Come join me in exploring natural, effective and safe pediatric remedies for the care of your family. Home remedy kits stocked with essential remedies will be available for pre-order so you can get your medicine cabinet stocked and ready! Panel presenters include practitioners from Chinese medicine, traditional food therapy and homeopathy. To register and for [...]
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Homemade Kombucha
April 14, 2011 – 10:48 AM
Kombucha – a lovely, slightly effervecent, detoxifying, energizing and digestive enzyme-boosting cocktail. It now adorns grocery store shelves and sells for $5.00 per bottle. At first sip, this beverage can be sour and intense in flavor. Make it at home and this bite mellows to a refreshing after-dinner-digestiv. Kombucha is good for you, and is [...]
International Women’s Day
March 8, 2011 – 11:23 AM
March 8th, 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. This day commemorates the achievements of women past and present around the world, and was first held in Denmark, Switzerland, Germany and Austria in 1911. While there is much to celebrate in how far women’s rights have developed from a social, political and economic [...]
The Soy Story
January 24, 2011 – 3:57 PM
Over the past decade the soybean has been heavily marketed in this country for its healthy effects and as a low-fat, high protein substitute for dairy and meat products. But recent research is saying that there may in fact be a real case to support “too much of a good thing.” With breast cancer, obesity, [...]
An Apple A Day
November 8, 2010 – 9:15 AM
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, [...]
Tumeric Chicken
October 14, 2010 – 9:42 AM
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
October 7, 2010 – 1:25 PM
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
September 29, 2010 – 6:56 AM
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, [...]
A Weekend With Ina May
September 13, 2010 – 8:50 AM
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, [...]