The perils of doing yoga have flooded the news this fall. Pastors and Christian leaders have declared yoga an evil practice because of its pagan origins. I’d agree that using certain words (namaste, om, etc.) and emptying the mind or worshiping the sun god with mantras is absolutely counter to our beliefs and dangerous to […]
Whole Body Health
How Do I Look?
This month, I have another birthday coming up, which doesn’t bother me (most of the time). After all, age is relative, right? In our culture, depending on what you eat, how much you exercise, and the creams you put on your face, 60 can look 40. And vice versa: those that smoke, do drugs, and […]
For Women: No, Really, It Is
At some point in the last decade, I woke up to a world gone mad. Dismissing the Creator years ago, moral standards progressed down the hill and all the way off the cliff. We’ve committed the ultimate hubris by rewriting marriage (from a God-designed covenant between a man and a woman to what it is […]
Avoiding a Cholecystectomy
My whole life my mom taught me that God designed my body in complex and amazing ways. Whether we fully understand how it all works–we won’t–or not, we can trust that each part serves a function and is not a spare. For years, people assumed that the tonsils, appendix, and gallbladder served little purpose and […]
Do You Hate Winter and Dread Monday?
If you hate winter and dread Mondays, you might need a little dreary-day cheer today. Maybe you are just S.A.D. and need a little more sunlight and exercise. Please, if your situation is leading to depression (apathy, hopelessness, irritability, sleep abnormalities, loss of energy and guilt), consult a doctor or counselor immediately. Honestly, sometimes I […]
And to all a Goodnight: Tips to Sleeping Better
Gayle Greene, author of Insomniac, says that “sleep is the fuel of life. It’s nourishing; it’s restorative. And when you are deprived of it, you are really deprived of a basic kind of sustenance.” Although we’d rank sleep up there with water, food, and shelter, we often act like it’s the least important–easily dismissed–aspect of our […]
Ways I’ve Saved Hundreds Avoiding the Doctor’s Office
[Disclaimer: I don’t normally write about alternative health or treating your children’s ailments, like some “mommy blogs” do: that’s not the purpose of this site. However, I know how desperate some moms are to glean new insights and save money, so my hope rests in encouraging you with some ideas that have been shared with […]