What to do when you get a cancer diagnosis
Every year, roughly 12 million people get news that they never imagined they would hear: “You have cancer.” Without a doubt, this diagnosis is shocking, upsetting, and terrifying. As a cancer survivor...
Stress
Stress and anxiety play an important role in your overall health. Learn about the signs and symptoms of stress and how to manage it to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
The Physical Benefits of Meditation
With the endless demands of modern life, most people can attest to feeling pulled in several different directions and, as a result, stressed and tense. This can have emotional and physical consequences—frustration,...
The Link Between Stress, Inflammation, and Memory Loss
If you’ve read any of my past articles, you know that the vast majority of health problems are associated with chronic inflammation, ranging from heart disease and cancer to diabetes and arthritis....
The Health Benefits of Gardening
A few months ago I wrote about the hygiene hypothesis, which states that regular exposure to things we consider “dirty” (germs, bacteria, viruses, etc.) can help strengthen the immune system and protect...
Caregivers: The Invisible Victims
For all the dollars that go into researching effective treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, there’s a huge subset of people deeply immersed in these communities that are often...
The Emotional & Spiritual Side of Weight Loss
Ever wonder why so many people are unsuccessful at losing weight? They try different diets, various exercise regimens…over and over and over…only to give up and gain the weight back. Why is...
The Stress That You Desperately Need
You’ve more than likely heard this saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Perhaps you have repeated this mantra to yourself after a bad breakup, job loss, or some other upsetting...
The Amazing Benefits of Fasting
Now that the holiday season is upon us, going without food for 12 hours or longer might seem positively unthinkable. But if you, like so many others, are hoping to lose weight...
The Hidden Dangers of Stress
Life can get pretty hectic sometimes. If you have difficulty concentrating, digestive problems, or lack of energy…. stress may be the culprit. Keep reading to find out how stress can dramatically...
Adaptive Stress
Our Body’s Natural Adaptive Stress Response Each of us has access to a highly centralized biological system, regulated by our genes, that largely controls our susceptibility to disease and how rapidly we...
