A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Compassion fatigue (also known as a secondary traumatic stress disorder) is a condition characterized by a gradual lessening of compassion over time. It is common among trauma victims and individuals that work directly with trauma victims. It was first diagnosed in nurses in the 1950s. Since then we have seen Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder among those in a care giving profession such as doctors, psychologists, social workers, Therapists, lawyers and those involved in Charititable organizations. In health care we often use the word “burn o...
Getting the nutrients you need to protect your bones is easier than you think with this delicious soup! In pot, heat 1 Tbs. extra virgin oil over medium heat. Add 1 leak (white and light green parts only, sliced) Cook, stirring, until softened, 5 minutes. Add 2 cans (14 ½ each) lower sodium chicken broth 1 can (14 ½ oz.) diced tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano 3 cups broccoli florets 1 tsp. dried marjoram ¼ tsp garlic powder ¼ tsp. salt. Cover. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium-low. Cook until broccoli is tender, 5-6 minutes, add...
I started Physical Limits Fitness in 1994 so that means I’ve now operated Physical Limits for 17 years. I’ve also been operating The Revolution Weight Loss Clinic for 8 years. I started working in fitness clubs at the age of 15. After all those years I believe I’ve made one major discovery. I’ve discovered what I believe to be the solitary secret to health. It’s not a piece of equipment, a magic pill or a diet plan The secret to getting healthy and staying healthy long-term is self-love. Let me explain. If you interviewed 500 people and asked...
If you can’t avoid or eliminate noise from barking dogs, loud neighbors, city traffic, or other people in your household, try masking it with a fan, recordings of soothing sounds, or white noise. White noise can be particularly effective in blocking out other sounds and helping you sleep. You can buy a special sound machine or generate your own white noise by setting your radio between stations. Earplugs may also help. Keep your room dark and cool When it’s time to sleep, make sure that your environment is dark. Even dim lig...
In 2011 Get Back To The Health Basics – Proper Rest There are 5 basic pillars of health. Those 5 pillars are food quality, proper sleep, clean water, exercise and proper rest. I’ve already reviewed proper sleep, clean water and food quality. I’ve also completely two articles regarding proper exercise. If you would like e-copies of the previous articles please e-mail me personally at [email protected] Proper rest is unfortunately something North Americans need to pay more attention to. In our modern society, a pace of lifes...
Do you want to be productive, mentally sharp, emotionally balanced, and full of energy all day long? The way you feel during your waking hours hinges on how well you sleep at night. The cure to sleep difficulties and daytime fatigue can often be found in your daily routine. Your sleep schedule, bedtime habits, and day-to-day lifestyle choices make an enormous difference in the quality of your nightly rest. The following sleep tips will help you optimize your nightly rest, minimize insomnia, and lay the foundation for all-day energy and peak...
Submitted by Barb Barnes ALAMIKOS (January) and BIAODAGOS (February) are perfect hunkering down months, very contemplative. We get to restore our visions, make plans for the New Year as well as rest our weary bodies. At least we try to do all these things. During these months comfort food is very welcome, warming both heart and soul. ROOT MEDLEY 5 pounds of potatoes, (Yukon Gold, red or white, cut up) 3 pounds of sweet potatoes, cut up 1 small celery root, peeled, cubed 1 small yellow turnip, cubed Peel and cook all until soft enough to mash....
There are 5 basic pillars of health. Those 5 pillars are food quality, proper sleep, clean water, exercise and proper rest. I’ve already reviewed proper sleep and food quality This is also my second article regarding proper exercise. If you would copies of the previous articles please e-mail me personally at [email protected] In the last article I reviewed how steady state cardio exercise (the act of keeping the same exercise pace for 3 minutes or more) was not efficient for fat loss or weight stability. Steady state c...
Sleep is extremely important, and most of us don’t get enough of it. Good quality sleep affects our mental, emotional, and physical health and has a significant role in brain function, especially memory and learning. It maintains our emotional balance and bolsters our immune system. Research suggests that there is no “right” amount of sleep; it’s up to you as an individual to rested, whether that’s 5 or 10 hours. However, if you’re consistently having trouble falling, and staying asleep, and you are drowsy during the day, you may be sufferin...
There are 5 basic pillars of health. Those 5 pillars are food quality, proper sleep, clean water, exercise and proper rest. I have already reviewed proper sleep and food quality. If you would like a copy of those previous articles please e-mail me personally at [email protected] In regards to exercise, it’s hard to know where to start. Lets tackle a primary myth regarding exercise. The largest exercise myth going is how steady state cardio exercise is good for long-term weight stability or fat loss. The truth is that s...
Successful completion of a treatment program for addiction is a huge step on the road to recovery. But for most addicts, regardless of their type of addiction (drugs, alcohol, combination of drugs and alcohol, co-occurring disorder, gambling, eating, spending or sexual disorder), they’re not completely ready to function independently. They have fulfilled an important and essential part of their goal to overcome their addiction, namely the treatment program, but they still require ongoing support for some period of time. This critical phase i...
There are 5 basic pillars of health. Those 5 pillars are food quality, proper sleep, clean water, exercise and proper rest. I have already reviewed proper sleep. If you would like a copy of that previous article please e-mail me personally at [email protected] Today I review food quality. Ancient cultures were well aware of the power of real food. Ancient cultures wasted no time naming the components of food or trying to describe how those components operated in the cycle of what we call “life”. Basically the most int...
