-related hospitalizations in 2020* and 69,473 TBI-related deaths in 2021.1 This represents more than 586 TBI-related hospitalizations and 190 TBI-related [...]
(Listen to the full episode here.) What is Anxiety? Anxiety is one of the most common mental health disorders. (R, R) It affects 30% of adults and 15-30% of children at some point in their life. Furthermore, having an anxiety disorder increases the risk for cooccurring psychiatric disorders. There are several main types [...]
(Listen to the full episode here.) The Prevalence of ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in kids. According to the CDC, 6.8 million children aged 3-17 years old, or about 10%, are impacted by it. The lifetime prevalence for adults with ADHD is approximately 8%. The numbers [...]
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