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Winter: the perfect time to nourish your water element.
Welcome to the season of expectations — not only the expectations of those around us, but our own expectations to have a magical time, to create a magical time for others, and to generally make it the most exciting season of the year. However, the holiday hoopla, the...
Fall: when an ending is just a beginning in disguise
While there are plenty of folks out there gleefully dusting of their waterproofs and big boots ready for some muddy fall adventures, there are just as many who are acutely aware of the passing of the summer and all of the joy it brings. You may be in mourning for the...
Learning to say “no”: why fall is the perfect time to start setting boundaries.
You agree to do “one more favor” for your mom, even though your schedule is already at bursting point. You tell your boss, “of course I can take lead on that project,'' even though you’re already taking work home every evening just to keep up. And the next event at...
My Crash Course in Practicing What I Preach — And What You Can Learn From It!
We’ve all come across the doctor with nicotine-stained hands that tells you to quit smoking, the nutritionist that pounds candy bars after office hours, and the red wine-chugging dentist who advises cutting out coffee to avoid staining your teeth. Oh yes, the world is...
Has Damp Heat Stolen Your Summer Sparkle? Here’s How to Get it Back.
Wouldn’t it be great to have a weather channel…for your body? How often do you use the weather channel to guide your day? You learn the pollen count is going to be high so you pop a pre-emptive antihistamine. T-storms predicted for the afternoon so you grab your...
Three Lessons from China
One of the things I love most about my practice of healing is that it never ends. To some people that might sound depressing –– it’s never done! –– but to me, it’s exciting. I get to go ever-deeper into the world of body and spirit, and what it can do, and what we can...
The incredible built-in healing tool you’re probably ignoring
The other day I had a patient on my table excitedly telling me how a long-standing pain in her shoulder had “disappeared” as a result of our treatments. She’d had this pain for years, she’d been told by doctor after doctor that it was just the way her body was, and...
Three practices to keep yourself happy and healthy this summer
Summer is such a fun time of year –– the energy of this season is all about abundance, expansion, and activity. It’s the perfect time of year to lean into spending time with friends, doing things outdoors, and generally enjoying the long, sunny days. To make...
You can’t do healing halfway.
Any beauty therapist, any personal trainer, any cosmetic surgeon will confirm that most of us have that one body part that we just hate. We’ve been trained to. Think about how many TV commercials you’ve watched, or how many magazine articles you’ve read that encourage...
How to Harness the Power of the Feminine: Listen to Your Uterus
The pitfalls of living in a patriarchal society are never far from our newsfeeds at the moment, whether it’s the debate around abortion control, the gender pay gap, or the “Me Too” movement. I wonder, though, how many of us are aware of the more subtle ways that our...
4 Ways to Beat Springtime Sneezing — Naturally
Can you feel it? Spring is most definitely in the air. The temperatures are beginning to rise, the sun’s rays are beginning to regain their strength, and you can start to think of leaving the house without five additional layers of clothing. Well, almost. But what of...
Are you becoming a self-care skeptic?
If so, I’m dancing right along there with you. When we first began flirting with the self-care movement I was overjoyed. We’re all living with so much stress, so much pressure to have more, do more, be more, I figured that it was about time we started to take a...
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