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by Donna Powers
Hope in the Darkest of Times
“Life has been a series of some very unusual circumstances this past week. I know I am not alone. Although the carol says, ” ’tis the season to be jolly”! It should maybe be sung instead to the words “ ’tis the season to be human’. I was scanning through to see what I wrote … Read more
Too Much Ho Ho Ho Merry Merry!
Can holidays be too much of a good thing? Within the last three months of the calendar years, those of us living in North America, have three ‘big’ holidays – Thanksgiving, Halloween and then Christmas. During my parenting years, we added two birthdays in that same three months! Despite the frigid temperatures, I looked forward … Read more
Stinky Cheese Toots
With the third issue of Homeopathy First Magazine soon to be published (watch for announcements in the next couple of weeks), there is a lot going on in my life. So I am digging around in the archives looking for something to repost. I was originally going to write about Fecal Microbial Transplants (that is … Read more
Depression Part 2: The Common Cold of Mental Disorders
Today our guest blogger is Jeri Lynne Erickson, a psychotherapist and most importantly, a very dear friend. We have raised our kids together…boys who are now young men with families and careers. We have shared all the ups and downs that go with being a mom and now we have the gift of friendship as … Read more
Yule Blues Part 1 – Darkness into Light and Lessons from Nature
Hello Everyone! A couple of weeks post time change and setting the clocks back an hour, we find ourselves talking about the shorter daylight hours – heading to work in the dark and returning home in the dark. Add to that the anticipation of the first big snow fall in our northern hemisphere, we could … Read more
About 5 million men in Canada and 14 million men in the USA have this…
This condition affects 50 per cent of men between the ages of 51 and 60 and up to 90 percent of men older than 80. That is a LOT of men. See the research here! So listen up! In Canada, this condition, because it is so prevalent and because we are aging well past 60, is … Read more
Vaccine Free? Now What?
Maybe like me, you vaccinated your kids in the 1980’s. It was what a good parent did to make sure that your child had life-long immunity (yes…that was the promise – immunity) to infectious illnesses like diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis), measles, mumps, rubella and haemophilus influenza. There were no questions asked. You were told … Read more
Insomnia
“Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask ‘Where have I gone wrong?’ Then a voice says to me, ‘this is going to take more than one night.” (insert sigh) Charlie Brown Most of us would agree, having a good night’s sleep is necessary to health and healing. For some folks though, a short … Read more
Homeopathy and Dreams
If you have had the opportunity to see a homeopath for a consult, you will likely have been asked at some point about your nighttime dreams. Dreams can be a way to enter into your symptoms at a deeper level. Dreams have a way of taking us beyond our physical reality and putting us in … Read more
