What Was I Thinkin? (If you’re a Dierks Bentley fan, did you just sing that title in your head?) I’m going to try to make this a weekly post. There’s so much I want to share, but I want to do it in a way that feels genuine. This week, it’s been about positive and…
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Many people come into this time of year feeling a little sluggish, inflamed, or simply “ready for a reboot.” Your body is wise, and it knows when it’s time to clear out the clutter and shift into a more efficient rhythm. One gentle, research-supported way to do this is through a fasting-mimicking approach (often called…
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Setting up for a Heart Rate Variability (HRV) workshop at Club Pilates in Palatine on February 8th. HRV is the variation of time between heartbeats. Pulse measure the average over a minute, but for a pulse of 80 beats per minute, some beats may be occurring at 60 and some at 100 and you would…
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I forgot my phone at home this weekend while out running errands with my husband. There are always questions that come up while out and about and I noticed that I reached for my phone at least half a dozen times to look something up or check on something else. But then by the time…
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But what is “good food”? Make fruits and vegetables easy to grab for snacks. They can be precut and stored in glass containers. Add some whole milk cottage cheese, hummus, nut butters, or other minimally processed dips to enhance (or cover up 🙂 your veggie flavors).
Health is our natural state. This is often forgotten because we come to accept our aches, pains, and illness as normal. It is not. We accomplish health by living in accordance with the laws of nature.Here is your prescription for just that!
What is something you have learned this week? A question I had for myself was this: Since Akkermansia muciniphila (which is a probiotic strain) is a mucolytic – meaning that it degrades mucus – and we need a good mucosal lining in the gut to protect it and keep keep things running smoothly, why is…
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(Reposting with permission from AANP and INM) Here’s how licensed naturopathic doctors (NDs) are contributing to the revolution in wellness: Whole Person Health: NDs emphasize a holistic approach to wellness, treating the whole person rather than just the symptoms of a disease. Integrative Approach: NDs skillfully combine natural therapeutic traditions with modern science to restore…
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Evolution of Stress We have built in survival mechanisms that determines how our body reacts to stress. It triggers our sympathetic nervous system which is responsible for the “fight-or-flight” processes that would enable us to react quickly in a life-threating situation. Most of us don’t find ourselves in those near death situations very often, but…
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Reframing stress into something that can be friend instead of foe can make it so. This Ted Talk by Kelly McGonigal is an enlightening way to think about those physical sensations of stress.
