Self-Care Wisdom
A collection of self-care stories, tips and inspiration from the Spirit of Change archive.
A collection of self-care stories, tips and inspiration from the Spirit of Change archive.
Could wireless radiation be ruining our sex lives?
Like most in the Tourette community, I believed that my child’s tics were inevitable and out of our control. A new world has now opened up for us.
As a functional medicine and Oriental medicine doctor seeing patients with complex chronic diseases, I admit my perspective may be skewed. However, it seems to me as if a majority of our culture is excessively worried and maintains an unhealthfully busy schedule.
You can learn to help preserve your eyesight and become an active participant in your own vision care.
Fifteen years ago my dear friend Patricia Burke, an energy sensitive canary-in-the-coal-mine coping with living in a wifi world, sent me “Healing Wombs: The Arvigo® Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy,” an article to publish in Spirit of Change.
It was the first Friday of the new year. The year was 2014 and I was living in hilly central Massachusetts. Temperatures had been in the frigid zone for days, and the ground was covered by a crystalline snow blanket.
The timings of our meals effect our ability to lose weight, so the integration of sleep rhythm data would help to build more effective personalized diet guides, experts have said.
The whole point of earthing is to physically connect yourself to Earth’s natural electrical field because you are actually a battery. Your body has its own electrical field, storing and conducting electricity.
Activated charcoal is a popular topic these days from cleansing your face, detoxing and even brushing your teeth. More experts are questioning whether toothpastes containing charcoal are detrimental in the long-term.
You can grow a new body. You know you can, because you have already grown a body once before.
Beth was diagnosed with a 2-inch tumor that had metastasized to her lymph nodes and lungs. Instead of radiation, she decided to address her disease on a whole different level. Here's how she cleared her lymph nodes and shrank her tumor by almost three-quarters in only two months.
By making just a few small adjustments to your nighttime routine, which can include creating new ambiance, adding natural sleep aids, and cutting out distractions, you could see dramatic improvements in your sleep.
Drug-resistant superbugs have threatened human health for decades. The situation is getting worse because of the shortage of new antibiotics.
Palliative care patients are being treated with the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms in a bid to reduce their anxiety during end of life care.
Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most common autoimmune diseases. It affects up to 1.3% of the population worldwide, mostly women.
Family care of an older adult has emerged as an essential element of the U.S. health care system, with 83 percent of long-term care provided to older adults coming from family members or other unpaid helpers.
We urgently need your help now. The free practice of Reiki is at risk in Massachusetts, as is Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Yoga, Herbalism, Qigong, Polarity, Alexander Technique, Shiatsu and many other alternative and complementary modalities.
It’s best to eat a variety of prebiotic-rich foods in order to promote a diverse gut microbiome. Prebiotics feed probiotics and allow them to work more effectively. Here are a few examples of foods that can help nourish your gut bacteria.
Many of you reading this probably remember having chickenpox as a child. You were likely tired, feverish and had an itchy rash, which subsequently cleared up, leaving you with lifelong natural immunity.
In a world where many of our ills and ailments are treated with medication or surgery, natural remedies often go overlooked. Hair loss is quickly falling into this trap…
Addiction treatment implements pharmacological and cognitive behavioral therapies that comprise many methods and techniques, aimed to ease the withdrawal process and teach the patient to live without drugs.
As the number of new cancer cases per year is expected to rise to 23.6 million by 2030 worldwide, people are desperate for answers, turning to alternative therapies that fall outside the typical “slash, burn, poison” treatment model.
From commercials, to TV shows and bill boards, you can’t miss the rush to propagandize flu vaccines for pregnant mothers, children and the elderly every fall.
Every fall and winter, the media begins pumping stories about why you should be afraid, even very afraid, of the flu.
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