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The Healing Power Of Connecting With Others & How To Get More Of That Connection

Healthy Mindframe, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports, Soul Healing / By Laura Koniver, MD

If you are gathering with folks you love over the upcoming holidays, you are actually boosting your health! 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 holidays. Even if they are …

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Nov 20 2023

The Last Possible Date To Order Holiday Gifts From My Shop + The Best Holistic Healing Gifts

Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

My holiday deadline this year is Nov 15th because I am moving to a new office (yay!) in early December, which means I will be closing my shop to new orders for the first half of December. I need any orders that you want to gift for the holidays to be placed by November 15th please!!! Orders placed after Nov 15th are not assured to arrive for December holiday gift giving. Speaking of gift giving, need some unique gift ideas? Want to be sure you are giving something that no one else will give the people in your life …

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Nov 13 2023

Holiday Eating And Drinking: What Party Foods To Eat (+ Why You Crave What You Do)

Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Holiday stress isn’t just stress over picking out the perfect gift, figuring out how to afford travel (damn it’s so expensive!) or balancing social commitments. Most people report that being surrounded by rich holiday foods, alcohol, impulse eating, and weight gain during the holiday season adds a significant amount of stress as well. So as holiday season gets underway I wanted to give you a few tips on how to navigate this tricky but wonderful time of comfort food, decadent desserts, and celebratory toasts. If there was ever a time that people worry about their weight, it’s during the …

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Nov 28 2022

Sharing A Thanksgiving Meal Just Might Make You Healthier… The Healing Power Of Connection

Healthy Mindframe, Medical Reports, Soul Healing / By Laura Koniver, MD

You can already intuitively feel that connecting with others boosts your health. Think of how much better do you feel after a warm hug from a friend, the comforting squeeze of a partner’s hand, or the joy of laughing around a dinner table with your children. Sharing space with a loved one for even one minute is enough to completely turn a bad day into a good one. But it’s not just something you intuitively know, it’s something that has been medically studied and shown to actually protect you health. Medical studies have even shown that increasing your connection to others not only improves …

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Nov 21 2022

Just In Time For Easter: How To Eat Chocolate To Boost Your Metabolism

Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

I’m really excited to tell you about today’s medical study, because I love chocolate so much and I particularly love milk chocolate. Most medical studies seem to focus on the healthy properties of dark chocolate (for good reason, as dark chocolate is a rich source of antioxidants) but I can’t seem to make myself fall in love with dark chocolate. But milk chocolate? Ummm yeah, can’t get enough. So this interesting medical study caught my eye. Published in the FASEB Journal, June 2021, researchers found that eating milk chocolate daily reduced the amount of calories that study …

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Apr 11 2022

The Party Foods I Reach For Most To Stay As Healthy As Possible During The Holidays

Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

Well this weekend brings Halloween, which means that the very next day we are going to be hearing holiday music 24/7 with a very quick slide towards Thanksgiving and many other holiday events. And as uplifting as holidays can be, they are also incredibly stressful and emotional. Holiday stress isn’t just stress over picking out the perfect gift, or traveling in the midst of a (hopefully resolving) pandemic, or balancing social commitments. Most people report that being surrounded by rich holiday foods, alcohol, impulse eating, and weight gain during the holiday season adds a significant amount of stress …

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Oct 25 2021

Brand New Holiday Gift Sets For Your Favorite People

Grounding, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Yes… I know, I know: it isn’t even Thanksgiving yet. But most of the items I offer are custom made (just for you!) when you place an order. And because they are hand sewn by local artisans, they can take several weeks to have made and ready to ship… …so the deadline for ordering from my shop in time for holiday gift giving is the end of next week: Friday, November 29th. Therefore, today I give you my 10 favorite gift ideas for all the loved ones in your life! 1. For the DIYer This DIY grounding …

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Nov 18 2019

The Healing Power Of Connecting With Others & How To Get More Of That Connection

The Last Possible Date To Order Holiday Gifts From My Shop + The Best Holistic Healing Gifts

Holiday Eating And Drinking: What Party Foods To Eat (+ Why You Crave What You Do)

Sharing A Thanksgiving Meal Just Might Make You Healthier… The Healing Power Of Connection

Just In Time For Easter: How To Eat Chocolate To Boost Your Metabolism

The Party Foods I Reach For Most To Stay As Healthy As Possible During The Holidays

Brand New Holiday Gift Sets For Your Favorite People

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