Your Home Shapes Your Health What if your home could help you heal? Not just physically, but emotionally, mentally, even spiritually. We spend so much of our time inside our homes, yet we often overlook how much they influence our mood, focus, and overall well-being. The truth is, your space is speaking to you all … Read more
How many e-mails do you get a day? How much time to you spend online other than for actual work? I’m sure you are getting an inkling about where I’m going with this: Online time clutters up your day and contributes to stress. Stress is an underlying cause of many physical ailments and it’s something … Read more
I’ve always called it “eating the elephant one bite at a time,” but modern culture has now given it a name: Micro goals (as opposed to macro goals). Of course, it means the same thing: Break any big and daunting task or project into a lot of little achievable or bite-sized pieces. I talked about … Read more
Summer—is it your time of languid summer days floating on a tube down the river or balmy evenings listening to the tree frogs – or are you exhausted from endless guest, barbecues, family crisis and any manner of stress inducers? I’ll have to admit that this summer, most often I fall into the latter category. … Read more
Is your house full of clutter? Your office? Maybe you’ve made a New Year resolution to de-clutter your spaces. Think about this: A few years ago, someone told me that we are energetically connected to our “stuff.” It made perfect sense to me. The more “stuff” that is hanging around the house, the more physical, … Read more
Do you get high blood pressure readings when you visit your doctor’s office? I know I almost always have high readings, even sometimes fairly alarming ones. I also know that my pressure is well within the normal range (best is 120/80) because I measure it at home at least a couple of times a week. … Read more
If you’ve been reading these posts for any period of time, you’ve probably figured out that I am an enthusiastic coffee drinker. I don’t drink tons of it—maybe two or three cups a day—but, where once I couldn’t stand the taste, I’ve now become an aficionado. As it turns out, there is a growing body … Read more
If you’re like me, you enjoy a little glass o’ the grape or another adult beverage at the end of the day. Go for it! While we’ve known about the benefits of red wine for some time, recent studies how that all alcoholic beverages have health benefits mostly related to their anti-inflammatory properties. That’s no … Read more
Here’s something to warm the cockles of any chocolate lover’s heart: If you’ve had a heart attack, seriously consider eating chocolate at least twice a week to dramatically cut your risk of dying of heart disease. Researchers found that heart attack survivors who ate chocolate at least three times a week reduced their risk of … Read more
Did you know the air inside your home could be more polluted than the air outside? Between cleaning products, furniture off-gassing, and everyday dust and dander, our indoor spaces can harbor a surprising number of toxins. Luckily, there’s a natural—and beautiful—solution: indoor plants that purify air. Not only do houseplants help clean the air, they … Read more