No matter who you are, eventually you get sick or injured. It may be just a cold, or something much more virulent. You may cut a finger, or break a leg. No matter whether large or small, it's important to heal, completely and quickly. In this episode, I talk about some things that can have an impact on your healing--either positive or negative. If you'd like to know more about these factors and what you can do to help yourself to heal, take a listen. And as always, please feel free to leave a co...
Dec 19, 2023•25 min
Season 3, Episode 8. In this episode, I am privileged to interview Robin Hancock, a trained and certified Forest Bathing nature guide who lives in the mountains of NW Georgia, USA. If you have listened to my podcast before, you may have heard me talk about the benefits of Shinrin Yoku (the Japanense phrase for Forest Bathing). Robin is much more knowledgeable about this topic than I, and in fact has a business where she organizes and leads Forest Bathing experiences. You can find her on Facebook...
Sep 05, 2023•31 min
Today's episode is about acupuncture, and I have a great guest, Deanna Stennett, a Georgia-licensed and Nationally Certified Acupuncturist. Because of various delays since this was recorded, Deanna's Ellijay, GA, location has very recently changed. Her Ellijay location is now at the Natural Wellness Center on Kiker Street in Ellijay. Her website URL is www.acupunctureinnorthgeorgia.com , but it may not yet have the correct Ellijay, GA address! Also, please be aware that the interview portion of ...
Jul 08, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 7
(My apologies... I labeled this as "CONFINED Animal..." and not "CONCENTRATED Animal...". I have actually heard them referred to with both terms, but Concentrated is the preferred term.) Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations are proliferating across America, and have even begun to spread to the UK and other countries. No scientific body nor ecological body approves of their existence, because of the immense harm CAFOs cause to the environment, the health of the people who live around the CAFO, ...
Jun 25, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 6
This is the actual guided meditation, introduced in the previous episode. I hope you find it useful.
May 07, 2023•14 min•Season 3Ep. 5
This guided meditation, with accompanying sounds of crystal singing bowl and 7-metal Tibetan singing bowl, was created to help you balance and energize your Base Chakra (also called the Root Chakra). Because I don't want you to have to listen to my little intro of the meditation every time you may want to use the guided meditation, I will post the meditation as a separate episode after this one. Also, in case you wish to download directly, here is a link to allow you to download the meditation f...
May 07, 2023•2 min•Season 3Ep. 4
So often, people are afraid of the dark, or cannot see the positive side of darkness. In this episode, I want to talk about how darkness benefits us... and not just humans, but everything that is alive on Earth.
Mar 26, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Many people have heard of generational curses, such as the sins or evil of the grandparents being held against the grandchild. But such generational curses can have what many would consider innocent physical causes, totally separate from any spiritual actions on the part of ancestors.
Feb 27, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In this episode, I talk about how failing to forgive others is more harmful to your own mental, emotional, and even your PHYSICAL health., than it is to anyone else. I talk about the scientific/medical indications of self-damage, and a few ways to help you forgive others.
Jan 01, 2023•20 min•Season 2Ep. 9
There's no denying the power of some of today's marvelous pharmaceutical wonders. But don't forget that, for centuries, people successfully used a variety of herbs to treat various illnesses and disorders. There isn't enough time in one of these episodes to cover ALL the medicinal herbs you could use, but here is a sampling of some that are commonly available, and that could be of use to you. And by the way, my recommended source for purchased herbs (the one we use for herbs we cannot grow ourse...
Nov 08, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 9
We've all heard or read thousands of warnings about tobacco use. But just because it's "Old News" doesn't mean we should ignore it. There is more to it than the risk of lung cancer, trust me. Take a listen, and learn! Main background music: "Evening Nights" CC-BY, Mehul Sharma
Sep 15, 2022•26 min
Many, many people have pets, and love them dearly... but most people simply aren't aware of the great benefits to physical, mental, and emotional health that can be gained from having a pet companion. Take a listen to learn more!
Jul 16, 2022•22 min
So many times we hear the term "psychosomatic illness" used in a disparaging way, as though the sufferer is faking it or only imagining it. But the fact is, and research backs this up, that a person's mental and emotional state has a tremendous impact on their physical health. Sometimes that is a negative impact, and that's what has been emphasized so often. But actually, we can can take steps to establish positive thoughts and emotions that will literally improve our physical health and reduce ...
May 30, 2022•21 min
With spring fully upon most of us in the Northern Hemisphere, we long to get out in Nature. And thankfully, being out in Nature is one of the most beneficial things we can do for our physical, mental, and emotional health. Nature therapy... eco-therapy... forest bathing... earthing... whatever you wish to call it, that's what this episode is all about. And here are some links that may be helpful to you, if you would like to read more about this fantastic way of making yourself healthier, simply ...
Apr 01, 2022•22 min
As the title says, sometimes life changes our plans. I had one of those plan-changing occurrences this past weekend, and this brief episode talks about it, and how it is impacting me. Main episode music is CCL 2006, by Curt Sifert, titled "A Young Church".
Mar 24, 2022•9 min
This particular episode was not planned in my schedule, but it is something that has been impressed on me for the last few days. The situation in Ukraine, with Russian aggression, is devastating and discouraging. But we can see that the leadership of Russia does NOT have the full support of his own people, and certainly not that of the rest of the world. It would be sadly foolish to blame all Russian people for what is happening there. So, I want to present this prayerful meditation for peace an...
