Tag: Mind & Body

The #1 Most Important Relationship Skill

I received an outpouring of feedback on my recent blog, “What We Really Want and Almost Never Get,” about the profound importance of listening in relationships. The comments confirm that what men and women alike most desire in our relationships is to be heard without judgment and understood where we are. So many have poignantly…


Love and Flowers for All Seasons

I dearly love roses. During the first several years of our marriage, my thoughtful husband, Kevin, often brought them to me or had them delivered to the bank where I worked. After buying a home in the country on two acres of land, Kevin wanted me to have a steady supply, so he started a…


Aviation Groups Call for Lifting All COVID Restrictions on Air Travel

Two major aviation groups are calling on Europe to lift all COVID-related restrictions, citing a recent study that shows the effects of those measures are limited. The Airports Council International Europe (ACI) and International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for “all remaining COVID restrictions applying to intra-EU and Schengen area travel to be dropped, including…


How to Improve Your Brain Function With Melatonin

According to a recent report published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Journal, Alzheimer’s disease – the sixth leading cause of death in the United States – claimed over 121,000 lives in 2019 alone, before the pandemic had swept the nation.  Meanwhile, the Alzheimer’s Association has released a sobering new statistic – deaths from Alzheimer’s disease and other forms…


The ‘Sleep Hormone’ Could Heal the Brain

According to a recent report published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Journal, Alzheimer’s disease – the sixth leading cause of death in the United States – claimed over 121,000 lives in 2019 alone, before the pandemic had swept the nation.  Meanwhile, the Alzheimer’s Association has released a sobering new statistic – deaths from Alzheimer’s disease and other forms…


Drink, Drank, Drunk: What Happens When We Drink Alcohol (Video)

Alcohol is a depressant, a diuretic, and a disinfectant. These generally aren’t pleasant attributes, but people have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years – some of the earliest written texts mention or contain recipes for beer, and pottery shards from China show people may have been making alcohol as far back as 7,000BCE. So…


The Eastern View of Insomnia Focuses on ‘Shen’

The odds of being sleep deprived, defined as getting less than six hours of sleep a night for adults, has increased significantly in the past 30 years. An estimated 50 million to 70 million Americans suffer from sleep-related problems, and apparently, those numbers are on the rise. The ever-increasing demands of our hectic lifestyles, a…


Detox Cheap and Easy Without Fasting (Recipes Included)

This is more than a detox article. This is a lifestyle article. If you want to be disease free, vibrant, and truly healthy, it’s time to develop continuous detoxification habits that you do daily. A very thorough detox can be expensive and challenging to complete. Some people who are very sick, or otherwise very toxic,…


Parents Should Ask These Questions Before Giving Their Child a COVID-19 Vaccine: ER Doctor

For parents who are contemplating whether their child should receive a COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Joseph Fraiman, an emergency medicine physician, says they should ask the following two questions to help them decide. “The first thing that you want to do for harm/benefit analysis [is to ask], is there a mortality benefit for these vaccines for…


Health Officials End Reporting COVID-19 Deaths

Commentary Data is the foundation of scientific analysis. Without data, researchers are left unable to draw conclusions, which leaves public health experts unable to accurately make recommendations. But that appears to be exactly what the CDC and Health and Human Services (HHS) are doing. The CDC is hiding data and the HHS is no longer…