by Dr. Martha Grout — For some people, the world is often gloomy and depressing. For others, the day-to-day routine can cause anxiety and stop them in their tracks. Depression drugs have a 50/50 success record; a 50-percent decrease in symptoms is about as good as it gets. If you are extremely low on serotonin […]
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Avoiding overwhelm
August 27, 2012
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by Ada Porat — Overwhelm occurs when our brains struggle to adapt quickly enough to the increasingly complex environments in which we live. Historically, human life has been shaped by scarcity and limitation. Our biological brains and instincts are still geared for an environment of lack, whereas today we are faced with an overload of […]
Is your thyroid balanced?
August 25, 2012
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by Dr. Emil Faithe — Do you suffer from uncontrollable weight gain? Is your hair falling out? Are you exhausted, angry or depressed? Millions of people, mostly women, are living with imbalanced thyroids. Many have low thyroid function, despite the fact that their blood tests are normal. Others have been taking thyroid medicine all their […]
What you don’t know about your thyroid can make you ill
August 24, 2012
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by Becky Coffield — The thyroid is probably the most overlooked, improperly diagnosed gland in the human body. This small, butterfly-shaped gland residing in the throat is one in a family of glands called the endocrine system. Its functioning is extremely intricate — and crucial to the health and well-being of a person. Yet it […]
Meditation goes mainstream
August 21, 2012
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by Sarah McLean — Meditation is a buzzword these days. Some people cannot live without it, but others think it is too difficult or too New Age. What exactly is involved and why would anyone want to do it? In our daily lives, it’s easy to become overstimulated — visually, mentally, emotionally and physically. Not […]
Eye-catching therapy: EMDR goes mainstream
August 19, 2012
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by Kayla Gayle, Ph.D. — It had been almost six months since the accident, and Elizabeth found herself getting worse. She had been unable to stop the obsessive thoughts since that fateful day the truck slammed into her car. She was still hearing the sound of screeching tires and shattering glass from the accident. As […]
Calcium and vitamin D means better protection
August 18, 2012
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by Dr. J. Ann Dunn — Conventional medicine says that we need to take 1,500 mg of calcium every day to fight osteoporosis. But the truth is more complicated than that. There is evidence that we probably don’t need to take any more than we would find in a quality multivitamin. A recent study looked […]
Wake up: don’t give up
August 17, 2012
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by Ada Porat — Are you sure you have to go down with that abusive relationship, substance abuse or suffering? Does it feel as if there is no way out from the negative thoughts and feelings surrounding you? Are you resigned to the fate of your circumstances because it’s all you know? You do not […]
Aligning with greatness: the energy of success
August 17, 2012
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by Dawn Fleming — Everything has energy; even words and thoughts do, which create our responses to the world. Taking this principle further, the need to compare ourselves or measure up to others can create profoundly negative energy that affects our ability to succeed. Aligning with our greatness requires that we release this need to […]
Children cannot weight
August 16, 2012
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by Cary Bailen — Children cannot “weight” — and neither can we. Although new initiatives and funds are being given to Public Health and other Arizona state agencies from federally funded grants, our schools are still suffering. Arizona schools keep our children for 7 to 10 hours a day, yet they are struggling to get […]
HEG works to end depression
August 15, 2012
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by Stephanie Reese, Ph.D. — Depression is one of the most common health conditions in the world. Contrary to popular thinking, people experiencing depression are incapable of just “pulling themselves together.” Depression is a medical illness involving both mind and body. It affects how a person thinks and behaves, and can cause a variety of […]
The constructive use of fear
August 10, 2012
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by John English — Fear is a fascinating phenomenon. When we lived in different ways and times, fear was important for us to stay alive. It was the energy that triggered the survival instinct. Over time, the ego, or small self, got hold of this survival instinct, ran amok with it, and turned it into […]
Recognizing and alleviating menopause
August 9, 2012
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by Dasha Trebichavska — Though many of us have been taught otherwise, menopause in not a disease; it is a normal physiological transition in a woman’s life from a reproductive to a non-reproductive age. The main problems a woman is likely to experience with menopause, with varying degrees of severity, are tiredness, lethargy, irritability, anxiety, […]



August 27, 2012
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