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Using Grounding To Treat Anxiety … What The Medical Literature Says

    I’ve been anxious my entire life.  I can’t remember a day when I did not wake up with a huge knot in my stomach that felt like death was gripping my solar plexus and sneering up at me. Unfortunately the medical literature is pretty clear — anxiety has major health effects, but it’s equally clear that those deleterious health effects are actually reversible.  Meaning, if you suffer from anxiety, it’s very worth addressing, not just for the relief on a daily basis but also for the longevity benefits. Today, as someone who very much knows the felt sense […]

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Start Off 2025 By Decluttering Your Living Space and It Will Free Up Your Mental Space

  I can think of no better way to set the stage for a brand new year, 2025, to be full of expression and growth than to simplify and declutter at the start of the year. You need space to expand, it’s as simple as that. Clutter stops growth and expansion, and it affects your health, both mentally and physically. I want you to feel like your living space — whether it is a single room, an entire apartment, or a massive multilevel home — just wraps you up in a big hug of safety and security and joy, with

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2025 Is Your Year Of Healing, Here Is How To Get Started

  Hello you!  We made it!  This week it turns 2025.  So here is your annual reminder: Your body is completely new inside and out every few years.   All of your organs (except for one) completely regenerates, repairs, and optimizes on a continuous basis. Some parts of your body are so fresh and new that they are only one day old… the cornea of your eye, for example. Your cornea can completely regenerate every 24 hours. Some parts are a little older… the lining of your intestines, for example, are about 3 days old. Your skin is about 1

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7 Ways To Turn Winter Solstice Into A One Day Health Reset, Which Do You Choose?

  This weekend brings us the winter solstice (and honestly thank goodness because for my sanity I really need the days to start getting longer again) and the darkest day of the year should naturally be a time of hibernation and restoration… i.e. the best quality sleep of the year. Sleep is so important to your long term well being that you literally can’t live without it… sleep is non-negotiable and absolutely essential for longevity. And the good news is, that no matter how bad your sleep is right now, you are only ever one night away from a good

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A Simple Healing Phrase (& My Latest Painting For You)

When nothing is sure, Everything is possible. – Margaret Drabble Have you ever found yourself so lost in thought that it felt more real than the actual world around you? In fact, the parts of our lives we perceive, the parts we observe, the parts we have strong positive feelings about, the parts we have strong negative feelings about, the parts we try to make sense of in our minds, the parts we are able to process, the parts we are able to release, the parts we remember, the parts we try to forget, the part where possibility lay, the

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How Connecting With Others Can Boost Your Health This Holiday Season

  If you are gathering with folks you love over the upcoming holidays, you can actually boost your health by connecting to those you love.  And if you are alone or not able to connect with others in the upcoming days, there are lots of ways to still boost your health through the power of connection — practical tips on that in a minute. But first, let’s review exactly what the health benefits are of connecting with others — something to keep in mind if you feel yourself growing irritated or annoyed or triggered by your loved ones over the

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Easy Tips To Help You Navigate Holiday Party Foods and Drinks

  November is upon us, and with Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays running towards us back to back, that usually means lots of celebratory foods we might not normally choose to eat and drinks we might not routinely drink.  It also means folks are stressing about their weight.  More on that at the end of this blog post. Whether holiday parties are stressing you out, picking out the perfect gift, figuring out how to afford travel (damn it’s so expensive!) or balancing social commitments, even joyful holidays can be stressful ones. Most people report that being surrounded by rich holiday foods,

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