The Season of Heartbreak
I think everyone has experienced suffering and heartache around the holidays and new year. It is so very difficult to face the daunting prospect of a new year after ending a year of stressful and often tragic events. What is very clear in my practice is that the beginning of the year is a time of heart-related ailments that walk through my door. A-Fib, heart palpitations, paroxysmal tachycardia, congestive heart failure, heart murmurs, heart attack .... all of these seem to appear at the beginning of every new year.
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Not All Sleep Time is Equal
Sleep is not just about rest, it’s about healing and restoration. It’s about processing and creating emotional balance. It’s about giving each organ of the body time off. Our lack of deep sleep may hold the key to your symptoms and your mindset.
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Health is a Daily Practice
So many of my clients never truly think that their health improves or degenerates slowly over time. Instead they see change as something that happens suddenly with no discernible reason, unless of course you get hit by a truck. What is essential is to understand the idea of training, seasoning, health through daily practice just like any daily practice.
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Putting the Brakes on EMFs
Our dependence on technology is extending further and further out into the wilderness and into our daily lives. Along with this comes the debated effects of Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) on our bodies and particularly our brains. This may be a debatable subject but it is one we all need to pay attention to before one of our loved ones starts to experience symptoms of a serious and preventable illness.
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Revealing the Layers of Illness
If you look at the human body you will notice an interesting repeating theme … layers. Every one of our organs, glands, bones, nerves, pathways and even memories are in layers. So when symptoms begin we don’t always realize the truth … that every illness emerges from layers of unresolved issues that have burdened our body to the point of literally screaming.
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I Remember Chocolate Mousse
Every day patients come through my door and they are quick to tell me what diet they are on and how initially they felt great, but now they are having more problems and eating less and less foods. Surprised? You shouldn’t be. Here’s why …
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The Essence of Immunity ... An Essential Understanding
We are sick more often and for longer periods of time. Many of us live with chronic illness. We use our immune system every day, not just to ward off bacteria, viruses and other pathogens, but also to eliminate dead cells, worn-out body tissue and toxins that we are exposed to every day of our lives.
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If You Can't Sleep, Cast a Critical Eye Over Your Sleeping Spot
There really is an energy to a place and this is the idea behind the “art of placement” or Feng Shui. For centuries the Chinese have been following the art of placement when choosing a place to live, designing living spaces and especially choosing where to put your sleeping spot! There are some very basic ideas about bedroom arrangement that really has a huge effect on your sleep.
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What's The Direction?
I have had so many patients come in to my office telling me all the things they have been diagnosed with and all the treatments they have done and they still don’t feel well. Their symptoms have still not resolved. So take a step back and consider what this means…
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Is Our Medical System Causing More Trauma Than It's Resolving?
My first question is, how stressed does this waiting room image make you? Does this give you reassurance that you will receive individualized, attentive care in a timely manner? How often in the last year have you been sitting in an emergency room waiting room and for how many hours?
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Those Stealthy Invaders
As far back as 1994 medical research realized that there were specific illnesses caused by organisms that had unique abilities. They were able to not just “infect” you, they could adapt to your immune system and evade your body’s attempts to resolve them. These became known as stealth pathogens and it meant that they could live in your body for very long periods of time.
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