These days, it seems that everyone is going “keto” – restricting carbohydrates and eating lots of fat. The resulting appetite suppression and weight loss can be dramatic and significant. But is it healthy? Keto from bacon and sausage without any vegetables – probably not. Well-formulated keto with avocado, olive oil, and plenty of veggies could be healthy and sustainable. More seriously, for 25% of people, keto causes their LDL cholesterol to soar, increasing their risk for heart disease. To be safe, learn about “healthy keto”, consult with your healthcare provider, and check your LDL cholesterol response to keto.

How to Make Anxiety Work for You in Life, Love, and All That You Do. What if anxiety is not a monster to be tamed, but a resource to be tapped? In this revolutionary book, Dr. Alicia Clark recognizes anxiety as the unsung hero in the path to success and happiness. It can become the motivating force that will lead to a better you, and The Anxiety Advantage aims to restore anxiety to its rightful place as a positive resource. Reclaim your anxiety as a powerful energy source, and bring yourself peace, growth and success.

In autoimmune diseases, the body attacks and damages its own tissues, often without a clear cause. Examples of autoimmune diseases include rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, inflammatory bowel disease and more. These diseases can affect all areas of the body. Naturopathic approach to autoimmunity includes looking the at the person as-a-whole. Many aspects of a person’s health can be investigated to help restore balance to the body. The areas of the body that need support include immunity, inflammation, gut health and toxicity. These need to be treated in order to maximize healing and balance the autoimmunity.

Trauma isn’t only military service, abuse, natural disasters, etc. Those are “Big T” traumas, but there are many “Little T” traumas like car accidents, witnessing a crime, or sudden death of a loved one. Trauma is anything that overwhelms our capacity to cope. Left unprocessed, those long-ago traumas can still affect our perceptions and decisions today. It’s uncomfortable to address them, certainly, but that is the only way to be released from their grasp and move forward. EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) can help this process faster than traditional talk therapy, without the need to talk much about it beforehand.

It’s wedding season; a time when couples happily tie the knot and begin to take the first steps towards consolidating their finances. Once the excitement of the wedding is behind them, couples will have to decide how to merge what were once two very distinct financial lives into one. What works best for some couples doesn’t work for others, so it’s important to have an open discussion about spending, debt, budgets, and bank accounts. A skilled Investment Advisor can work with couples to determine their financial habits and take the stress out of mingling their money as they move forward.

“You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes every day – unless you’re too busy; then you should sit and meditate for an hour.” Zen Proverb

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller

“There are only two ways to live your life, one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle.” -Author unknown

Ingredients: 1 large spaghetti squash, 3 tbsp coconut oil, 3 tbsp spelt flour, 2 cups unsweetened almond milk, 3/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp onion or garlic powder, pinch ground black pepper, 1 cup (4 oz) any hard cheese, shredded. Red pepper flakes, to taste. Preheat oven to 375 F. Wash squash, cut in half lengthwise and remove seeds with a spoon. Place cut side down on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 40-50 minutes. Let cool and separate into strands with a fork. Preheat medium pot on low-medium heat and melt oil. Whisk in flour and milk until smooth. Add salt, onion powder and pepper; whisk and let simmer for about 4 minutes or until sauce has slightly thickened. Add cheese and whisk again until smooth. Add squash and mix gently with a spoon to combine. Cover and let squash warm through for about 5 minutes.

“How do we nurture the soul? By revering our own life. By learning to love it all, not only the joys and the victories, but also the pain and the struggles.”- Nathaniel Branden

Ticks can attach to your pets any time the temperature exceeds 4°C, but activity will increase above 7°C, so look for greater tick attachment when walking through grass and shrubs/bush. Many people find the oral pill Bravecto, given with a meal, to be a convenient treatment administered every three months for dogs. For cats, there is Bravecto topical therapy every three months. Both products kill fleas also. If you are travelling with your pet east of the Rockies or into the southern US, you should consider using Revolution or Advantage Multi as your flea and tick control, with heartworm protection.