Dr. Jessica’s Blog
Establishing Healthy Boundaries for Your Holiday Season
Holidays are here, and that means BOUNDARIES ARE NEEDED. Hahaha! If you LOVE everything and everyone at the holiday times, then move along- this isn’t for you! If you have a hard time right about now, then grab pen and paper…
Making the Most of Being Inside This Winter (And Beating the Winter Blues)
Many times winter months also bring winter blues, and while there is 100% truth to this, there is also another way to look at the winter months. This view comes from a more traditional take on the winter months where we relied on our own two hands for survival.
How to Say No to Sugar for a Healthy Holiday Season
It seems like starting in September going all the way through to February, we are inundated with back to school, Halloween, and holiday parties which translates to LOTS of sugar.
Taking Charge of Your Menstrual Cycle
I really think women are being sold a crappy story about their reproductive cycles, and I am here to set the record straight. You are an amazing creation that has been blessed with the ability to produce life.
The Connection Between Vitamin D, Vitamin K, Insulin, and Your Hormones
Today I want to discuss the importance of Vitamin D. The fun fact on this one is that it’s also a hormone. In fact, it’s the Granddaddy of all hormones within the body. The lack of Vitamin D is directly linked to 17 cancers.
Reducing the Load on Your Brain
We are on the last week of our Mental Health Month series with my Four Pillars of health. Nutrition!!!! This is one that sometimes people can get upset and often ask, “Are you saying that all mental health is because I’m eating wrong?”
Rewriting Your Story
Welcome to week three of our Mental Health Awareness month series as explained by my Four Pillars of Health. Today I want to talk to you about emotions.
Over this past decade, I have really dived deep into this. When I look at what is causing most of our health issues, I have found that it is unresolved childhood and early adult trauma.
Is Clutter Filling Your Life and Home?
It is Mental Health Awareness month and our second week of applying our Four Pillars of Health. We’re going to switch this up a bit! I typically talk about ditch and switch when speaking on the environment, which is always good to do because there is so much information on environmental pollution and mental health, but today we’re going to talk about the physical environment.
Exchange Energy Through Movement and Touch
September is Mental Health Awareness Month, and I am going to break this topic down each week using my Four Pillars of Health. Today, we’re talking about Structure and why getting your body moving is going to have an impact on your health.
Let’s Talk About PMS
I remember when I was growing up, my grandmother always told me she was 39 years old. I believed it until my mom turned 39. So that year at her birthday, I was going to call her out. I said grandma, “How old are you? when she said 39, I laughed and said LIAR!!!! Mom is 39, how are you the same age?”