Mindful Eating Strategies for Weight Balance
There are many hidden persuaders that lead us to overeat. The average person makes over 200 decisions about food every day. What is often missing from the obesity debate is the link between food, psychology and marketing. Dr Karen shares strategies to reach-engineer your food life for mindful eating. Want to hear other episodes? Subscribe […]
Keep Your Pet Safe this Holiday Season
Keep Your Pet Safe this Holiday Season. The holidays can be a magical time filled with family and friends AND it can be perilous for our pets. Check out these tips to keep your furry friends healthy and happy during the holidays. Want to hear other episodes? Subscribe to my podcast HERE
Diabesity and Sugar Addiction
Diabesity and sugar addiction go hand in hand. Diabesity is the inflammation that happens from high glycemic foods and it is describes a spectrum all the way from mild insulin resistance to full-blown diabetes. The answer is diet and lifestyle choices that support your unique genetic susceptibilities. Want to hear other episodes? Subscribe to my […]
Have you heard of Nature-Deficit Disorder?
Have you heard of Nature Deficit Disorder? Richard Louv introduced the term “Nature-Deficit Disorder” in 2005 with the publication of his best-selling book, “Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder.” He coined the phrase to serve as a description of the human costs of alienation from nature and it is not […]
To Rest Like A Tree – PODCAST
To Rest Like A Tree is the the work of Mark Nepo, a poet and teacher. In this podcast Dr Karen discusses Mark’s book called The Book of Awakening – Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the life You Have. He provides small doses of what really matters, simple truths, and stories […]
A Mind of Your Own – PODCAST
A Mind of Your Own outlines a new paradigm of depression as a lifestyle crisis. Dr Kelly Brogan, MD has written a book based on her clinical experience as a board certified psychiatrist and her interpretation of published medical findings. Dr. Brogan illuminates the true cause of depression as not simply a chemical imbalance but […]
Testing for Adrenal Fatigue – PODCAST
Testing for Adrenal Fatigue correctly requires using a combination of lab testing and feedback from the patient (questionnaires can also play a useful role). The major lab test used to diagnose Adrenal Fatigue is, as you might have guessed, the cortisol test. But there is more than one type of cortisol testing, and the correct […]
Want to Beat the Holiday Belly Bloat?
Want to Beat the Holiday Belly Bloat? There are plenty of ways to support your gut a so that you can enjoy the season without belly problems. Here are 7 ways to beat the holiday digestive traffic jam: 1. Take a Digestive Enzyme with Every meal Take one at the beginning of every meal to […]
Pure, White and Deadly – PODCAST
Pure, White and Deadly PART 1 – Why don’t we hear much about the dangers of sugar? Forty years ago, renowned physician John Yudkin sounded the alarm that sugar is bad for our health – he was ignored by the medical community. Now with current science and nutrition and the fall of the low-fat hypothesis, […]