Articles by Serena Goldstein
Getting Back to Basics with Nuance
Over the decades, we’ve seen countless diet and life trends rise and fall—each often accompanied by a glorified body ideal. In reality, there’s rarely one “correct” way to be, yet marketing and media can greatly influence which ideas gain popularity. As our world shifted from limited internet access to having vast information at our fingertips—through ...
Natural Approaches to Address Pain & Inflammation
When it comes to pain and inflammation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 20 percent of adults in the U.S. are in chronic pain, with much of this stemming from inflammation in the body. Inflammation is the body’s response to invaders or injury, however, the issue becomes when inflammation does ...
Why Can’t I Lose Weight (or keep it off)? A Naturopathic/Vitalistic Guide
Weight, and efforts to lose weight, have become an epidemic over the past many decades, as the once simple advice of “diet and exercise” or “try this diet or cleanse for a few weeks” have failed to wholly stop this trend. Even if their routine now seems more than adequate, weight and, commonly together, its ...
Do You Know What Else Your Body Is Saying Beyond Weight Concerns?
Losing weight is one of the most frustrating, talked about, marketed, confidence-boosting (when it does happen) concerns, and can bring up an even wider range of emotions both about ourselves and about others. It can affect our relationship with our body, with others, and what we feel like we can achieve in the world, especially ...
What Constitutes Good Sleep—How to Have a Restful Night
A good night’s sleep can not only help someone feel well-rested and refreshed upon waking up, but is important for both healing and potentially preventing a plethora of health concerns. Since the invention of the lightbulb, generally speaking, we have been able to metaphorically burn the midnight oil such as in working longer hours. This ...
Decrease Stress By Aligning Your Life So You Don’t Have to Think as Much
My dad always told me if you love what you do, you’ll never have to work a day in your life. Expand this concept to the people you’re with, hobbies and overall health routines, and we realize we’re only as strong as our weakest link. We only have a finite amount of physical energy throughout ...
Common Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Their Impact on Major Concerns
Good nutrition and exercise are common basics for advice when it comes to alleviating various concerns like fatigue, anxiety, heart disease and cancer, to name a few. However, our health status is also related to both where and how we live. Weight gain, and the inability to lose weight is an extremely prevalent topic as ...
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