Posts Categorized: Healing

Going Under the Knife? Tips for Pre- and Post-Surgery

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Any surgery is invasive and a stressor to the body.  Healing takes time! We can ease and speed healing time with diet, supplements, and remedies which strengthen and nourish the body both before and after the surgery.  It is especially important to build up the immune system before going into the hospital in these times. … Read more »

Healthy Holidays Tip #6: Drink Your Water in Winter – Especially Winter!

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We are more prone to dehydration in the winter than in warm weather and I think this is the number one reason most people get sick when the weather turns colder.  (Of course there is that wee bit of increased stress during the holidays that many people experience, which really cranks up the likelihood of… Read more »

UTIs (Bladder Infections) Are Awful. Here’s Help.

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Urinary tract infections (aka cystitis and bladder infections), are really a pain.  Literally.  While women are more likely to contract this type of infection, men can get them too.  But, Ladies first!  The guys will get their own post with suggested remedies. Do You Have a UTI? The symptoms of a bladder infection vary depending on… Read more »

Holey Jeans, No Internet, and Loads of Kindness – A Thanksgiving Story

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A most eloquent and touching Thanksgiving story from my friend, Jonathan Byrd.  It’s no surprise that his (true) story is also chock full of proof for the Epidemic of Kindness. “Happy Thanksgiving. I’m avoiding the internet lately, but I’d like to take a moment to tell you where I’ve been. What I’ve seen this past… Read more »

It’s An Epidemic!

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There’s an epidemic spreading across the globe and it is seriously infectious, contagious, and addictive.  No one is exempt from its effects. Fasten your seat belts, folks, because this disease is changing the world in exponential ways with every person it touches. It is The EPIDEMIC OF KINDNESS. My “20 something, 82-years young” friend Bev, has… Read more »

Will You Build Trust or Will You Betray?

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I took some time out early this morning and watched Brene Brown’s The Anatomy of Trust, one of Oprah’s Supersoul Sessions.  It was very moving: Dr. Brown’s research, wisdom and perspectives on trust explain how we build trust and how we destroy it. “Trust is built in the smallest of moments.”, says renowned researcher Brown, author of… Read more »

I Say “YES!” Do You?

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I have loved this piece by Danaan Parry for over 20 years.  I speak it aloud often to remind me of what is important to focus on each and every day, in order to be a bringer of peace and harmony to the world. “I say Yes to my life. I say Yes to love…. Read more »

I Am a Helpless Healer

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My mother is dying and I can’t do a thing to help her heal, even with my plethora of healing tools and skills.  The only tools that can help ease her pain are within her: her heart and spirit are burdened and aching with a lifetime of chains and hardness. I am sorry that she… Read more »

Love is the Most Important Force in the Universe

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Parisien Antoine Leiris’s Facebook post to those responsible for his wife’s death during the Paris attacks on November 13, 2015, went viral.  Why? Our true nature is divine love.  Each being knows within their heart and soul, consciously or unconsciously, that Love is the most powerful force there is.  Fear (the true opponent of love),… Read more »