Health & Wellness Resources to Support the WholeU
Ahhhh Chooooooo!!
It’s that time of year again…allergy season. Yesterday I was trying to sit out on my deck and enjoy the beautiful day, but the pollen was everywhere. I could feel it in my throat and it made my eyes burn. I felt like I had a coating of it all over me, not to...
Mindset is Everything
There's never been a time like this before to challenge our mindset principles and practices. When I'm on a coaching call with a client, I find myself with no previous experience to draw from. It's a strange feeling. So, we focus on mindset. Your mindset is all the...
My Top 5 Herb Choices for Stress
Adaptogen Herbs There’s a lot of information going around right now about how to support the immune system with herbs and supplements. That’s great, yet we need to also be addressing one of the main causes of immune system dysregulation: stress. One of the best ways...
“It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”
It’s hard to believe it’s been just one week from when I started hearing a different tone about this virus. I wrote an update on this blog and it was only….one week ago. Wow, in just one week, everything has changed. I keep singing that R.E.M. song in my mind, “It’s...
Coronavirus: An Updated Perspective
Last week, I wrote an article expressing my perspective on the COVID-19 "coronavirus" virus. I continue to stand by everything in that article for keeping yourself safe from illness and keeping your immune system strong. Since that time, we have more information from...
Coronavirus: A Nurse Practitioner’s View
With all the hype over the coronavirus, I've taken some time to take it all in and contemplate my thoughts about everything. I've been reading loads of articles and talking with colleagues. I thought I would be remiss not to express my points of view. As a nurse who...
10 Tips to Combat the Effects of Sitting
Last week on the blog, we talked about how sitting so much affects our health. Today, we’ll talk about what you can do about it. Here are 10 tips for combatting the effects of sitting: #1: Ergonomic office set-up. Make sure your chair and desk are in the proper...
Could Sitting Be Affecting Your Health?
One of the things I’ve noticed that’s different in my life now than during my younger years is how much sitting I do. I sit on the computer much of the day for work, I sit when I do body work, I sit to rest after work, I sit for Netflix, I sit to eat, I sit with...
What Kind of Mindset Do You Have?
One of the basics of mindset work is first to understand what kind of mindset you operate under. In her book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck, Ph.D. introduces us to the concept of Fixed versus Growth Mindsets. A Fixed Mindset is when you believe...
How an Integrative Approach Saved My Gallbladder
About 10 years ago, I began having some very uncomfortable symptoms in my gut. I would get horribly bloated after meals, belch unstoppably for hours, and have terrible pain. I remember an old wise doctor at the clinic where I worked as a RN telling me that he thought...
