Alcohol and Wellness – Enough is Enough

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Moderation is the key.   Use of alcohol is a personal choice. Alcohol has been consumed by humans since pre-history for many reasons including water preservation, as a warming drink in cold climates, as an appetite stimulator or digestive aid after meals, as a flavoring in cooking, as a food source, for medical reasons, as […]

Emotions – Wellness from the Inside Out

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Feel your way to wellness. Emotions in short can be described as your mental state, or how you are feeling. These internal feelings can affect our choices, actions, relationships, work, and more.  How each one of us reacts internally to our outside world is very unique and thousands of hours have been spent by psychologists, […]

Sleep, Not just for Beauty

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Sleep is an essential foundation of wellness.   It is just as necessary as food, water or air. According to a National Sleep Foundation Study, 60% of US adults have sleep disturbances 3 nights per week or more, and more than 40 percent of adults experience daytime sleepiness severe enough to interfere with their daily activities […]

Yoga: Best Bang for your Fitness Buck

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 Yoga is an age old tradition that can be called a way of life. “The classical techniques of Yoga date back more than 5,000 years. In ancient times, the desire for greater personal freedom, health and long life, and heightened self-understanding gave birth to this system of physical and mental exercise which has since spread […]

Smoking and Tobacco: A Bad Bet

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Risk it all with smoking and tobacco.   “Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death globally. In the United States about 500,000 deaths per year are attributed to smoking-related diseases… Male and female smokers lose an average of 13.2 and 14.5 years of life, respectively. At least half of all lifelong smokers die earlier as a […]

Clear the Clutter and Setup for Success: Environmental Wellness

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Set up your environment, set up for success.   Our physical environment can have a big influence on our mood, the choices we make, and our overall wellbeing. Take some time to assess your workspace, home, car, and anywhere else you spend a lot of time. If your home is cluttered and disorganized, it can […]

Financial Wellbeing: Quality, not Quantity

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Financial wellness does not mean that you have to be super rich to be happy.   Financial Wellness is really about having a healthy relationship with money, understanding where you stand with your finances, and being prepared for the future. All of these things together will help you to feel less stress and more confidence. In […]

Holistic Health Practitioner: A One Stop Shop

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One person to help you navigate the options of health.   “Holistic Medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses care of the whole person – body, mind, and spirit. The practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and complementary therapies to promote optimal health, and prevent and treat disease by addressing contributing factors. […]

Chinese Medicine: From Tao to Pow

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“A Pathway to the Life You Want TCM, or Traditional Chinese Medicine, is a profound pathway to create the life you truly want to live, the life you were born to live. It’s a timeless bridge that can initiate and support change and growth in any and every life dimension: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. An […]

Ayurveda: “The Science of Life”

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 Ayurveda is an age old traditional medical practice of India.   “Ayurveda means ‘Science of Life’. It deals with each and every aspect of human life. It’s first objective is to maintain the health and happiness while the next is to manage and restore the status of health and productive state of mind. Ayurveda offers […]