Dr. Daniel Amen: Brain SPECT Scans
Andrea DonskyMy mother recently told me about a webinar she participated in with a psychiatrist whose main focus is brain science. She was very excited to discover his work because she is a world-renowned therapist and pioneer in the development of social services for survivors of mass atrocity crimesspecifically Holocaust survivors. The doctor she was referring to is Dr. Daniel Amen, a physician, ...
Read more...CategoriesHealth & Wellness | Mindful Living | Mind and Mental Health | Naturally SpeakingIs Stress Making You Fat?
Tara HantskeSo many clients come to me because they just cant lose those last 5-10 pounds. As I work with clients in my 6-month program, we dive deeper into their lifestyle. What you eat is not the only thing that can cause you to gain weight (or store fat)! This is something overlooked more often than not. Your environment and lifestyle are major contributing factors in your weight gain and loss. ...
Read more...CategoriesHealth & Wellness | Mindful Living | Stress and BalanceMy Tragedy Survival Tool Kit
Madeline SharplesI think its safe to say that when weve reached age sixty and beyond weve already gone through our fair share of hard times, illnesses, and tragedy. I know I have. I was nine years old when my favorite uncle died in a plane crash, my first friend died of breast cancer when we were both in our forties, and my father and brother both died much too young in their early seventies. During their ...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Inspiration and Motivation | Savvy Over 60 | Health & WellnessLove & Shadow
Trish OttoneThere is a reason that February is the shortest month of the year (in the northern parts of the world we like to think that this is because it makes the harsh weather pass by quickly). Not only does Valentines Day (a day of celebrating love) fall in this month, but so does Groundhog Day (a day of facing shadow.) I have always found this to be one of those cosmic ironies that are lost on many. T...
Read more...CategoriesHealth & Wellness | Mindful LivingThe Power Of Letting Go
Toni Silveira-GillieSometimes the scariest thing for a child to do when theyre getting off the swing set at the park is to just let go of the ropes. Their feet might only be an inch or two from the ground, but until they feel the sand on their toes it might as well be a canyon below. And then of course there are those children who seem to have no fear at all, jumping when the swing has reached its highest pea...
Read more...CategoriesHealth & Wellness | Mindful LivingThe Dawning Of A New Age
Trish OttoneAs I sit here at the beginning of winter looking out on to a gray sky and teaming rain, I am wondering if it is an oxymoron of sorts that I am thinking that a rainy day in December is the silver lining of a cloud. After all it could be worse, it could be snow! It seems to be such an interesting time, the end of 2011, even in terms of weather. A lot of people Ive spoken with of late have be...
Read more...CategoriesHealth & Wellness | Mindful Living | Inspiration and MotivationWhat Is Spirit?
Trish OttoneI can feel the winds of change coming in strong. For some, this ushers in a time of excitement and for others a time of uncertainty, upheaval and struggle. Many point to the big supposed shift that the year 2012 will bring, however I think that it is a common theme for this time of year. To what degree the whole 2012 thing is affecting us, who is to say? All I know is that I seem to be wit...
Read more...CategoriesHealth & Wellness | Mindful LivingBudget Your Time Through The Holidays
Toni Silveira-GillieHonouring yourself and your time during the busy holiday season can be incredibly challenging. Our thoughts are filled with buying the perfect gifts for the ones we love, buying the $20 gifts for a gift exchange, preparing the perfect meal or finding just the right dress for a work party. Life can get incredibly hectic, and not just on the day, but in the months leading up to Christmas. We...
Read more...CategoriesHealth & Wellness | Healthy Living | Healthy Mind | Mindful LivingGratitude: The Beauty Elixir
Shannon 'Shakaya' LeoneThere are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.Albert Einstein Gratitude is a beauty elixir and a secret to life that beautiful women know. Gratitude turns all the switches on. Focus on your gratitude, and you will create beauty and bliss chemicals all throughout your body. For example, interleukin, a nat...
Read more...CategoriesHealth & Wellness | Healthy Living | Natural Beauty | Mindful LivingDaily Rituals To Celebrate You
Shannon 'Shakaya' LeoneHealth, beauty, iconic style, inspiration or anything else that you desire are not traits that require you to Do or Get. These exist within you already. All you need is to remove the blocks inside and open up to Receiving. How do you feel about receiving? Most women have been raised to believe that giving is a feminine trait. Most women will give until their well runs dry. It is femini...
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The Best Recipe For Life - Forgiveness
Trish OttoneAs happens summer affords opportunity to meet and be with people that often you do not get to see over the course of the rest of the calendar year. It was at...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Inspiration and MotivationCure Back To School Blues The Buddha Way
Agnes KowalskiSeptember means back to school for kids and teens and also marks the end of summer let down for everyone else. The ending of anything is a great measure...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Mind and Mental HealthMultitasking: Healthy or Unhealthy?
Dr. Melissa CarrHow do you feel when I say the word multitasking? Do you feel overwhelmed? Or do you proudly say that youre a good multitasker? Does it stress you out? ...
Read more...CategoriesEast Meets West | Holistic Therapies | Mind and Mental HealthFitness Over 60 And Counting
Madeline SharplesBecky Neumann sits perched on her instructors bike at the front of her full Saturday morning Spinning class. She has her trademark cowboy bandana tied around...
