How to do less and live more
March 18, 2013
How can you make room for your well-being when there aren’t enough hours (or coffee) in the ever-exhausting day? We’ve been asking ourselves this question for decades. This isn’t breaking news. We all know that our lives are overbooked, and it seems to be getting worse. But lately I’ve been wondering if we’re busier than we really need to be. Are we creating extra work and obligations for ourselves by thinking we’re more essential than… Read More >
Adrenal Fatigue: Feeling Frazzled, Fatigued and Foggy?
March 4, 2013
Hi Sweet Friends, Are you feeling tired, fried and foggy most of the time? After years of ups and downs in my energy department, I finally pinpointed the culprit — my adrenals. You may be walking around with the same misdiagnosed or unidentified issues. That’s why I invited my trusted friend and doctor, Kenneth Bock, Integrative MD, to sit down and talk with us about this common health challenge and how anyone can jump on… Read More >
How I Quit Drinking
August 23, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Three years ago today, I quit drinking. I was 27 years old and a regular social drinker. But I was also a health coach working at a nutrition school and I was training for the Big Sur marathon. These two parts of me — party animal and health nut — were not in alignment. After a weekend partying in London with friends, I decided to stop drinking until the marathon, which was a month later.… Read More >
When All Else Fails, Just Breathe
August 20, 2012
By Guest Blogger
When we talk about getting healthy, we always assume that it is changing something in our diet or joining the gym (or actually going to the gym that you belong to). But there is something we can do, right here, right now, to bring health into our lives, and it’s literally right under our nose. Along the way, we have forgotten how to breathe, and if we could make this one change, we would see… Read More >
Self-love Means More Than Taking a Bath
July 9, 2012
By Guest Blogger
I work for a career-change guidance organization, helping folks who have perhaps taken a path that doesn’t suit them and instead nudging them toward something more innately ‘them’. I am also on my own path of personal realignment. Frequently I have seen this type of self-directed change take a fairly long time, with some resistance. Speaking for myself, after eking out my passions, what I’d like to do, what I’m drawn to, there’s always been… Read More >
Be Present Pit Stops
June 14, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Lots of people live in the past. They reflect on what might have been if only they made a different choice at a specific moment in time. “What if I took that job, moved cities, stayed with that guy … he wasn’t so bad, was he?” Then, there are people who live in the future. They constantly imagine themselves further down the road and love to make “five-year plans”. Occasionally, I’ll catch myself dwelling on… Read More >
Make Friends With Your Perfectionism
May 17, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Perfectionism can be a frustrating little pest. Wanting everything in our lives to be perfect is the quickest way to cultivate feelings of “I’m not good enough” down every corner we turn. Perfectionism can block us from being productive, intuitive, creative, and authentic. It can keep us from celebrating our progress. Perfectionism can also keep us from beginning something new or completing a project, for fear of not being the best. And it can keep… Read More >
Clearing the Clutter in Your Mind
May 4, 2012
By Regena Thomashauer
I am going through this absolutely agonizingly delicious process, right now, of clearing out and re-organizing my office. Impatient sigh. Taking each book from the shelf, holding it in my hand, and deciding — do I want this thing? Will I read it again? Did I ever read it? Am I keeping it because it was a gift? Should I donate it? The whole process makes me lightheaded and queasy. I am working with an… Read More >
Nourishing Your Inner Introvert
March 29, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Ever notice how exhausted you get after social outings? You had a great time, saw old friends, wined, dined, laughed and reconnected. Then the next day (or two…) all you want to do is hibernate. Why does socializing make you feel so exhausted, so depleted, so run down? Did you drink too much wine? Stay out too late? Are you just frail, weak, lazy? Why do the happiest of times turn into the most exhausting… Read More >
You Know Tai Chi Looks Relaxing … Here’s Why
March 22, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Have you ever wondered what the connection is between the slow-motion choreography of tai chi and a calmer mind? There’s a natural process at work here, linking the mind and the body. If you understand that link, you can find lots of places in your life to embrace slowness and move toward more relaxation. The Speed of the Mind We live in a culture where the speed of the mind rules. We don’t move at… Read More >
Does Your Comfort Food Really Meet Your Needs?
