Last year I blogged about the importance of receiving Lymph Drainage Therapy on the breast tissue as a measure of breast cancer prevention. Depending on your health care provider, the only measure of detection of cancer offered is a mammogram and you wait until 40 or 50 years old. Getting a mammogram before 40 may […]
Pumpkinman Sprint Triathlon is in South Berwick, ME and the goal to leave the house was at 5:45AM. Actual time: close to 6; we also wasted a few more minutes yelling into the Starbucks Drive through before we discovered they weren’t open yet. This is the second time Brian (my husband) and I have done […]
I was having some delicious salmon and mixed greens and wanted to spice up my quinoa. I got the idea from the Martha Stewart cauliflower recipe. It was delicious. Here is the recipe: 1 cup quinoa 2 cups of water 1 tablespoon of olive oil 1 tsp curry powder (or hot curry powder if you […]
There are probably only a handful of times that I have had my breasts worked on since I have become a massage therapist, and most of those times were during pregnancies. Even for me, who has pretty much had every part of me worked on, there is a level of self-consciousness when it comes to […]
One of the most common questions I am asked is how often should you get a massage? This is a great question, however, it is not a simple answer. I will give you some different scenarios. THE AVERAGE JOE – If you are coming in and you have a healthy diet, you are exercising about […]
Do you find yourself sleeping with your phone next to your bed? Or checking your facebook/twitter account more than once an hour? How about playing games on your phone (I know I am truly guilty of this one…I am pretty much a words with friends junkie)? If you have answered yes to all of the […]
Do you have chronic pain? Do you feel it in one particular spot or has it started in one place and now it feels like its affecting other parts of your body? Do you ever wonder about what sitting all day at your desk, which seems to be rather insignificant, does to your body? Take […]
1 pound of ground turkey 1 15 ounce can of low sodium kidney beans drained 1 cup of chopped celery 1 large onion chopped 1/2 cup chopped green sweet pepper 1 to 10 fresh jalapeño/habanero/pablano peppers chopped (I used the seeds but to cut back on spice, take them out) 14 1/2 ounce can tomatoes, […]
For people that have a hard time relaxing, sitting down to meditate can be annoying and self-defeating. There are several ways to practice meditation and it does not have to be sitting on the floor cross-legged with incense burning. Of course I am a little envious of the people that can do that. Meditation is […]
Food for fall – warm your soul.
