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Self Care

One of the challenges to being a caregiver is knowing when to switch the giving flow from caring for others to caring for yourself.  Self care is essential to the health and wellbeing of the caregiver.  The phrase I have used for years is “If you don’t care for yourself first, you won’t have anything […]

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Osteoporosis revisited

It has been two or three years since I have written on the current information on osteoporosis.  Since 26% of women will get severe bone loss leading to fractures, it is an important topic.  While much of the basic physiology remains the same, the recommendations for preventing bone loss have changed. What is osteoporosis?  Osteoporosis […]

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Yogurt Again

About eight months ago I was doing a lot of research into creating a homemade non-dairy yogurt.  I discussed my many trials and tribulations in a newsletter to you and told you about an acceptable yogurt without any dairy in it.  At the end of the article I said that if I perfected the recipe, […]

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Sensory Moment

Disconnection and loneliness are signs of a loss of receptivity and participation in the sensory moment. Most religions of the world understand that the fundamental core discontent deep in the heart of humans lies in his and her feelings of separation from life/God.  Each religion will have it’s own metaphorical story about how we were […]