The healthcare conversation often centers on cost to consumers. Chronic disease costs us more than 75 percent of the country's $4 trillion annual health care expenditure. That's a sobering statistic. Where it starts It starts with our children. More than 40 percent of...
Your body is so brilliantly designed that it will repair itself when given the opportunity. Unfortunately, a lot of people in our society do not give their body this opportunity. Why? It's because of the way people eat. Nevertheless, your body is designed to repair...
How can movement be nutritious? This is a term coined by Katy Bowman, physiologist and inspiration and mentor to my understanding of some of the physical and social aspects of health. Movement can be nutritious because on the cellular level movement has an effect on...
Constant stress from the modern world creates the need to run away from the tiger, the response signaled by cortisol that is wired into us from our ancestors. Since we cannot physically run from the dangers in the modern world, glucose that cortisol releases does not...
A lot of women approaching menopause bounce from doctor to doctor to deal with the symptoms that are making them feel so bad. Heavy periods, acne, fatigue, sugar cravings, slow metabolism, brain fog, insomnia, low sex drive, burnout, hot flashes, anxiety, and hundreds...
How much do you worry? Does it affect your sleep and your waking hours? Can you imagine that you could eliminate most of your worry? How? The key is how you can turn worry into action. The Art of Worrying When you are worried about something, it is probably because...
Do you feel anxious and nervous before an important conversation, playing a sport, making a sale . . . or any time when feeling pressure? No one "rises to the occasion" under pressure. No one does better than they do in practice. This is what research from...
We all think we need to be drinking a certain amount of water every day to stay hydrated, right? What have you heard? Eight glasses of water a day? (There is no science behind that.) Half your weight in pounds to calculate the number of ounces of daily water? (Also,...
My Mentor Dr. Mindy Pelz is an expert on customizing a lifestyle for women that includes what to eat and when not to eat. Her book "Fast Like a Girl", a best seller, shows women how we can adopt a lifestyle that is in synch with our hormone cycle, even during...
So, what's a psoas and why does it need to be released? Psoas - pronounced "so-as" - is a deep core muscle that too often gets stuck contracted because of how we move - or don't move - in modern life. It is often the culprit for hip pain and inability to stand up...
