Displaying items by tag: Healing Ways
Emotional Well-Being in the Pandemic Age
Self-Care Strategies for Tough Times
As the pandemic ravages our country, we are engulfed by a sea of challenging emotions, including fear, loss, anger, disappointment and grief. Compounding the suffering, past emotional traumas and pent-up...
GUT TALK
Tips for a Healthy Microbiome
An ever-growing body of research from the Human Microbiome Project shows how microbes living in and on our bodies...
A Home That Heals
Creating a Nurturing Space
Home, whether a humble studio apartment or a dream house, is a critical facet of well-being, a spiritual headquarters from which good health springs. Everyone in the family, including two- and four-legged children, can...
Dr. David W. Regiani
on Treating Sleep Disordered Breathing with Holistic Dentistry
David W. Regiani, BS, DDS, has been involved in learning about and treating sleep disordered breathing and bite disturbances since 1993. His first classes were in February of that year, through the American Equilibration Society, and he is still ...
CBD’s New Frontier
Help for Mental Health
When Kaye Herbert’s husband brought home a free sample of cannabidiol (CBD) oil, she didn’t hesitate to give it a try. Having heard about its calming effects, she...
SACRED VESSELS
The Lifeblood of Heart Health
When people think about heart health, what generally comes to mind is the fist-sized muscle that pumps and oxygenates the body’s lifeblood. However, the heart of the matter is not the pump itself...
HEALING JOINTS FROM WITHIN
The Promise of Regenerative Medicine
Someday, medical science will allow us to infuse damaged or aging organs with new cells, or to manufacture made-to-order organs on a 3-D printer. These emerging techniques to revitalize worn-out body parts are...
LIVING LONG & WELL
Age-Defying Habits and the Fountain of Youth
At age 29, Betty Holston Smith, of Rockville, Maryland, weighed more than 200 pounds, smoked cigarettes and ate processed junk food. Now, almost 79 years young, she is a vegan ultra-marathon runner and an inspiration to anyone wanting to...
The Happy Thyroid
Seven Ways to Keep It Humming
Much of our day-to-day well-being—how energetic we feel, how clear our thinking is and how our body processes food—is governed by the activity of the butterfly-shaped, thumb-sized thyroid gland at the base of the throat. When it’s working as it should, life is good. However, about one in...
Mouth Matters
A Holistic Approach to Oral Health
"The mouth is the doorway to the body,” so the saying goes, and today we know just how true that is. Years ago, the biannual trip to the dentist was typically a simple “drill-and-fill” operation, with other health concerns not given a second glance. Now, emerging research shows that when we...