The Autumnal Equinox will occur on Tuesday, September 22, 2014 at 10:29 PM EST. The equinox is a point of balance during the year, when the number of hours of darkness and day light are exactly equal. It signals the beginning of Fall, and is synonymous with the entry of the Sun into Libra, a sign… [Continue reading]
nutrition and mental health
The Value of a Supplement Hiatus
I recently undertook an 8 day cleanse. The most powerful benefit resulted from following the recommendation to stop all supplements that were not absolutely essential. I had been feeling unusually tired, which was part of the rationale for undertaking the cleanse in the first place. I thought that it might do me good to get… [Continue reading]
Bodily Gratitude
There is a very good blog featured by Boston’s NPR news station, WBUR, called The Common Health Blog. This morning I read one of their pieces that I thought was so important that I intend to post it here in its entirety. It’s by Rachel Zimmerman, who I know nothing about, except that she is… [Continue reading]
Histamine Intolerance: Another Great Pretender
Graphic from Healthy Pixels: The Many Faces of Histamine Intolerance (well worth reading) Almost a month ago I blogged about Histamine Intolerance, a widespread and under diagnosed condition. I have been preoccupied with this topic, and have since heard from many readers who recognize themselves in the widely inconsistent and variable symptom picture that can be associated with… [Continue reading]
Go Make a Ruckus
The law of synchronicity was alive and well this morning as I lay in bed listening to a fascinating conversation on the radio. Krista Tippett interviewed Seth Godin, an internet thought leader, innovator, and author who has recently written a new book, The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?, which I read for hours on a… [Continue reading]