Feb 28, 2022•32 min
This guided meditation is the follow-up to the Season 2, Episode 2 episode, on Cultivating Loving Kindness. Download it... listen to it... share it with your friends!
Feb 15, 2022•20 min
Loving Kindness is all about treating others, and ourselves, with compassion, kindness, and acceptance. It's not "tolerance" because that implies you simply are putting up with someone else, while (mentally or otherwise) rolling your eyes or gritting your teeth. It's not about sappy, moon-eyed, fake affection, either. Rather, it's a somewhat radical idea: understanding that everyone, yourself included, is doing the best they can, and everyone has both sorrows and joys to deal with... so why not ...
Feb 15, 2022•15 min
Since the end of 2021 has just come and gone, it wouldn't be at all unusual if we all breathed a collective sigh of relief... or maybe hold our breath in anticipation of what MIGHT be coming down the pike. But the truth is, holding onto the negativity and bad energy that has been so overwhelming for the last year or so is not helpful nor is it healthy. In this podcast, I talk about a variety of rituals and ceremonies, both solo and group, that can be used to help you rid yourself of those unheal...
Jan 01, 2022•23 min
It has been FAR too long since my last episode, but with the holiday seasons upon us, life has become particularly busy. However, past that, in this episode I talk about sound healing, or more broadly, how vibrational therapy is used to help us... whether it is conventional medicine such as sonograms for pregnant women or lithotripsy for kidney stones, or more esoteric vibrational therapy such as using singing bowls or drumming. Also, after I posted this episode, I found a great link for chantin...
Dec 05, 2021•27 min
With concerns about pollution in our water, air, and food--microplastics, PFAs, lead, and so on, ad nauseum--we often forget about , or simply don't KNOW about, the toxins that can contaminate our thoughts and emotions. These toxins are insidious and often difficult to recognize unless they are pointed out to us. In this episode, I talk about the immaterial, but still dangerous, toxins that can be in our thoughts and emotions, and make some recommendations for dealing with them. I hope you find ...
Oct 18, 2021•21 min
This episode is all about personal hydration: what it is, why it is important, how to recognize dehydration, and how to maintain GOOD hydration. In the episode, I said I would post a link to a website with four recipes for homemade, DIY electrolyte replacement drinks, but as fate would have it, it seems I can no longer locate that website. SO… instead, I will post multiple website URLs here, with a variety of recipes for electrolyte replacement drinks. As always, I'd love to hear from you with y...
Sep 20, 2021•36 min
You know, even though I am a Holistic Health Practitioner, and use a variety of non-allopathic therapeutic methods to help my clients heal, I have been flabbergasted by the number of (quite frankly) crazy ideas that people have come up with to prevent or "cure" COVID. This is especially mind-boggling now that the FDA has fully approved at least three real COVID vaccines... and they are FREE. In this episode I talk about things that I consider to be "crazy COVID cures", and explain why they don't...
Aug 28, 2021•31 min
This is the download I talked about in Episode 1-9, for helping someone to heal their damaged back. Feel free to download and share it with anyone you feel may benefit from it.
Aug 05, 2021•20 min
Visualization, also called guided imagery, is a powerful tool to help us be better at what we do. But even more importantly--at least from my perspective--is how visualization can help a person heal more quickly and be healthier in general. Scientists have shown that, when we think of an event happening, whether it is an event that happened in the past that we are replaying, or something in the future that has not happened but that we anticipate, the chemicals and signals in our body act the sam...
Aug 05, 2021•29 min
Holistic health is NOT just about burning some sage, meditating, using essential oils, and all that. Being healthy ALSO involves simple, practical stuff like good nutrition and proper physical exercise. No matter how many hours you meditate, how many singing bowls you have around you, if you don't take care of your body, you will not have good health. Chris Shingles is the owner of ChrisFit, a physical training and nutrition business located in Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK. He specializes in HIIT,...
Jul 10, 2021•44 min
This episode is a bit different, in that I don't talk about any specific holistic or alternative therapies. But after my own experiences of the last few months, I really feel it is important to address the idea of self-care for caregivers, how important it is, and how to improve it. Please feel free to leave me a message, especially if you are a caregiver. In the podcast, I mention some links for resources, so here they are: www.caregiving.org www.caregiver.org www.caregiveraction.org www.acl.go...
Jun 19, 2021•26 min
In the eons that humans have existed on the planet, medical treatment has taken many forms. Depending on where you grew up, what your culture was, and how you viewed medical treatment, your own traditional medical treatment may have taken different forms. For most Westerners, traditional medicine is modern, allopathic medicine conducted by university-trained physicians. But more and more, practitioners of modern medicine are discovering the value and efficacy of older medical therapies that may ...
Jun 07, 2021•22 min
In this podcast, I talk a little about the basics of meditation--what it is, what it is not, some of its benefits, and how to get started with meditating. I also provide a short guided meditation to help get you get motivated and moving at the start of your day.
May 25, 2021•28 min
Time after time, I have heard people say that Reiki, Qi Gong, or other forms of complementary energy therapy must not work, because the people who perform them sometimes get sick. "Why do they get sick, if they are full of this magickal energy?" they ask. I'd like to talk about this fallacy, about why it doesn't make sense, but also about how--even though these methods don't make anyone bulletproof--they do help people to stay healthy, and to heal faster and more easily.
May 19, 2021•15 min
