Natural Healing News

Summertime and the living is easy — and hot by Joanne Henning Tedesco —  Summer is a great time to break out the grill, but sometimes we just do not feel like standing over it in the blistering heat. A Crockpot® dinner or a juice fast are always alternatives that can make cooking easier, but […]

Eat almonds for heart health by Joanne Henning Tedesco —  Vascular dysfunction is one of the major causes of cardiovascular mortality, and the figures increase with age. A new study is helping researchers begin to understand why people who eat a Mediterranean diet and consume nuts regularly are less likely to develop heart disease. Men […]

Be smart: Beat the heat by Paula Owens —  With temperatures on the rise, it is crucial to stay hydrated and replenish your electrolytes. Whether you exercise intensely or your child participates in an outdoor sport or you are a construction worker with a physically demanding job, you are at risk of dehydration and electrolyte […]

The birth of the Avatar by Alison David Bird — “Your souls fall like stars in the birth of the Avatars. But where are you? Do you know our attempts to take your planet to Light have failed six times before? Or, that this may indeed be the last and final attempt we can make […]

Is there finally a good use for tobacco? by Dannette Hunnel —  If you look hard enough, you can usually find a positive in almost anything, and in this case, it is tobacco. It occurred to me that we use Tabacum (Nicotiana tobaccum), or cultivated tobacco, as a homeopathic remedy, and it works very well. […]

Be true to yourself by Jill Mattson —  A great stream of information surrounds us that reflects our subconscious mind. You could say that the truth is hiding from us in plain sight. Cutting-edge science now allows us to look at our subconscious mind in the most unsuspecting place. Consider that a crystal breaks out […]

Don’t Eat Dog Food When You’re Old! How to Solve Your Retirement Cash Flow Puzzle by Roger Roemmich — An estimated 78 million baby boomers will hit retirement age in the coming decades. It is an exciting time, but many retirees miscalculate their retirement readiness before leaving their jobs and seeking a more carefree life. […]

Preventative health and essential oils by Carol E. Gutierrez —  The focus of the new health care reform is on preventative health and maintaining wellness. The cost of health care is rising as the population is aging, and the majority of health care dollars are spent in the last one to two years of life. […]

Dr. Abram Ber — an Arizona legend by Mary Budinger —  With the passing of Dr. Abram Ber in June 2014, Arizona lost one of its great leaders of holistic medicine. He was a born healer who was as generous with his healing gifts as he was with his financial ones. Ber had one of […]

Fear — fact or fiction? by Sherry Anshara —  Much is written and discussed about the issue of fear, but what is it? Fear is often defined as false evidence that appears real. But this definition is an oxymoron. Evidence means proof, verification or facts. False means bogus, counterfeit or fake. In truth, fear is […]

Paradise in plain sight: Lessons from a Zen garden by Karen Maezen Miller —  In the early summer of 1997, my husband and I found ourselves in the backyard of an empty house on a quiet street in Sierra Madre, a suburb of Los Angeles. The backyard was Southern California’s oldest private Japanese garden, an […]

Overcoming anxiety by Dr. Alan Christianson According to the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (2010), more than 40 million American adults suffer from anxiety. Anxiety can cause an almost limitless number of symptoms. These can include a racing heart, numbness and tingling of the hands and feet, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, joint pain, insomnia, fatigue, […]

Children or no children? by Kani Comstock — A major issue for both men and women in finding the right relationship is whether or not children will become a part of it. If your vision centers on creating a family with children, as mine did, learning that a potential partner cannot conceive or has chosen […]