Alopecia: Chemotherapy and Hair Loss

Alopecia: Chemotherapy and Hair Loss

Alopecia is the loss of some or all of one’s hair. For cancer patients, alopecia happens because chemotherapy attacks rapidly growing cells including those in your hair follicles. This hair loss can happen all over your body, not just your head. For some, the hair...
The Power of Forgiveness

The Power of Forgiveness

Ancient wisdom and recent research from the field of positive psychology suggests that learning to forgive may just be one pathway to greater emotional freedom, peace, better relationships and improved health. Forgiveness is defined as a deliberate decision to release...
Core Beliefs Part 2: Creating Healthier Core Beliefs

Core Beliefs Part 2: Creating Healthier Core Beliefs

In my last post, I wrote about how to identify and understand your core beliefs. As a refresher, core beliefs are those underlying ideas that we have about ourselves, the world, and others. In some cases, these beliefs help us to get our needs met and make us feel...
Mindful Eating in Children

Mindful Eating in Children

Children can be over- or under-sensitive to many things, including eating, so we must remember that eating is more than just chewing and swallowing food. It is a sensory experience. Eating includes: The External Environment: What is happening around me? The smell of...
Savvy Internet Searching and Your Health

Savvy Internet Searching and Your Health

There have been many changes to the our healthcare system – managed care organizations are enrolling more individuals, providers are spending less time with patients and costs are being more carefully monitored. The United States healthcare system has maintained a...