Optimal Energy Flow in the Body

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Does stress cause you to overeat? Do you have low energy, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure? Do you find it hard to find time to eat healthy? Do you struggle with cravings? Have meal plans not worked? I am a Board Certified Health and Nutrition Counselor by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. I practice a holistic approach to health and wellness, looking at how all areas of your life and health are connected. I am also an NSCA …

Nurse practitioners: They’ll save your life… and money

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By Dorrie Fontaine At long last, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued its decision on Health Care Reform. And this, as they say, changes everything. But not nursing. These are heady days to be a nurse. With a two-year-old mandate from the Institute of Medicine calling for us to practice at the highest level of our profession, achieve independence from physician oversight as we diagnose, prescribe, and treat sick patients, and care for patients with increasingly complex cases, nurses are …

The Trauma of Being Alive

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Balint Zsako[/caption] By MARK EPSTEIN The New York Times Published: August 3, 2013 Talking with my 88-year-old mother, four and a half years after my father died from a brain tumor, I was surprised to hear her questioning herself. “You’d think I would be over it by now,” she said, speaking of the pain of losing my father, her husband of almost 60 years. “It’s been more than four years, and I’m still upset.” I’m not sure if I became …

Homebirth

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As a midwife of Home Sweet Homebirth, the first Westchester based homebirth midwifery practice in over two decades, I am thrilled to be not only part of an awesome team of two amazing like-minded homebirth midwives and our two wonderful homebirth assistants, I am also excited to be part of the holistic center for women at Full Circle Family Care. I have spent many years working in various areas of women’s and newborn’s health, and my experience includes both in-hospital …

A Modern Midwife’s Experience with Ancient Maya Techniques of Abdominal/Uterine Massage

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I am very honored to be here at Full Circle Family Care, surrounded by a wonderful group of highly skilled Women’s Health Care professionals. This is truly a “dream come true” as since my childhood, I have always thought that I would somehow be involved with helping women through pregnancy, labor and delivery… So as a Massage Therapist, Doula and Certified Arvigo Practitioner (CAP) who has had a private practice alone since 1991, I am thrilled to have found my …