There are 5 basic pillars of health. Those 5 pillars are food quality, proper sleep, clean water, exercise and proper rest. If improved health was one of your New Years’ resolutions these are going to be the areas you need to pay closer attention to. In regards to proper sleep patterns, one must understand that our wake and sleep cycles are governed by circadian rhythms or otherwise what are known as the cycles of the sun. The cycles of the moon and the sun are synced into our genetic fabric in something as simple as a woman’s menstrual cycle f...
Massena, New York – Caring for you and about you…the staff at Massena Memorial Hospital believes that an informed patient can often help healing happen faster and better. That’s why we go out of our way to provide patients and the community with medical information they need to make knowledgeable decisions and quality decisions. Massena Memorial Hospital is offering Saturday Community Outreach Forums on pertinent health and medical issues. The forum will be the third Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, once a month. Karen Wilki...
Today we finish up our top 50 fat burning list, with points 31 to 50. If you happened to miss the first 30 fat burning tips, you can get them by e-mailing me personally at [email protected]. The trend throughout the entire list is simple. When attempting to lose weight or reverse disease you need to participate in loving yourself more and decrease any actions, which increase your suffering. Analyze your own behaviour and look at your daily habits. Group your actions into categories of body love or body abuse. Skipping meals...
Anything that stresses your body will increase fat storage and decrease toning. The metabolic system in your body that deals with stress uses fat as its’ main fuel source so the more stressed you are the more your body will store extra fat. The body adapts to stress by increasing hormones that accelerate fat storage and decreasing hormones responsible for fat burning. Stress is basically anything that threatens your life in the short term or the long term. For example, bad sleep habits are stressful on your body but so is eating non organic p...
Losing a loved one at any time of the year is hard but losing a love one near or during the holidays is especially difficult. The Wholistic Health and Wellness program would like to give some tips for families and friends of those who have had a loss. We hope this article will help get you through the holidays. Some people say I just want to pull the covers over my head. I don’t want to think about buying presents. I don’t want to think about cooking. I don’t even want to make coffee in the morning. The first thing to remember is that there...
Anything that stresses your body will increase fat storage and decrease toning. The metabolic system in your body that deals with stress uses fat as its’ main fuel source so the more stressed you are the more your body will store extra fat. The body adapts to stress by increasing hormones that accelerate fat storage and decreasing hormones responsible for fat burning. Stress is basically anything that threatens your life in the short term or the long term. For example, bad sleep habits are stressful on your body but so is eating non organic p...
One of the fastest-growing diseases is something most people don’t think much about: Type II diabetes. Long known as “adult-onset diabetes,” it’s a condition in which the body’s ability to use carbohydrates is impaired by inefficient insulin function. Characterized by abnormally high blood sugar and insulin levels, Type II diabetes greatly increases the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, blindness, nerve disorders, kidney disease, cancer and impotence. It is, in the minds of many scientists, an example of accelerated aging. Type II diabet...
Serves 4–6 / Ingredient tip: A member of the sunflower family, Jerusalem artichokes (also called sunchokes) are sweeter and nuttier than regular potatoes, and exert less effect on blood sugar. Prep tip: Like potatoes, sunchokes don’t always need to be peeled, but do scrub well. 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 medium onions, diced 1 clove garlic, minced 1½ pounds Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes), peeled and cut into 3/4-inch chunks 4 cups vegetable broth 12 blanched almonds 2 tablespoons water 1 pinch powdered saffron Juice of ½ lemon, plus more...
In the last 2 articles I have reviewed the idea that most people have great difficulty sticking to a healthy living regime because they may be unfamiliar with the simple act of loving themselves. If you interviewed a group of people on the street you would get near 100% of them answering that they do indeed love themselves. Oddly enough, the people who are the unhealthiest usually make the most emphatic declaration of loving themselves but if you look at their actions we often see something completely different. People who really love...
Have over-the-counter (OTC) pain medications, such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen, become your top allies in tackling chronic or recurring pain? If so, you might want to start thinking outside the bottle. “In certain short-term cases, such as a simple headache, OTCs can be very helpful,” says James Dillard, MD, integrative-medicine practitioner and author of The Chronic Pain Solution (Bantam, 2003). But long-term use of OTCs doesn’t resolve the root cause of your pain. In addition to addressing underlying issues such as inflammation, a holis...
On Friday December 10th, from noon to 5pm the New York State Department of Health-Aids Institute’s Clinical Education Initiative (CEI) and the Franklin County Department of Health will hold a FREE half-day CME conference on the Revised NYS HIV testing law, the diagnosis and Management of Acute HIV Infection and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis. This conference is for health care professionals in all clinic settings including: emergency departments, medical staffs in private practice, hospitals, clinics, and health care administrators. You will r...
A delicious, savory addition to your holiday table or to be enjoyed anytime! This recipe makes enough to stuff one turkey and fill one medium casserole dish. 1 cup wild rice 1 cup long grain brown rice 4 cups vegetable or chicken stock 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 3 cups chopped red onion 1 tablespoon dried thyme 1 to 2 teaspoons dried sage 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 3 to 4 cups chopped mushrooms 2 to 3 cups chopped celery 1 cup pecans 1/2 to 1 cup dried cranberries 1 apple, diced (I used Honeycrisp) 1 cup chopped fresh parsley Herbamare...
In the last article I explored the common trend where people appear to make it their full time job to hurt their health and then when they finally achieve their goal, they run to a “health” system that often further abuses the body. It’s almost like people graduate from abusing themselves personally, in the minor leagues, to the major leagues where teams of “health professionals” jump in with surgeries, radiation or toxic medications just to take the abuse to the highest level possible. It all depends on how you look at it and my readers a...
