Moving Through Darkness and Depression with Tai Chi

When you’re feeling depressed, staying inside and avoiding physical activity can feel like the easiest option. It may seem like your body is telling you to rest, but stagnancy and inactivity can only make you feel worse. Indeed, movement is essential in helping to alleviate depression.

How Socializing and Art Therapy Combat Depression

Although we’re more connected now through social media than ever before, it seems that isolation has become a silent epidemic, particularly if you’re struggling with depression.

The Rife machine is used in Lyme disease treatment for several reasons. First, many patients report feeling better after using it, experiencing improvements in energy, gastrointestinal function, pain, and mood, which encourages them to continue its use. 

Are you curious about how to take your wellness journey to the next level? A ZYTO scan might be the breakthrough technology you’ve been looking for. ZYTO scans use cutting-edge biocommunication technology to assess your body’s response to various wellness-related factors, providing valuable insights into your health.

Sunflower seeds are high in nutrients like vitamin E and selenium. Both of these nutrients help to boost progesterone production at a time where progesterone is dominant. Selenium aids in the liver detoxing excess estrogen.  The lignans and zinc in sesame seeds are great at aiding the liver in detox of estrogen and blocking estrogen activity. 

Seed cycling is a way to help support optimal hormone balance by prioritizing different seeds throughout the month based on where you are in your cycle. These are seeds like pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, and sesame seeds. These seeds contain specific nutrients that can be helpful at supporting the natural rise of specific hormones and enhancing the detox of other hormones.

Resistant starches are are carbohydrates such as potatoes, cornstarch, green bananas, etc that resist digestion in the small intestine and reach the large intestine intact, bringing with them many health benefits!

Pumpkin not only tastes good, but has many health benefits which I am going to share with you in this blog post.

In this blog post we’ll cover: nutrition content of pumpkin and pumpkin seeds, health benefits from pumpkin, how to incorporate more pumpkin in your diet

The meat of a pumpkin is very nutritious and contain many vitamins and minerals like vitamins C and B1, folic acid, pantothenic acid, potassium, beta carotene and dietary fiber.

In the summer especially, you want to make sure you are drinking enough water to help your body excrete any toxins that are hanging out and to replenish any lost through sweat. Your body uses several mechanisms to get rid of toxins, this is through “emunctory organs” which include the digestive tract, kidneys, lungs, and skin. If you’re not drinking enough water, you may end up more constipated and your kidneys won’t excrete as much urine.

When we've been doing the same thing repetitively for a prolonged period of time, we don't know any different, so it is hard to say what is helping or hurting us. If you haven't done so already, consider reading my other blog posts on sleep here. I bring this up because it's rare that we consider how our morning routine will set us up for night time, oftentimes we're thinking of it in the reverse.

I had to say it; it's very clearly the elephant in the room and the exact thing NOBODY wants to talk about. The sad truth is that we're so used to living life in the fast lane that we can't even quantify our stress appropriately. Newsflash: your body knows no difference between being stuck in traffic on the interstate, trying to meet a big deadline, or being chased by a bear; it is ALL the same reaction. So, the next time somebody asks you your stress level, consider whether or not you have a bear on your back.

It’s important to reduce inflammatory foods in your diet. What does that mean? You will want to avoid foods that contain trans fats, caffeine, sugar, dairy, and alcohol.

And by the way, the questions wasn’t “do you think you drink enough water?” I say that because I’m pretty sure that’s how everybody answers it. Then, when I ask them how much is “enough” and explain to them what truly is “enough” their jaw drops.

Endometriosis is a condition where endometrial tissue, the tissue that lines the inside of your uterus or womb, grows in other areas outside of the uterus. Other areas include your ovaries, fallopian tubes, tissues holding the uterus in place. Tissue can also grow in other areas of your pelvic cavity, including your cervix, vagina, bowel, rectum, and bladder.

I had to say it; it's very clearly the elephant in the room and the exact thing NOBODY wants to talk about. The sad truth is that we're so used to living life in the fast lane that we can't even quantify our stress appropriately. Newsflash: your body knows no difference between being stuck in traffic on the interstate, trying to meet a big deadline, or being chased by a bear; it is ALL the same reaction. So, the next time somebody asks you your stress level, consider whether or not you have a bear on your back.  

Truly, without sleep, we are just: without...

As a naturopathic doctor, it is my job to understand why something is happening; why somebody is experiencing the symptoms that he or she does, rather than place a bandaid on every manifestation I see, otherwise known as a "symptom." That's right: issues with sleep are a symptom of another concern. Although everybody's needs are individual and unique, I can speak to and give suggestions on what I commonly see walk into my office.

Castor oil packs are one of my favorite things to recommend to someone who is dealing with digestive issues and hormonal issues. I also regularly do castor oil packs just to support my liver, digestion, and overall health.

Most people don’t come into my office with their primary concern being sleep. It’s usually fatigue, digestive upset, hormonal dysfunction, you name it. But then when I prod closer, inquiring about their sleep, the remarks are nothing short of, “oh, terrible,” “awful.” And they’re all very matter-of-fact, to my surprise. I would think people would be more hung up on their sleep patterns, but it ranks lower on their priority list in comparison to the other things.