Articles & Inspiration to Support Your Mind, Body, And Spirit
Coronavirus: An Updated Perspective
Last week, I wrote an article expressing my perspective on the COVID-19 "coronavirus" virus. I continue to stand by everything in that article for keeping yourself safe from illness and keeping your immune system strong. Since that time, we have more information from...
Coronavirus: A Nurse Practitioner’s View
With all the hype over the coronavirus, I've taken some time to take it all in and contemplate my thoughts about everything. I've been reading loads of articles and talking with colleagues. I thought I would be remiss not to express my points of view. As a nurse who...
10 Tips to Combat the Effects of Sitting
It's starting to be said that, "sitting is the new silent killer". Since the beginning of COVID-19, I've been sitting more than ever! I’m guessing you can relate. What’s becoming more and more clear is how much sitting is affecting our health. There are the more...
Could Sitting Be Affecting Your Health?
One of the things I’ve noticed that’s different in my life now than during my younger years is how much sitting I do. I sit on the computer much of the day for work, I sit when I do body work, I sit to rest after work, I sit for Netflix, I sit to eat, I sit with...
What Kind of Mindset Do You Have?
One of the basics of transformational healing is first to understand what kind of mindset you operate under. In her book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck, Ph.D. introduces us to the concept of Fixed versus Growth Mindsets. A Fixed Mindset is...
How an Integrative Approach Saved My Gallbladder
About 10 years ago, I began having some very uncomfortable symptoms in my gut. I would get horribly bloated after meals, belch unstoppably for hours, and have terrible pain. I remember an old wise doctor at the clinic where I worked as a RN telling me that he thought...
Free Webinar
We know so many people are frustrated with the care they are receiving in today's healthcare. Our mission is to be a part of the change we want to see in that healthcare. A lot of that change comes from shifting our thinking away from what mainstream medicine wants us...
The Comeback of Prairie Care
When I was a little girl, I was always the nurse whenever anyone got hurt. I cleaned the wound with merthiolate turning the skin bright red and carefully applied a bandaid. I was inspired by TV heroes like Doc Baker on Little House on the Prairie and Dr. Quinn...
FEAR: Help or Hinderance?
This past weekend, my husband and I watched the movie Free Solo, which highlights the rock climber, Alex Honnold, and his famous rope-free 3000-foot ascent in Yosemite. I could go into great detail about how disturbing this movie was for me at points as the mother of...
What is a Nurse Practitioner and Why You Might Want to See One?
One of the most interesting parts of moving my practice from Indiana to Oregon has been the large amount of people I've met who haven't known about the role of a Nurse Practitioner (NP). A lot of people think that a NP is a nurse with an few additional skills. Yes,...