Category Archives: Health

Is the Pet Industry in a Bubble, too?

My family welcomed a pure-bred Toy Poodle puppy to our home in 2011. He was so tiny, but brought with him an unforeseen financial burden until he passed away from health issues last year. A healthy dog will require significant lifelong expenses, but one in poor health, like ours, will increase costs dramatically. For instance, […]

Amazon Just Bowed to Employee Pressure and Agreed to Use 100 Percent Clean Energy by 2030 | Inc.com

Breaking News Amazon employees’ planned walkout as part of today’s Global Climate Strike seems to have already gotten results. — Read on www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/amazon-climate-change-announcement.html

Essential Oils for a Healthy Lifestyle

For years I was skeptical of the health benefits of alternative medicine, such as essential oils, thinking that they were simply superstitious tools of uneducated people and snake-oil peddlers. It came as a shock when my brilliant sister, a medically trained Occupational Therapist and Brain Specialist, started using essential oils in her professional practice. Needless […]

Neuroscience Says Your Body and Mind Get Stronger When You Focus on This 1 Thing | Inc.com

The research is clear. You can improve your physical and mental health by thinking this more frequently. — Read on www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/neuroscience-says-your-body-mind-get-stronger-when-you-focus-on-this-one-thingdraft-1562273865.html

Why The Next Downturn Will Be The Most Destructive In Modern History — And Why You Must Act Now In Order To Preserve Your Wealth (and the Planet!) | Peak Prosperity

Care about preserving your wealth and happiness? Understand the unfolding challenges to our future & take prudent action now! — Read on www.peakprosperity.com/why-the-next-downturn-will-be-the-most-destructive-in-modern-history-and-why-you-must-act-now-in-order-to-preserve-your-wealth-and-the-planet/

Drinking Wine Helps Your Brain in an Unexpected Way, According to Yale Neuroscience | Inc.com

We just reposted an article about the benefits of coffee and, wouldn’t you know it, here’s one about the benefits of wine! Now you can really enjoy your weekend! Wine puts cognitive processing on overload — which is a good thing. — Read on www.inc.com/scott-mautz/drinking-wine-helps-your-brain-in-an-unexpected-way-according-to-yale-neuroscience.html

Inflammation: The Holy Grail of Treating Chronic Disease?

Could inflammation be the root of preventable disease? — Read on harvardmagazine.com/2019/05/inflammation-disease-diet This is an enlightening article on how inflammation may be responsible for most of our modern chronic diseases. It also gives hints on how we can control inflammation through changes in diet and increased exercise. Definitely a worthwhile read.

Climate change will shrink US economy and kill thousands, government report warns – CNN

At a time when many Americans are distracted on a long holiday weekend, the Trump administration released a federally mandated report on climate change that delivers a dire warning about climate change and its devastating impacts on the country’s health and economy. — Read on edition-m.cnn.com/2018/11/23/health/climate-change-report-bn/index.html

Making Family Health and Wellness a Routine

The most effective way to impact your family’s health for the longterm is to establish healthy routines and habits. A great way to do this is to give yourself regular reminders to stay on course. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not great at scheduling reminders on my calendar. I prefer physical, analog […]