Health, Healing & Wellness

by Meghan De Jong, RHN – You don’t have to look too deep into the health industry to realize there is a whole lot of buzz surrounding the topic of plant-based diets these days. In fact, according to research by Global Data (2017) there has been a 600% increase in …

by Janae Jean – We are all most familiar with orange carrots, but carrots come in purple, red, yellow and white varieties as well. When we include carrots are various hues in our diets, we are maximizing our antioxidant intake. Carrots are probably best known for the antioxidant named for …

By Katie Oman – Can we just pause for a second to look at the true miracle that is YOU! Do you realize there has never been anyone like you in the whole history of the world and there never will be? You are a snowflake – breathtakingly beautiful in …

By Chris Alexandria – As winter continues its laced frosted glass and snowfall dance, dreams of spring begin to emerge. Dreams leading to frolicking towards rebirth and renewal. Isn’t that what spring represents? Rebirth, Renewal and Transformation? Just as a flower can push through the frozen tundra at the first …

By Shelley Russell – “Take one yoga class, by the body, three times per week.” There is a growing number of parents, a quiet army who are saying no. No to children being overdiagnosed, overtreated and medicated. Families who are rejecting processed foods offered to the masses and deciding to …

By Barbie Boules, RDN, CHC – We hear a lot about inflammation playing a role in our health, but what is it exactly? What do we do to reduce its harmful effects? Inflammation is a natural process that assists the body in defending itself. When trauma occurs – a virus, …

By Vijay Eswaran – Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Do one thing every day that scares you.” We all have fear. None of us are so lucky to be entirely immune to it. Some choose to be consumed by their fears, while others choose to embrace them, befriend them and harness them …

By Phyllis Light, Ph.D.- In most major cities, we are being hit by nearly 300,000 detrimental frequencies per minute—from overhead TV, radio and GPS satellites, cell phone and microwave transmissions, wireless internet, our computers and other electronic equipment. We live and work in an “electronic smog” that is extremely damaging …

  By Janae Jean – Rhubarb and Asparagus April is the first full month of spring, and the fresh, locally grown produce we missed during the long, cold winter is beginning to return to the produce aisles and farmer’s markets. In the Midwest, some of the first in season fruits …

By Bharat Kalra – When I talk about “my body,” I am declaring that I am separate from my body. When I say “my mind,” I am declaring that I am not my mind. But, if I am not my mind or body, then what am I? Long ago, human …