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Colon Consciousness

25 Mar 2013 | Colon Consciousness March is Colon Cancer Awareness month or as I like to call it ~ Colon Consiousness Month! Colon cancer prevention has come a long way in the last few decades with the help of notable celebrities and physicians such... read more

Intention Setting Worksheet

16 Dec 2012 | Intention Setting We live in a busy world with lots of noise and distractions. We start off dreaming of the ideal when we are kids and along the way, we get caught up with "to do" items and "shoulds" and grow distance between ... read more

Holiday Happiness

16 Dec 2012 | Holiday Health & Happiness Simple tools for staying sane and finding joy during this crazy fun time of year and beyond! You are what you think about the most. What would you like to focus on this holiday season?   ... read more

Top 5 Simple Wellness Solutions for Busy Professionals

13 Nov 2012 | Top 5 Simple Wellness Solutions for Busy Professionals I've been told that great busy professionals have: a clear mind that can process a lot of information, energy, ability to focus, a calm demeanor, ability to manage ongoing stress, and tim... read more

Heart Disease ~ What's Really Putting You at Risk

13 Nov 2012 | Heart Disease ~ What's Really Putting You at Risk Heart disease is responsible for 2200 deaths in the U.S. every day (cancer is responsible for 1580 deaths per day). Most people with heart concerns have been taught to lower and m... read more

Food for the Soul

22 May 2012 | Food for the Soul ~ Food Groups for Living Happily By Ellen Palmer Food. It seems simple. You are what you eat and therefore, the food you eat creates the physical body you live in. But that's only half the meal! You create a healthy ... read more

Nutrition, Nurturing and Nirvana

22 May 2012 | Three Easy Ways to Add Nutrition to Your Meals March is here and I’m celebrating the start of spring by spending more time outside, enjoying the sunshine and warmer temperatures, and re-connecting with nature. It’s also National Nutrition Month... read more

De-Stress and Unwind!

22 May 2012 | Stress Busting 3 Easy Steps to Reduce Daily Stress Raise your hand if you are stressed! Most of us live full, busy lives with lots of things to get done in a relatively short period of time.  We have work deadlines, family and community... read more

Life Design

22 May 2012 | Life Design ~ Practical Tools to Create a Conscious & Vibrant Life Are you living your ideal life? Do you spend your days doing the things you love with the people you love? Do you have great health, happiness, fulfilling relationships, energy... read more

Hitting the Restart Button on your Health

22 May 2012 | Hitting the Restart Button on your Health I love the New Year as a time to hit the restart button on wellness initiatives. There's just something about being back at the beginning of the year filled with hope and determination that's mot... read more

A Realistic Approach to Better Health

22 May 2012 | A Realistic Approach to Better Health By: Ellen Palmer Holistic Health Coach In the United States, there are over 130 million people suffering from chronic conditions caused by lack of nutrition, lack of exercise and too much stress. Wha... read more

'Tis the Season for Peace, Joy, and YOU!

22 May 2012 | 'Tis the Season for Peace, Joy and YOU! By Ellen Palmer, Certified Holistic Health Counselor Family get-togethers. Holiday parties. Gift exchanging. For many, it's the most wonderful time of the year. It can also be an incredibly stress... read more

Food as Medicine

22 May 2012 | Food As Medicine Are the Foods you Eat Making you Sick? By Ellen Palmer, Certified Holistic Health Coach When I was sick with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Reflux, and migraine headaches, I was patched together wi... read more

The Many Names of Sugar

14 Jul 2010 | The Many Names of Sugar ~ Sugar is a key ingredient in many foods that are a part of our daily diet which you may not even realize!   Since many daily symptoms and chronic conditions are triggered or worsened with too much sugar, and many... read more

7 Tips for Maintaining Balance in Your Busy Complicated Day

14 Jul 2010 | 7 Tips For Maintaining Balance In Your Busy, Complicated Day July 2010 Life is busy.  Many times, we are heads down plowing through our "to do" lists and missing out on all of the things that bring us joy and fulfillm... read more

Healthy Snacks by Texture

31 Mar 2010 | Healthy Snacks by Texture When I have a craving,  it usually falls into one of the following categories:  crunchy, sweet, salty or creamy.  We could talk for hours about why we have cravings and how to decipher them but we... read more

Health is Wealth

28 Jan 2010 | Health is Wealth Savor the Success New Year, New You Event in NYC was a great opportunity to present amazing women entrepreneurs with food, exercise and self care tips to keep them moving forward in go... read more

Candida Recipes

26 Jan 2010 | Delicious, Sugar-Free, Candida "Legal"  Chocolate Smoothy As a fellow sufferer of Candida, I know how hard it is to go without some of our favorite treats.  With a hankering for chocolate, I was inspired to create this deliciou... read more

Vitamin D Fact Sheet

01 Oct 2009 | Vitamin D Fact Sheet Technically Vitamin D is a hormone. Regardless, the benefits of Vitamin D include: Prevents osteoporosis by promoting the absorption of calcium and phosphorus Strengthens your ... read more

Candida

01 Oct 2009 | CANDIDA ~ What it is and How it Compromises Your Immune System by Dr. Linda Nelson, ND, PhD Candida (albicans) is one of the many different types of yeast. Yeast cells are able to grow on the surface of all living thing... read more

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