I’ve been asked by many in our practice to comment on this swine flu scare. I’ve made plenty of “comments” (hard to believe, I know!), but hesitated in writing a full-blown article mainly because it would not seem believable to most. The history, statistics and background research are so overwhelming that it seems unbelievable in [...]
Practicing in the field of Wellness for over 14 years, I’ve seen and heard many things regarding people’s beliefs regarding their health. You’d think I’d be used to it by now, but the one mindset that never fails to surprise me is the one of rigid avoidance of all-things-holistic-simply-because-they’re-not-medicine!
I completely honor and respect each individual’s [...]
Nutrition doesn’t need to be as complicated as it has been made out to be. Wellness based nutrition is actually quite simple. Unfortunately, most of us get the majority of our nutritional information from news reports, television commercials and other mass marketing, celebrities on the cover of magazines and well-meaning friends, relatives and co-workers.
Usually we [...]
As a Wellness doc, my feet are firmly planted in the wellness paradigm and I believe strongly in the principles of health and healing, as opposed to the sickness model.
I’ve found it interesting that, although my core beliefs haven’t swayed, over the years my application of these principles has expanded greatly. What used to be [...]
Are you overwhelmed by the thought of starting an exercise program? Not sure where to begin?
Remember, from the wellness perspective, the entire point of exercising is to meet your body’s innate genetic requirements for movement. We were born to move! Motion is life.
This doesn’t necessarily mean that we were born to lift weights or [...]
Well, this is it. A phone call with my dad last night confirmed that I have been wrong all these years.
All this time, it has been my understanding that sickness, disease and symptoms in general happen as a result of our less-than-ideal lifestyle choices and our environment. This causes us to move away from [...]
There are definitely things in life that affirm to moms we’re doing a good job raising great kids (or have done a great job raising our kids).
Some of these are major moments, like your child making the challenging decision to do the right thing when faced with major peer pressure. Other moments are just tiny [...]
Hey there!
I just wanted to remind you again that if you’re looking for any exercise/work out ideas, or you’re curious what I’m doing for regular exercise, check out my Facebook page.
I keep a running log there of my daily work outs and how much time I’m investing in exercise.
In case you didn’t get this already, [...]
I’ve written much about the various types of exercise that meet our body’s innate genetic requirement for movement. But, I’m often asked “How do you tie it all together?” or “How do you fit all those types of exercise in?”
I’ve said it many times before – I’m not the fastest, the fittest, the strongest, the [...]
Favorites come and favorites go, especially when you’re a kid! I’m always surprised when a food that was ravenously consumed the week before gets dissed at dinner this week! Such fickle taste buds some people’s children have! (OK, one of them is MY child!)
The current reigning favorite main course for lunch around here is Bean [...]
There are times when we get stuck in a rut… we get ourselves into a “funk”.
At least that’s true with me!
Sometimes we lose our motivation, inspiration, or self-discipline to keep doing the things we know are good for us… and to avoid doing the things that aren’t so good. Oftentimes this is the result of [...]
For the past 3 months we’ve been without a clothes dryer. Ours threw in the towel right after the holidays. Most likely due to excessive wear and tear! Man, for four people, we sure do a lot of laundry!
When we purchased our washer and dryer, we went with a cool little European combo… supposedly extremely [...]
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about our constant challenge to live in the moment – to not worry excessively about the future, to not dwell on the past… to just BE right here and right now.
Tough!
When we get those moments “right”, though… ahhhh… it feels so fabulous!
Here’s an article I recently wrote on the [...]
It’s not uncommon to hear the sentiment that many conventional treatments for various ailments and conditions are far worse than the original condition itself. In fact, many drugs and treatments are downright dangerous.
(If we can awaken long enough from our desensitized zone in front of the television, and actually LISTEN to the side effects of [...]
I haven’t talked about it much here, but for the past few months we’ve been going through some rather stressful, scary times with my dad’s health.
Short version: his health (outward expression of his health) started to rapidly decline right around New Year’s. Pain, significant loss of mobility, couldn’t sleep due to pain, headaches, and a [...]
Here’s an article I recently wrote that describes the importance of consistent, proactive morning rituals in my life.
Rituals help you maintain a happy, healthy, fulfilling life. They can also be used as a tool to help you overcome a major life challenge or chronic stress.
My morning rituals were the number one thing I turned to [...]
Just a reminder, if you need some ideas for work outs, you can check out my Facebook page to read my daily work out.
www.Facebook.dj/DrMomOnline
(Sometimes you need to click on “continue reading” here in order to be able to open the link. If the link doesn’t direct you to my Facebook page, you can copy and [...]
I just read this wonderful article by Joyce Bone of MillionaireMomsBlog that I wanted to share with you.
Here’s the article:
Never Stop Hugging First
By joycebone
This morning my 6 year cried because he has a slight sunburn on one shoulder. This didn’t sit well with him. He wanted to know why the sun “bite him”? I scooped [...]
Just in case you’re interested, over on my Facebook page, I’ve been posting my daily work out. You should find me at www.facebook.dj/DrMomOnline
Several practice members and clients have been asking me to do something like this for quite awhile… so here you go!
If there’s something else health/happiness/balance-related that you’re curious about, just ask!
(if that [...]
Here’s another recent article on the subject of traveling with kids. This time, I discuss how we made every effort to fit regular movement and exercise for the kids into our recent trip to Atlanta.
The overall point of the article, whether you’re traveling or not, is that regular movement and exercise for children takes consistent, [...]
