One of the most important parts of healing is being comfortable. When a person is comfortable, their stress is down, their confidence increases, they’re able to rest well and they have the energy and motivation to try to improve their health or maintain their already healthy lifestyle. In fact, there have been many studies like this one about the impact of the hospital environment and hospital room on a patient’s ability to heal. I love ...
Are You Drinking Enough Water + Fruity Ice Recipe
Water...the source of life and so critical to make a daily part of your life. And yet, even though Americans have unlimited access to clean filtered options, it's our most common nutrient deficiency. We are extremely dehydrated! Here’s some of the early signs to dehydration: headaches muscle aches fatigue depression cramps irritability And here’s some of the more mature signs of dehydration: heartburn joint ...
Guest Post: 3 Easy Steps to Canning for Health and Wellness
Let me introduce you to my new friend, Jenny. She is a gem! If you had even 5 minutes with her in person, your stomach would hurt from laughing so hard. She recently introduced a “new to me” concept called, canning. I remember helping my Grandma can in the late summer months to preserve the harvest from her garden. To this day, October is my favorite time of year, especially because my parents harvest all of the apples from their trees to ...
Guest Post: Reducing the Risks of EMF Radiation Emitted from Modern Technology
I’m so thankful for modern day technology. Not only do I depend on my phone and computer to earn a living, but I also depend on it for research and continuing to educate myself. However, research also proves that regular exposure to these conveniences can be dangerous for our health. I have also found that the science and information shared can be quite confusing. This is partially due to the large amount of funding bias and outright ...
4 Essential Oil Blends to Use During Cancer Treatment
As you may have heard me say, prior to my son’s cancer diagnosis, I had never experienced or even used essential oils. However, thanks to my sister who is also a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and my friend, Pamala, who is a Naturopathic Doctor, that quickly changed. With the unexpected health crisis, I was desperate to try anything! So, they gave us some simple instructions and explanations on how to help improve his immune ...
10 Ways to Minimize Side Effects from Chemotherapy and Surgery
One of the most awful parts of navigating a cancer diagnosis is the side effects from treatment. I got my first up-close and personal taste of this during a very difficult conversation shortly after my 3-year-old son, Kicker, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. While chatting with another cancer dad, he shared his experiences with his young son and how I needed to prepare for… all of the vomiting from chemotherapy how ...
5 Foods That Fight Cancer
I’ve previously shared the horrifying response I received from our son’s Oncologist when asked about what foods he should or shouldn’t eat during his 3.5 year cancer battle… “Oh, don’t worry about that,” he smirked, “A calorie, is a calorie, is a calorie. We just don’t want him to lose weight. Feed him whatever he feels like. If he wants French fries or a cupcake from the cafeteria, let him have it.” And let me just go ahead and ...
