Being mindful. A concept many of us have embraced. Mindfulness is in fact a great tool to use to monitor your energy, and to help you understand where your energy goes and how to ensure that you aren’t depleting yourself unnecessarily.
Perhaps you had a routine physical exam and blood testing with your Medical Doctor or Naturopathic Doctor and discovered that your blood sugar was uncomfortably high. Maybe you’re concerned about your family history of diabetes or heart disease and already recognize that prevention is key. It’s a common scenario in my office, perhaps because an […]
(3.5 min read) Patience is a virtue. That’s how the saying goes. And a virtue, according to Oxford Living Dictionaries, is a quality considered morally good or desirable in a person.
(4 min read) Everyone has a morning routine as unique as the house they live in. Some are long and complex. Others are quick and to the point. I’d be willing to bet, though, that just about everyone’s morning routine involves making themselves look more presentable. Showers wash away flat morning hair, toothpaste strips away bad […]
Ever wonder why your seasonal allergies vary in intensity from year to year? What makes them so much worse this year compared to last season? It’s not as simple as environmental fluctuations that change how plants bloom. Your immune reactions against otherwise harmless things like pollen fluctuate and adapt according to what else is happening […]
Let us start this off by reminding everyone that menopause is NOT a disease but a natural cycle in a woman’s life. This life cycle can be a bit rough for some, but there are ways to navigate through it more easily. The definition of menopause is one full year without any menstruation[i]. It is […]
Click here to read our entire online January e-newsletter on inflammation and pain. Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND INFLAMMATION. We’re told that it causes anything from heart disease to arthritis to aging. Medical science has developed countless pharmaceutical and surgical interventions to suppress or circumvent its destructiveness, to alleviate pain and treat chronic disease. We even […]
Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND One of the most frustrating outcomes of an IBS diagnosis for many patients is the common judgement that “it’s all in your head”. If group hypnosis and “psycho-education” studies demonstrate positive benefits for people with IBS, then this must be true, right? Here’s a little bit of what “all in your […]
We’re gearing up for our October and November series of classes! Next week we’ll release the 2 month calendar, which will include six Monday morning qi gong classes with Carol Belanger, another 4 part Mindfulness Meditation course Tuesday evenings with Jocelyne Leyton, detoxification and cooking classes with Christina Vlahopoulos, trigger point sessions with Joel Ackerman, […]
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