March 5, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Foods are strongly linked to our emotions and moods. Therefore, our day’s events can drive our eating habits. Due to our hectic lifestyles and chronic stress, many of us are turning to food to soothe, comfort and provide relief from intense feelings or low moods. We are bombarded daily by stressors, whether in our environment, workplace, family, relationships, financial or all of them. As these generally bring forth unpleasant feelings or low energy, we may… Read More >
Present Moments Make the Best Presents
December 14, 2011
By Terri Cole
Holiday mode is in full swing! Here comes the month when many people hit the ground running and don’t stop until they crash on New Years Day, needing a vacation from their vacation. The entire season can become a blur of obligation and stress from running yourself ragged both physically and emotionally. However, you have the power the make this year different. Effectively managing the fast pace of today’s American lifestyle can be super stress… Read More >
Turn Your Financial Fear Into Financial Freedom
November 18, 2011
By Terri Cole
When you think about your finances, what word immediately jumps into your mind? What feeling do you get in your body? What visuals do you see? Does money have the power to constrict you? Recent studies confirm that financial distress remains the top stressor in Americans’ lives and is the number one reason for marital discord. As a therapist in New York City for 14 years, I have learned that having money does not necessarily… Read More >
Music Has Charms to Soothe a Savage Breast
November 3, 2011
By Guest Blogger
“Mommmmmmmm, the police are here again! The neighbor is complaining and wants you to stop the music!” Stop the music? That’s like asking Kris Carr to stop juicing! It’s blasphemy. Four years ago, six of us crazy sexy forty-something suburban housewives went out on a limb, bucked convention, defied stereotypes and started our own rock ’n’ roll band. There was only one glitch. Not one of us could play an instrument. But that didn’t stop… Read More >
What You Can Expect On Your First Day of Chemotherapy
October 20, 2011
By Guest Blogger
I remember my first chemotherapy treatment like it was yesterday. I was only 16 years old, and I’d been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I’d had surgery to remove a lump on my neck, and chemo was the next step. Walking into that oncology office for the first time, I remember feeling scared and confused. I didn’t really understand what was happening. Looking back, I know now that’s what makes the first chemotherapy treatment so frightening—you… Read More >
Your Fascinating Relationship with Money: How Healing Your Finances Can Heal Your Life
October 6, 2011
By Guest Blogger
Money is at the core of our fears and anxieties. As an individual, family, country and world, it affects us on every level, among people of all races and economic backgrounds. We all have a “money story” that begins in our childhood and continues into our adult life in the form of a love/hate dysfunctional relationship. It is one of the top stressors and can destroy our relationships, self-esteem and health. “I can’t lose weight… Read More >
Benefits of Yoga and Mindfulness for People with Cancer
September 30, 2011
By Dr. Keith Block
Many people facing a diagnosis of cancer are looking for ways to release stress and tension. Yoga and mindfulness training that is, practices intended to cultivate present-moment awareness and relaxation are two of the best-studied options in this regard. But can such practices really help people with cancer?To answer this question, in this blog, I examine some of the most recent research findings concerning the potential benefits of yoga and mindfulness after a cancer diagnosis.… Read More >
Do You Have An “Upper Limit” Problem?
September 23, 2011
By Marie Forleo
It was the first time I’ve ever walked out of a yoga workshop in my life. Let’s be clear — the teachers were fantastic. But after my fourth downward dog, I started breaking into a cold sweat, got nauseated and my head began throbbing so hard it felt like it was about to explode. “Oh great,” I thought. What I originally thought was a 24-hour stomach bug turned into an entire week of being completely… Read More >
The Healthy Mind Platter
September 6, 2011
By Guest Blogger
The U.S. government has recently revised the food pyramid – the diagram that’s been with us for decades that is supposed to remind people how to eat well. The model needed a revision, and the new version, called Choose my plate, is a big improvement. However, there’s a different epidemic happening out there that’s getting less attention, perhaps because it is less obvious than the epidemic of obesity we’re experiencing. We’re entering an era of… Read More >
14 Ways to Combat Corporatitis
July 11, 2011
By Frank Lipman, MD
In my integrative and functional medicine practice, hardly a day goes by when I don’t see several patients suffering with a touch of corporatitis maximus (CM). While you won’t find CM defined on Wikipedia or easily searched on Google, you will find it lurking in the minds and bodies of stressed-out, over-extended, over-committed employees of corporations, everywhere. So what exactly is CM? Well, to be honest, it’s a catchall phrase I use to describe the… Read More >
