Photo: vikk007 At the end of a phone call with a friend recently, I felt completely drained. I sat back and thought about it for a second. I always end up feeling drained when I talk to this person. ...
Photo: Robert Bejil Photography Ashley Judd’s article first popped up on my FB newsfeed the day Daily Beast published it. Within a day, I had seen at least 10 friends post it, and I knew Ashley...
Photo: Tim Waclawski Mammograms have long been touted as THE way to prevent the advancement of breast cancer. But are they doing more harm than good? So what’s the deal with mammograms? Well, m...
Tabar, or Tobacco, sneaks in an old Russian advertisement / Photo: paukrus It’s not easy to imagine a society without advertisements. Yet, it was only a hundred years ago that the only ads peop...
Photo: turtlemom4bacon There are so many things that we as Americans don’t realize about our food system. About what vitamins and minerals we need, and what we are and aren’t getting. Abo...
Take the next 13 minutes to watch this video on happiness that will change your life (besides having awesome information, Shawn Anchor is seriously funny): Where does happiness come from? How do we a...
Last night, 60 Minutes had a great segment on antidepressants and the undervalued placebo effect. What Harvard researcher Irving Kirsch has found is that a placebo can work just as well as an antidep...
Photo: Barefoot Clinic Many people have heard about the benefits of acupuncture. But if you are looking for social change along with healing your ailment, CA is for you. We’re all sick. And tired. To...
Send your health and wellness questions to christine@holisticwithhumor.co m. Question: I’m having issues with my eye, and think it’s a food allergy. Can you tell me the difference between ...
Photo: Jem Yoshioka Here are the nutrients you need to prevent – and help heal – from an autoimmune disorder. Autoimmune diseases are on the rise. Traditionally thought of only as conditi...
Upcoming Performances February 12, 2012: Roots + Wings Share Love Benefit The Share Love event will be held on Sunday, February 12th from 2-5pm at Pink Dog Creative. All proceeds from the Share Love ...
This post by Emily of Butter Believer was written back in October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month – but packs just as much of a punch right now, as the spotlight is on the Susan G Komen F...
Photo: quinn.anya Having some health issues that you just can’t seem to shake? Can’t afford to go to the doctor, or whatever they’ve told you to do isn’t helping? Maybe itR...
So they say it isn’t “clinically significant”, but according to a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, it looks like caffeine can impact a woman’...
I’m starting a new series where every Friday, I’ll answer a nutritional, lifestyle, exercise, or spiritual health question from a reader. I thought the question below about B12 was a grea...
Photo: Serge Melki We don’t all view time in the same way. Not knowing how you perceive time could be negatively affecting your health. My friend Mary and I were talking the other day about the...
Photo: apdk What does it mean when we teach our kids they have to work harder and harder just to survive? That having a childhood where they get to run around with other kids just having fun is no lo...
Photo: Ian Sane's photostream So far this year, I’ve read at least have a half dozen articles about expanding less out into the world, and focusing more on specific people, places, and wor...
As Erica Mather points out in her article, How I came to love my body–just the way it is, Happiness is Now. You can’t project peace into the world, or hope for peace in the world, until you fin...
Bodies. Different shapes and sizes. All have amazing qualities. We don’t focus on all of those amazing qualities even close to enough of the time. We focus on what’s “wrong”. ...
Photo: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com It’s time to develop a new normal. There are no easy answers to the obesity “epidemic”. I’m not trying to diminish the issues faced by so...
In a sea of “remain positive all the time”, I’m so proud of The Bloggess for writing her truth. Don’t let people push affirmations and bright-sides on you all the time. Pain i...
Photo: discover your passion Happy New Year to everyone out there. This first post of the year on Living Holistically will hopefully detail – and guide – what you will find here this year...
Photo: Bassi Baba It’s been a tough year for a lot of people, including at moments, myself. So on Christmas Day, or the middle of Hanukkah, or the day before Kwanzaa begins, or any other number...
It’s a new year, and 2012 is going to be a big one on many levels. Attaining what you want takes planning and preparation, and at this workshop, I will provide you a road map of how to get to w...
Choose it Now. / Photo: Matthias Rhomberg Loving your body as it its. Accepting the size of your stomach, or hips, or thighs, and even those jangling underarms. Disregarding everything that society t...
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Melanie Edwards, aka Woman with fingers stuck in fro Here’s a fun present for the ladies for Christmas. Melanie Edwards, singer/songwriter extraordinaire, has created Witch Packs, which include...
Who says new-age hippies can’t take a joke? Well, I guess I don’t necessarily fit in the new-age category…well, at least to some people. And to me being holistic means you gotta lau...
Photo: HipMomma Sure, the holidays have already started (nowadays, they start around Oct. 15th). But we still have over a MONTH to go until New Years. That’s a lot of egg nog, gingerbread cooki...
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