Natural Healing News

by Betsy Chasse —  How can we expect our children to grow up and create the kind of peaceful world we would like them to live in if we do not give them both the vision and the skills to do it? We have been raising generations of children to become good consumers and better […]

by Cary Bailen —  We frequently show love to the special people in our lives through unhealthy food, such as old-fashioned cookies, ice cream, soda or candy. Often, these are considered a treat or a reward. They mean we are being good, we deserve it or, perhaps, we offer them as an act of love […]

by Dr. Nicholas Meyer —  Snoring is a mild sleep-breathing disorder, but it can be a harbinger of a more severe condition known as sleep apnea. The continuum for these conditions ranges from snoring on one end of the scale to sleep apnea to the other. One of the more common conditions we have seen […]

by Rochelle Sparrow —  Our children’s path to self-discovery is a mirror reflection of how self-aware we have become about our own childhoods. As such, it is important to ask how much the denial of experiences in our childhood helps create that which we most fear will happen to our children. A group of us […]

by Vanessa Chamberlain —  Parents today have the daunting task of going against status quo in order to meet their children’s well-being needs. Due, in part, to corporate agendas, the pervasiveness of media and the disappearance of cohesive communal values, there is an unprecedented lack of support for parents who wish to maintain the sanctity […]

by Dannette Hunnel —  It is already back-to-school time. This means kids are going to need the proper supplies to get off to a good start. We all know what the basics are — pencils, erasers, backpacks, folders, paper, pencils, calculators, etc. But, depending on the child’s age and grade, the list of supplies can […]

by Jacque Miller —  The secret to eating fresh is to buy locally grown foods. Today, organic food has grown into a $14 billion business and is the fastest growing segment of the grocery industry. Many of our neighborhood grocery stores have sections in the produce department devoted to locally grown organic food. Farmers’ markets are […]

by Lesli Gee —  With today’s crazy schedules, most families are beyond tired. They are exhausted from the morning carpool rush, the back-to-back meetings, the barrage of emails, texts and tweets, and the chauffeuring of overscheduled kids to triple-booked activities. Then there is the rush to pick up dinner, the struggles over homework and the […]

by Kymla J. Eubanks —  One in every 150 children born in the United States will fall somewhere on the autism spectrum (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007). We are presented with the opportunity to shift the paradigm by adapting our world to fit these children if we view their needs from a higher […]

by Sunny Wight —  Have you ever heard a colicky baby cry? Colic is a condition that occurs when a healthy, well-fed baby frequently cries or fusses for long periods of time, sometimes hours. New parents are already tired enough without adding the stress and frustration that come with being unable to calm their baby. […]