How do you define yourself? When you think about you, is there a label attached: smart, stupid, athletic, a klutz, artistic, a failure? I've noticed that many people, usually at a young and impressio  

It can be really difficult to escape the holiday season's vortex of associated problems. Cars and furnaces seem programmed to go fritzy in the winter, the cold makes it more difficult to exercise and  

Christian environmentalism can sound like an oxymoron. The religion's most visible adherents, the fundamentalist right, are like Holocaust deniers when it comes to global warming and favor business   

I've suffered with a seasonally clogged nose for as long as I can remember. It's kept me awake at night and made me gag during the day. There's a long list of coworkers who can testify to the annoyin  

You've probably heard about the Chinese-made arts and crafts toy called Aqua Dots and its connection to a chemical called gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB). Aqua Dots are beads that can be arranged in  

Ihave witnessed medical miracles, as prayers were offered for my father during his chronic illnesses and he went into remission from multiple cancers. His healing defied logic and science and clearly  

Having a baby inside my body changed me. Every day I stood (or more often sat) in awe of the full-grown human being rumblin' in my huge belly. By the end of the nine months I was ready to have the l  

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) combine influenza and pneumonia deaths to come up with an average number of roughly 36,000 people dying each year, but it's estimated that only between 200 and 1  

Local holistic living consultant Krystal Dawson says she noticed something odd when she was working for a carpet installer in Boise, Idaho, eight years ago. Workers were told it was imperative that t  

No, those of us in the healing professions are not perfect. I admit it: I've been a peppermint pattie junkie as long as I can remember. Mostly York or Junior Mints, but lately Ghirardelli. And not   

Many people approach and enter our practice with specific nerve, muscle and skeletal complaints. Sometimes their problems are acute or chronic back and neck pain, headaches, shoulder or wrist issues  

Iridology is the art and science of analyzing the structure and color of the iris, the area around the pupil in our eye, to gain information related to health and disease. Modern iridology was popul  

Some years ago I read, with macabre fascination, a book that described what happens to our bodies when we die. The chapter on embalming and the anaerobic decomposition process influenced my decision  

Serenity, like happiness, is a byproduct. Like planting a garden, we reap what we sow in consciousness. Plant watermelons, get watermelons. It helps to know that we're part and parcel of the continu  

As you take more prescription medications to manage illness, you drive up the potential risk for medication-related side effects: drug/drug, drug/food and drug/dietary supplement interactions. Polyp