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12 Questions To Ask Yourself To Make Sure You’re Ready For Fall

  The fall Equinox is this week, so we are officially headed into fall now!  And for so many of us, shorter days and longer nights means a dip in our mood. Fortunately, there are lots of great things to do to get prepared as the seasons change. Of course there are things like pulling out your sweaters and boots and knitting a scarf or two and planting a winter garden and getting the fireplace cleaned that you might look forward to this fall. But one thing that I get every year, and absolutely never look forward to, is a drop …

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Tons Of Holistic Health Ideas To Help You Move Through Grief

    A few years ago I became a Death Doula. You would think as a physician we would be taught in detail about the death and dying process in medical school, but we weren’t. Not at all. We were taught how to pronounce someone dead, how to preform advanced life support to try to stave off death, how to sign a death certificate… but never about the intricacies of it: what the body feels and experiences as the soul prepares to leave it, what the dying process looks like, what order the organ systems shut down in and how …

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About Laura Koniver

12 Things To Do Throughout The Day Today, To Improve Your Sleep Tonight

    Just in time for the back-to-school season, I have pulled together a list of 12 things you can do throughout your day to improve the quality of your sleep tonight.  All based on the most current medical literature on sleep quality.  In fact, I recently returned from a medical conference where one of the lectures was on repairing sleep deficits. Something I was very interested in because I’ve always been a poor sleeper all of my life. The take home point that really stuck in my mind, and now when I have a sleepless night I remind myself …

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How To Deal With Summer Bugs… Including The Dreaded Tick Bite

    Ticks carrying the Lyme disease bacteria (Borrelia Burgdorferi) have been found in all 50 states, so don’t be fooled into thinking its only something that folks in the northeast have to be concerned with. But as much as I detest ticks, I really don’t want you to limit or stop your healing practice of connecting to Mother Earth outside daily because of a fear of ticks. To me, this healing practice of grounding is as crucial as eating or hydrating or breathing or wearing a seatbelt to stay healthy for an entire lifetime. The earth has food, air, …

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It’s Planting Season! 10 Reasons To Grow At Least One Plant

    I love watching the earth wake up more and more each day, because even though there are plenty of ways to get grounded in the winter — even outside — it’s undeniably easier when the weather is warm and bright green leaves and fresh green grass wait for you outside.  I’ve already written you a bunch of blog posts to help you get excited for the spring season. Posts like: Why You Think More Clearly When You Spend Time Outside Sick Of Winter? Here’s Why Hearing Birds Will Instantly Help You Feel Better 10 Activities You’ll Probably Do …

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7 Anti-Aging Daily Routines That Are Absolutely Worth Doing

    Well hello there!  I’m getting older.  This past weekend was my birthday! 49 — it feels like a transition year, the perfect year to get everything sorted so I can jump into my 50s feeling my best… or at least that’s the goal. To celebrate, I wanted to share my daily wellness routines that I do to keep improving my health and boosting longevity — each one of these are scientifically backed with research so that I know it is worth my time.  And yours. Watch this 3 minute video and I’ll run you through each of them …

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Sick Of Winter? Here’s Why Spring Will Instantly Help You Feel Better

      I’m sick of being cold. I’m sick of the shorter darker days. I’m craving to be outside and luckily this spring I have a whole line up of awesome free healing articles for you on my blog that will help you get outside and feeling the best you’ve ever felt.  If someone has forwarded you today’s article, you can sign up right here to get one free article each week directly into your own inbox.   Dr. Koniver’s Free Weekly Newsletter   Today we are going to start with why getting outside and listening to nature will …

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