I have spent a lot of time these past several weeks highlighting the importance of the digestive tract. I talked about how we need adequate enzymes to breakdown and digest our food, a healthy gut microbiome to absorb nutrients and support our immune system, and how we...

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. Like many of you, I couldn’t resist the abundance of delicious food placed before me! A few years back, I would have walked away from a large holiday meal feeling overly stuffed and bloated, followed by indigestion 2...

Back in September, I woke up your butt by talking about a real phenomenon called Dead Butt Syndrome.  A condition where your gluteal muscles - your butt muscles - forget what they are supposed provide strength and stability as you move. More often than not, Dead Butt...

Millions of us swallow down handfuls of vitamins or other supplements every day in hopes of staying healthy, preventing disease, or halting the aging process.  Supplements are a big business. When you have Americans spending over 30 billion dollars a year on...

October is breast cancer awareness month when people all over the world show their support for women affected by this devastating disease. Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in women, the first being skin cancer. It is estimated that 1 in 8...

When I started out on my integrative health and wellness journey 20 years ago, one of the first books that I read was The Biology of Belief by Dr. Bruce Lipton. In this book, Dr. Lipton, a cell biologist, explores how the power of the mind can have a commanding...

When life is uncertain, it creates fear, anxiety, and internal unrest. Last week I talked about how using soothing essential oils can impact the emotional center of our brain and help get us out of “fight or flight” and into a place of relaxation. There are also many...

I have spoken to many people lately that are simply overwhelmed with life.  Everyone from parents to teachers, those unemployed to business owners, millennials to seniors. For so many, this “new” normal is leaving people of every age feeling strained and stressed....

If you follow my newsletters or Facebook Live videos, you notice I talk a lot about how systemic inflammation and oxidative stress are related to many chronic diseases, from heart disease to cancer and osteoporosis.  I often talk about foods that are anti-inflammatory...

Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer.  Vacation mode is over and it is time to get back into a healthier groove. Although this wasn’t the typical summer of socializing, back yard barbeques, and relaxing vacations, I suspect that, like me, many of you found...