Tag: #inflammation

Stress Is Toxic

Stress Is Toxic

A lot like inflammation, stress can be powerful and useful and even life saving. It’s when it becomes chronic, mismanaged, and out of balance that it becomes problematic, or even dangerous. My pastor brought the heat on navigating stress last week. We looked at the...
We Made Food Sick

We Made Food Sick

Real food by its very nature is designed to nourish, fuel, restore, and heal. Down to the cellular level of our bodies. Whole and real food does not make us sick. Food can be a form of the most powerful medicine, truly. 100 years ago, all food was organic. All food...
Feel, Deal, Heal

Feel, Deal, Heal

Silencing symptoms or emotions doesn’t make the cause go away. The temporary bandaids, distractions, and quick fixes prolong healing and can lead to further injury and suffering. We’ve got to acknowledge what we’re feeling in order to deal with it appropriately. The...
Staying The Course

Staying The Course

This isn’t about some radical overnight life change. This about taking the next best step. Making changes, big or small. Shifting our lives over time in sustainable ways. A drastic overhaul most often does not last. It’s possible, of course! And if that’s your style...
Smallest Steps

Smallest Steps

8 years ago, after years of chronic pain leading to a health crisis that terrified me, I got desperate and started making some changes. Facing losing my life catapulted me into taking more responsibility for my health. It could have overwhelmed me but I chose to...