Read more...CategoriesInspiration and Motivation | Optimal Health | General Health | Savvy Over 603 Steps To Transforming Negative Emotions
Agnes KowalskiWe all have individuals in our life that trigger this feeling in us of resentment. How dare they! we think to ourselves. I would never do that, we think...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Mind and Mental HealthEmbracing Masculinity for Father's Day
Agnes KowalskiFathers have a huge impact on our psyche and we often end up sitting across from them figuratively speaking. Our fathers come disguised as our partners, love...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Inspiration and MotivationNervous System Function: Managing Stress
Ankur TayalHow do you deal with stress? This is something that I get asked all the time in my office, but it is a question that I also ask others. Yes, we must redu...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Stress and Balance | Holistic TherapiesChoosing Your Mantra
Agnes KowalskiMantra has been defined as a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation. The power of a mantra is the power to create our own destiny. An...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Inspiration and MotivationNervous System Function: Balance
Ankur TayalPreviously, I discussed the fascinating nervous system and how great people are at learning things. Hopefully you tried my exercise, and we are all smiling a...
Read more...CategoriesGeneral Health | Holistic Therapies | Inspiration and MotivationSpring Rebirth With Meditation and Awareness
Trish OttoneMost of us in the west come from a culture that does not breed or cultivate awareness. We tend to subscribe to an ethic that equates success of one kind...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Yoga and MeditationNervous System Function: Learning
Ankur TayalThe first thing to develop in a human being while in the womb is the nervous system. The nervous system is the most important systemit controls every cell, o...
Read more...Small Steps: Sort Your Rocks
Progressive PioneerHave you ever seen that object lesson about time management where someone tries to add a bunch of sand, rocks and water to a jar? First they show how if ...
Read more...CategoriesHealthy Living | General Wellness | Mindful LivingHeart Chakra Meditation
Caroline DupontAn open heart touches the whole universe. The human energy system has seven primary energy centers often called chakras. Meditation and awareness are po...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Yoga and MeditationReflecting On Self Love
Trish OttoneSometimes I think that bears have the right idea; hibernating through winter is smart thinking. As I sit watching the snow fall for the millionth time t...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Inspiration and Motivation | Stress and BalanceGap Year Opportunities
Kim GlickHave you ever fantasized about getting away from it all? Most recently given the state of the economy many people are carefully considering transition...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Inspiration and MotivationCreate A Relationship to Support Health
RockIt Body Fitness ExpertsVery often when you find yourself holding hands with someone new, you may let go of the hold you had on your health and fitness routine. Believe it or n...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Inspiration and Motivation | Optimal HealthGet the most out of cloudy winter days
A Womans Guide to Saner LivingMy client looked at this photo, which I have as my current screen saver, and then looked out my office window at the gray winter sky. He commen...
Read more...CategoriesHealthy Living | Healthy Mind | Mindful LivingRock Your New Years Resolutions
RockIt Body Fitness ExpertsThe beginning of the year is the time to be inspired and to settle back into life after a busy holiday. You are likely asking yourself, What will this y...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Inspiration and MotivationMovement As Meditation
Caroline DupontAlthough meditation is often seen as a practice that we do sitting still, and there is great value in this, true meditation (being our natural state) is avai...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and MeditationCreate An Amazing New Year
Dr. Jonah YakelThe New Year is finally upon us, clearing the slate, creating a fresh buzz in the air, and leaving people feeling energized and refreshed. There is no b...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Inspiration and MotivationGuide To Weight Loss Success
Katrina BertolThere are diet fads, diet pills, products, and strict protocols that will help you lose weight quickly and then gain it back twice as fast. We develop relati...
Read more...CategoriesFood and Nutrition | Inspiration and MotivationMeditating On Relationships
Caroline DupontTrue meditation is simply resting in our natural state. Our natural state is expanded and relaxed, at peace and in harmony with the world around us. There is...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Yoga and MeditationFinding Happiness Over The Holidays
Dr. Jonah YakelThe holiday season is an amazing time of the year. Its a time thats meant to be filled with love, joy, and happiness as there is so much to feel blessed...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Inspiration and Motivation | Mind and Mental HealthSpirituality And Shifting Seasons
Trish OttoneAs I sit to write this article on the eve of December 1st (which to me is the beginning of the coming winter season), I look out the window into a dark ...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Stress and Balance5 Tips for Natural Stress Management
Naturally SavvyStress is a normal part of everyday life, and a little stress is good for our bodies because it helps stimulate us to achieve our goals. But overwhelming str...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Mind and Mental Health | Yoga and Meditation | Stress and BalanceCommitment Phobia
Agnes KowalskiCommitment phobia is something that has historically been a stereotype predominantly attached to men in relationships who are afraid of getting marrie...
Read more...CategoriesInspiration and Motivation | Mind and Mental Health | Mindful LivingDeveloping Your Intuition
Trish OttoneOur intuition is one of our deepest links to our spirituality. To me it is part of a cosmic language that links us not only to each other, but to ever...
Read more...CategoriesYoga and Meditation | Mindful LivingNew Goals With Changing Seasons
Toni Silveira-GillieMost Americans reserve late December and January for personal reflection, but if the storefront windows and shelves are already showing signs of Seasons Gree...
Read more...CategoriesInspiration and Motivation | Mindful LivingSupport Your Mental Health Naturally
Naturally SavvyIt may seem normal to brush off prolonged feelings of stress, fatigue, or irritability, but thats the last thing we should be doing. Good mental health is vi...
Read more...CategoriesMindful Living | Mind and Mental HealthMeditation for Deep Physical Healing
Caroline DupontAs a health practitioner and meditation teacher, I love to help people to heal physically using both physical health principles and spiritual principles. Med...
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