Category: Alternative Medicine
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H&W|65|Exploring the Japanese Approach to Health & Wellness — From Heritage to Daily Life
Exploring the Japanese Approach to Health & Wellness — From Heritage to Daily Life I am half Japanese, but all of my elders on my father’s side are gone now. I often wish I could sit with them and listen — really listen — to their stories, their wisdom, and how they approached health and…
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H&W|65|🌿 The Body in Recovery Mode
🌿 The Body in Recovery Mode When you’ve lived with chronic pain, illness, emotional trauma, or any form of sustained stress, your body goes into a kind of survival mode. Your nervous system becomes hyper-alert. Your appetite changes. Your digestion slows. Your body puts energy into coping, not nourishing. And even when things start to…
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H&W|65|💛 “When Things Don’t Move, Everything Hurts”
💛 “When Things Don’t Move, Everything Hurts” A Personal Share on Constipation, Bladder Issues & What My Body Has Taught Me Let’s talk about something that doesn’t get talked about enough—especially for those of us navigating chronic pain, aging, and complex medical conditions: bowel and bladder issues. It’s not glamorous. It’s not fun. But it’s real.…
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Blog Challenge|60+|I Am Most Proud of My Ability to Care
What are you most proud of in your life? What I Am Most Proud Of in My Life God blessed me with the ability to care for others. I witnessed this gift in action through my parents, my godmother, and the elders who helped shape me. They were living examples of love, kindness, and selfless…
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H&W|60+|Constipation
Constipation definition: a condition of the bowels in which the feces are dry and hardened and evacuation is difficult and infrequent. Calm Through the Chaos: Let’s Talk About Constipation Over the past year and a half, I’ve been on a journey of managing chronic pain—stemming from an injury that caused radiculopathy, compounded by the onset…
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H&W|60+|Change The Pain Into Hope|TakeControl|Vol.4
Reclaiming My Healing: A Journey Through Pain, Mindfulness & Medicine Two weeks ago, I made a quiet but powerful commitment to myself: to explore whether I could manage my chronic pain through the Mind-Body Connection. It wasn’t a rejection of medicine—but rather a personal shift toward deeper mindfulness, intentional living, and holistic healing. I began and…
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H&W|60+Mindfulness|Vol.3
What Is Mindfulness? “Mindfulness encompasses two key ingredients: awareness and acceptance. Awareness is the knowledge and ability to focus attention on one’s inner processes and experiences, such as the experience of the present moment. Acceptance is the ability to observe and accept—rather than judge or avoid—those streams of thought.”— Psychology Today As I embark on a…
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H&W|60+|What If the Brain Is the Key to Chronic Pain?|Vol.2
Is There a Different Approach to Health Care? Have you ever asked yourself this question? How much do you truly understand about your health concerns—and the options available to you for care? I’ve been asking myself these questions more and more lately. Though I work in healthcare, I’m not a medical professional. But I observe…
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