How Will You Redefine Yourself in 2010?
By Jennifer Beall, LCPC
A new year is starting, a perfect time to redefine yourself. Instead of making New Year’s resolutions that you won’t keep, how about looking at yourself and deciding who you really want to be, then doing what you need to do to become that person?
We’re defined by many things and many people, most notably our family. We’re given messages about who we are, what we can do, and what’s expected of us. Most of us don’t question those definitions because they’re part of our identities, and we’ve never known ourselves any other way. Learn more...
Honoring the Gifts of Winter
By Linnea Smith Varner, RN, M.Ac., Dipl. Ac.
As the holidays approach, many of my patients are preparing themselves for the onslaught of decorating, shopping, cooking and social events that accompany this time of year. As this busy time approaches, many people report decreased energy and a desire to stay inside and snuggle in with a good book. For those of us who demand so much of ourselves, this feeling of reduced energy is viewed as if something is wrong.
In Chinese medicine, we recognize that the winter is a time of great stillness, when all living things are slowing down, or hibernating, in order to store energies to fuel us for the coming year. Learn More ...
Sleep Better Tonight!
By Dr. Tom Hyland Robertson
Depriving ourselves of shuteye has become a point of pride with Americans. President Bill Clinton claimed to thrive on 5 or 6 hours of sleep a night. If one of the most powerful men in the world can manage on so little, surely the rest of us should be able to do the same, right?
Only if you want to put your health at risk! The consequences of sleep deprivation on our well-being are dramatic. Sleep affects mental functioning and memory as well as overall physical health—less sleep equals higher odds of developing diabetes, more difficulty maintaining a healthy weight, increased lower back pain, and greater risk of heart disease. Learn More...
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