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Its springtime in Northern California and the weather is beautiful! Getting outdoors in nature can have amazing benefits for your health! Do you make it a priority to get outdoors regularly? It's definitely worth the effort for those of us with chronic health...

(This is the second part of a two part article. If you missed the first part, you can read it here.) Last week I talked about how stress can cause the body’s “fight or flight” system (also called the sympathetic nervous system) to kick in and release stress chemicals...

Do you ever get to the end of your day so exhausted that you just can’t wait to drop into bed? You drag yourself through the last few hours of the evening knowing that you’re so tired you’ve definitely got a good night’s sleep ahead of you. Then just as you crawl...

I used to have all kinds of thoughts about the word “meditation”. I pictured myself sitting cross-legged and humming, with incense and strange music in the background – definitely not gonna happen! I’d heard that it helps with chronic illness, but it just didn’t make...

In a few weeks I will be going to an event with acquaintances who I haven’t seen in about 4 years. I know there will be the usual exchange of pleasantries, “So good to see you!”, “What are your kids up to these days?”, and of course, the dreaded, “How are you doing?”...

​I love a good meme as much as the next person. Most are encouraging, cute, funny, or even a bit irreverent. I spend way too much time scrolling through Facebook looking for a good chuckle! But one came across my page today that really caught me off guard. It said,...

​Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey We've heard it since we were kids - be grateful for what you have. But it's really not as easy as it sounds. It's...