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Category Archives: Health & Fitness

An Apple A Day

There is nothing like picking fruit straight from the tree and crunching the crisp, yet sweet, apple-flesh. But the barrels of fresh apples abounding farmer’s and super markets across the country this time of year come pretty close to straight from the orchard. After the jump, see photos from my October apple-picking adventure in Woodstock, [...]

The Great Pumpkin

Charlie Brown had it right with his beloved pumpkin in the Peanuts classic film, as the pumpkin is truly one of autumn’s greatest joys (just like apple picking). There are many great farms around the East Coast – complete with pumpkin patches for wandering and picking out your perfect, great, pumpkin. Artistic carvings, nutritious roasted [...]

Tumeric Chicken

Tumeric is a spice found in traditional Indian cooking and in most grocery stores, recognizable for its deep orange-yellow color. What you may not know is that it is also a potent herb, and recent research has shown the benefits of Tumeric to be quite astounding – from anti-inflammatory effects, enhancing weight loss and preventing [...]

Seasonal Allergies No More

This year has been a tough one for allergy sufferers in NYC, as environmental allergens have been at an all time high. If you are suffering with chronic seasonal allergies, acupuncture and herbs have some wonderful solutions for your symptoms – without the nasty side effects. While many over-the-counter allergy medications can help people through [...]

Woman Wisdom Tools

If you have been wanting to try connecting with a personal coach to help you achieve your dreams, now is the perfect time to try for free. I have personally found such great tools through coaching sessions that I firmly believe it to be an indispensable service to anyone looking to improve their career, finances, [...]

Health Nut Carrot Cake

There is nothing more delicious that a big piece of carrot cake! While carrots have such a great source of vitamins and minerals, the truth of the matter is that all the butter, oil, sugar and cream cheese frosting make this vegetable’s nutritional content minimal when baked into a delectable dessert.  So, I adapted this [...]

A Weekend With Ina May

For Labor Day this year, I decided to take a road trip with a couple of amazing women to visit a long-time inspiration and hero of ours: Ina May Gaskin. For those of you who are not familiar with Ms. Gaskin, she is a world-renowned midwife known for her work in maintaining humane childbirth practices, [...]

Slow Medicine

Various aspects of life and industry have begun to adopt a Slow Movement policy to yield sustainable quality and equitable results. The principle foundation of “Slow” is to counter the “hurry up!” mentality of modern society and help bring awareness back to the present moment. Fast food, fast life, non-sustainable farming and the eroding of [...]

Blueberry Season

It is that time of year again – where fresh berries are in season, ready to pick and finally an affordable food choice in local grocery stores on the East Coast.  Blueberries are a powerful source of antioxidants and vitamins, bursting with flavor and health benefits. After spending a weekend in Western Mass picking my [...]

Supplement Your Health

Vitamins, like herbal formulas, are most beneficial when taken under the guidance of a health professional. And not all supplements are created equal, so it is important to make sure the ones you take are actually potent enough and easy for the body to absorb. For that reason, ESEMA has begun offering pharmaceutical grade vitamins [...]