Promote Peace, Decrease Agitation & Pain in Hospice Patients
In my early years as a nurse, the prevalence of hospices was not as widespread, necessitating hospitals to often shoulder the responsibility of caring for individuals at the end of life. I often wished I could provide more than just medication and listening to...
The Interconnectedness of Physical, Emotional, and Mental Healing
When we become injured or ill, we often focus solely on alleviating physical symptoms while neglecting the intricate connection between our bodies, emotions, and minds. However, ancient wisdom and emerging research highlight the undeniable interconnectedness of...
Nurture Your Heart Chakra for Healing and Happiness
Pure spiritual love is life’s most powerful healer. Whether you desire to heal yourself or others, coming from a space of unconditional love allows you to raise your vibration and assist the body to self-heal. To experience a harmonious and fulfilling life, keeping...
Hawaii’s Amazing Healing Energy
Hawaii is a special, healing place for me and my husband and each time we visit I get a new insight as to why that is. When we first started vacationing there (sometimes with our children and other times just the two of us) I knew that being outdoors and not having...
COVID Positive? How HT Promotes Healing & Provides Support
Now that it is clear COVID is an illness we must learn to live with (like the flu), it doesn’t mean you need to be miserable if you get it. I have worked with many people that had it, and Healing Touch treatments eased their physical symptoms and uplifted their...
The Power of Guided Imagery in Health and Healing
Your mind is a powerful tool for physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being. Let me share a client story with you to illustrate this. A woman that we will call Sharon, came to see me because she had lost all motivation to do anything at home. The dishes...
Balance your Sacral Chakra for Improved Creativity, Relationships and Emotional Serenity
If you have been experiencing emotional ups and downs, have difficulty sustaining healthy relationships or lost your creative mojo, your sacral chakra may be in need of healing.
6 Tips to Naturally Boost Your Immune System
Cold and flu season is approaching, so here are some tips on how to assist your body in keeping you healthy. These tips are simple, effective and low to no cost! You may be familiar with some suggestions, but a reminder never hurts!
5 Tips to Relieve Mental Fatigue and Improve Conccentration
Mental fatigue is a condition triggered by prolonged cognitive activity. Basically, it sends your brain into overdrive, leaving you exhausted, hampering your productivity and overall cognitive function. It can manifest as a mental block, lack of motivation, irritability, stress eating or loss of appetite and insomnia.
Release “Stuck” Emotions for Enhanced Health, a Healing Story
We experience a variety of emotions and events during our life. Many are joyful, thrilling and fun, while others may be sad, distressing or traumatic. When the later types of emotions get repressed or buried instead of processed and released, it can contribute to physical and mental health issues. The mind, body and spirit are all interconnected and directly affect each other.
How the Collective Consciousness can Affect You
Do you ever feel very irritable or angry and don’t know why? Have you ever awakened with a heavy heart even when your life is going well? When profound events happen in another part of the world, are you adversely affected ?
Benefits of Integrative Therapies Pre & Post-Surgery A Very Personal Story Part 2
This article is my personal story about how these therapies helped me recover after my lobectomy (removal of 1 lobe of my lung) due to cancer. This covers what I did post-operatively to promote healing, decrease post-op nausea & vomiting, decrease pain, and stay positive emotionally.
Energetic Tips for a great 2022
Happy New Year! I and many others hope that this year will be better than last year on many fronts. The pandemic, chaos, divisiveness of 2021 caused massive uncertainty and produced anxiety and stress throughout the US. While these issues will not go away easily or quickly there are energetic techniques you can do for yourself to help make 2022 feel more peaceful, joyful, and stable.
Living from Gratitude Improves Health and Emotional Well-being
Do you or someone you know find things to be grateful for even during challenging and stressful times? Do you or someone you know seem to focus on what is missing or difficult despite many positive things in your/their life? The first person comes from a place of...
Benefits of Integrative Therapies Pre & Post-Surgery A Very Personal Story
I have written about the benefits of these therapies before but never from such an intimate perspective. My past writings were based on experiences my clients shared, studies I had read and stories from other practitioners. This story is based on my very personal...
Want to promote joy and well-being in yourself?
Whether you are feeling “blah”, sad, ok or happy you can never have too much joy or sense of wellbeing in your life. We are all experiencing so many changes in our lives right now, from the pandemic, social and racial injustices, and politics in...
Decrease Fear, Anxiety By Energizing Your Solar Plexus
Are you feeling fearful or anxious? Have you been experiencing nausea, or feel like there is a “knot” or “ butterflies” in your stomach? These symptoms may be your solar plexus expressing emotions through physical sensations. It means you need to check-in with...
Quickly Ease Anxiety & Stress With Aromatherapy
Today anxiety and stress are rampant. Between COVID, social & climate issues, and economic concerns it can be challenging to manage our emotions and stop the fight- or- flight response. However, research suggests that aromatherapy can have a...
Friends Helped Me Navigate Profound Grief and Chaotic Energy
This past April my family was presented with unexpected events that overwhelmed us. I am ecstatic that I had many friends that helped to support me emotionally and energetically to get me through it especially while in quarantine. I want to share my story, which has...
Finding “the gifts” of shelter-in-place
This is a scary time with many unanswered questions. Many people are experiencing financial, health and mental challenges due to sheltering-in-place; I understand these concerns are real. However, worry and stress...
Enhance Your Immune System & Stay Calm
In these uncertain times, we must stay cautious and vigilant but it is crucial we do not panic. Fear affects our decision-making ability, decreases the immune system and can overwhelm and paralyze some people. We will need to adapt and be able to flow with...