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Finding Contentment through Spiritual Tools

Jul 30, 2021 11:00AM ● By Christy Abate

There are times when we feel buoyant. It’s as if our feet are skimming the ground and our arms are wings. Then there are those days—the dark ones. Our peripheral vision narrows, and even the vibrant colors of nature wear a grey cloak.

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Whole-Family Happiness: Lessons and Blessings from an Abnormal Year

Jul 30, 2021 11:00AM ● By Berta Prevosti

Happiness. How is it possible to conceive happiness and the return to “normalcy” while looking ahead to our children’s return to school this fall? In a year where we have been deprived of our social connections and the joy of a healthy 2020/21 school year, how can we look at our future relationships with optimism, as well as turning some into lifetime friendships?

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How to Stop Worrying and Live Life

Jul 30, 2021 11:00AM ● By Meg Reilly

When things are uncertain, we worry. No matter what we call it—projection, ruminating, catastrophizing, conjuring—it is a function of being human.

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Organic and Natural Mattresses: Why Better Materials Means Better Sleep

Jun 30, 2021 01:00PM

Simply put, an organic or natural mattress is a healthier alternative to traditional mattresses. By eliminating all of the chemicals that are often contained in other mattresses, natural mattresses create a safer, healthier sleep environment.

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Sedona Art: Facilitating Creativity and Connection in Ridgefield

Jun 30, 2021 01:00PM ● By Michelle Bense

During a year that held so much isolation and anxiety, Marge Courtney, owner of Touch of Sedona, built upon her legacy of bringing community together by opening an artistic haven next door: Sedona Art.

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Anti-Aging Skin Care: Hilda Demirjian Shares Green Apple ‘Fountain of Youth’

Jun 30, 2021 01:00PM

When Hilda Demirjian moved to the U.S. 37 years ago, she was surprised to learn that many Americans regularly tanned as a beauty and wellness practice. Having grown up in the Persian culture, where healthy skin was prized and going to hammams (spas) with her mother and grandmother was a weekly routine, Demirjian found the idea of purposely subjecting the skin to sun damage shocking. She was determined to teach people to love their skin.

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Eating Right for Our Dosha: An Ayurvedic Perspective

Jun 30, 2021 01:00PM ● By Neha Kaushik

In the ancient healing medicine system of Ayurveda, our body constitution (dosha) is based on the five elements—earth, water, fire, space and air. These elements combine to form three doshas—Vata, Pitta, Kapha—which are present in each person in unique combinations.

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Vitality Part I: The V in Positive Psychology

Jun 30, 2021 01:00PM ● By Ann C. Reeves

In this series, we’ll hear from Ann C. Reeves about aspects of Positive Psychology. This month, she continues with part 1 of “V” of the Positive Psychology acronym, PERMA-V.

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Touched By Lyme Excerpt of Chronic, Long-Awaited Book Tackling ‘Lyme-Plus’

May 31, 2021 08:00AM ● By Dorothy Kupcha Leland • book excerpt by Steven Phillips and Dana Parish

Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again is a long-awaited book by Dr. Steven Phillips and Dana Parish.

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Singing in the Shower: Having Fun and Experimenting with Voice

May 31, 2021 08:00AM ● By Bobbi Soares

Why does singing in the shower make us feel so good? Is it better acoustics, fewer distractions, no audience, no judgement?

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Practicing Yoga as a Family

May 31, 2021 08:00AM ● By Berta Prevosti

What’s not to love about practicing yoga with the whole family? Well, at first it might seem like a great idea, but then children may begin to roll themselves up in a yoga mat, fling themselves into their siblings, bicker that they are standing too close to each other and complain that their brother’s Ujjayi breath smells like feet.

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AmpCoil: Using PEMF and Bioresonance to Bounce Back from Lyme Disease

May 31, 2021 08:00AM ● By Michelle Bense

For many, having Lyme disease is an ongoing, perplexing struggle to manage a variety of symptoms and pains, alongside the growing costs associated with it.

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5 Natural Toxin Binders Every Lyme Patient Needs to Know

May 31, 2021 08:00AM ● By Gregg Kirk

Besides treating symptoms and the disease itself, most chronic Lyme patients understand the importance of ridding the body of toxins generated from killing bacteria.

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Accomplishment/Achievement: The A in Positive Psychology

May 31, 2021 08:00AM ● By Ann C. Reeves

In this series, we’ll hear from Ann C. Reeves about aspects of Positive Psychology. This month, she continues with the “A” of the Positive Psychology acronym, PERMA-V.

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Thermogram Program Provides In-Depth Women’s Health Check

Apr 30, 2021 11:00AM ● By Ariana Rawls Fine

As we navigate a world with increased environmental toxic overload for many of us, we search for ways to decrease our exposures. As women, we are encouraged to go for annual female-focused checkups that may include mammograms as well as Pap smears and other types of hormonal-related tests.

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Shungite Water: Make this Beneficial Beverage at Home

Apr 30, 2021 11:00AM ● By Christy Abate

Putting shungite in our drinking water can provide many health and healing benefits. Drinking shungite water can help alleviate headaches, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), eczema, asthma and many other conditions.

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