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Mary Ann Copson - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Mary Ann Copson is an intuitive, healer, life coach, educator, and author. She is the founder of the Creative Transformational Living Center in which women use ancient wisdom and leading edge awareness principles, along with peak performance and longevity principles, nutritional medicine, and optimized daily routines to live a better life through more conscious awareness of their physical, emotional, mental, psychological and spiritual energies. For over 30 years, she has helped women live happier, ... [More]
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- The Value of Thinking and Feeling Positive
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Positive emotions have an evolutionary advantage. They "broaden and build." Experiencing positive emotions increases our survival chances because positive emotions broaden our intellectual, physical, and social resources and build reserves for us to draw upon.
- Easy and Natural Ways to Raise Your Low Serotonin Levels
[Health-and-Fitness] Natural ways to increase your serotonin levels and emotional balance. Research indicates that in the United States 60-80% of the people, especially women, have low serotonin levels.
- Herbs For Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia, Irritability, and Nervousness
[Health-and-Fitness:Mood-Disorders] When a client comes to me with mood balance problems, I almost always offer them a specially formulated traditional herbal tonic as part of my comprehensive approach to Mood and Energy Wellness. My clients (and I personally) find these tonics to be a key asset in maintaining stable, balanced, centered, and harmonious moods throughout the day.
- Take 3 Droppers of Echinacea - And Don't Call Me in the Morning
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Herbal remedies themselves are not alternative medicine. The alternative medicine part is the traditional holistic context in which herbs are used.
- Bitters - Not Just For Healthy Digestion
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Bitters have a broad effect on the entire physiology, tone, and function of your body. The beneficial effects of bitters go beyond digestive hormone activity.
- Epidemic Vitamin D Deficiency
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Vitamin D is a hot topic in both conventional and alternative medicine. Many health organizations have identified low levels of vitamin D as a "health crisis emergency" and are urging that everything possible be done to ensure everyone achieves optimal vitamin D status.
- Vitamin D and Your Brain
[Health-and-Fitness:Depression] There is enough evidence to say that low Vitamin D levels are associated with major depression and that low vitamin D levels and major depression have substantially increased in the last century. Work with a knowledgeable health care practitioner who is familiar with the new vitamin D guidelines and get your vitamin D levels up to optimal - and keep them there.
- How Happy Are You?
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] It is not just achieving or having things makes you happier. Learning to be happy can actually bring about your goals, dreams and visions.
- Is Your Anxiety Over Money Based on Illusion Or Reality?
[Health-and-Fitness:Anxiety] Your decisions about how to solve your money woes may be based on - illusions! If you are lying awake at night consumed by worry about money, finances, and the economy you are not alone. Studies and consumer reports show that 8 out of 10 Americans are experiencing anxiety about the economy.
- Perimenopausal Body Changes
[Womens-Interests:Menopause-HRT] During the Perimenopausal Passage many body systems require special care and support. Immune functions - Supporting the immune functions buffers against the possible weakening effects of long-term grief on immunity.
- Let Nature Restore You
[Self-Improvement] Did you ever notice that when you fly in a plane that as the flight attendants give the emergency instructions they always tell you to put your oxygen mask on first and then attend to your children. That makes sense, right? Women who have too much to do for everyone else sincerely wish to be of service to others.
- Decode the Language of Your Energy
[Self-Improvement:Success] What do I really want? - Try reading your personal energy field to figure out what to do.
- "My Body Knows What's Best For Me" - Can You Really Trust Your Intuition?
[Health-and-Fitness] "It's your body and it knows what is best for you." This is a common mantra you may have heard. It sounds so wholesome and natural but "following the cues of your body" is often not a good idea and in fact can take you in totally the wrong direction.
- Successful Follow Through on Your Intentions
[Self-Improvement] I am in a situation where I know what I want to do and how to do it but I can not seem to follow through on my intentions. I get started and feel great about what I am doing. I get all excited and vow this time to really follow through...
- Instant Herbal Remedy For Bug Bites and Stings
[Health-and-Fitness] In the spring and summer your kids - and you too- are more likely to be outside barefoot or rolling and playing in the grass. Getting an insect bite or sting can put an end to these happy go lucky times. This quick and easy bug bite and sting natural remedy never fails to work and to get the kids back on track for more outdoor adventures.
- Vitamin D Deficiency Is Linked With A Wide Range Of Diseases
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Vitamin D deficiencies are very common, particularly in northern climates. Lack of sunshine, wearing clothing, and use of sunscreens inhibits the natural creation of Vitamin D in the skin.
- How To Know If You Have Candida
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] How to know if you have candida and what to do about it. Following popular recommendations could leave you with poor nutritional choices, unbalanced mood and energy, confused, and probably still with candida.
- Herbs For Spring Allergy Relief
[Health-and-Fitness:Allergies] As spring bursts onto the scene with all of its lovely color, vibrancy, light, and new growth you may- unfortunately - experience an array of discomforting symptoms. Your eyes may tear, you may have a scratchy or draining throat, your nose may be constantly itchy and you may be always be on the verge of a sneeze or experience repeated sneezing - spring allergies.
- Insidious Depression
[Health-and-Fitness:Depression] Depression is awful - in whatever form you may experience it. You would think that something that feels so bad would propel you to do anything to get rid of it. You know- like a noxious substance that we accidentally eat and then get violent spasms to vomit.
- Rhythms of Life
[Health-and-Fitness] There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end.
- Trying to Establish a Relationship with In-Laws
[Relationships] In relationships we are looking to the other party to be an equal part of turning the relationship into something that meets our needs. But before we even get to that point there is a lot of our own internal work that can be done and often needs to be done before we can experience the kind of relationships we want.
- Herbal Remedies for Acne
[Health-and-Fitness:Acne] Acne is one of the most prevalent and most difficult skin problems to treat. Not only does acne cause physical discomfort and blemish it also can be the cause of stressful angst and embarrassment leaving the acne sufferer with less than positive feelings about themselves. Standard treatments range from various over-the-counter and prescription drugs, ultraviolet radiation, oral anti-biotic treatments, hydrocortisone based lotions, oral contraceptives and a variety of abrasive topical treatments.
- Family Rituals and Traditions
[Home-and-Family] Family rituals contribute to group integration and stability. They bind us together, hold, and preserve our essence. Family rituals and routines create family. Examples and strategies.
- Serotonin and Dopamine Neurotransmitter Balance
[Reference-and-Education] Signs that your brain chemistry profile is out of balance : When your serotonin levels are low, you may lapse into a cycle of struggle and hopelessness. When your dopamine levels are too high, you are caught in distorted perceptions of reality, dangerous risk taking, and increased aggression. When your dopamine levels are too low you lack a strong vital inner force.
- Common Sense for Making Health Care Decisions
[Health-and-Fitness] Applied in sequence to the point where the problem is resolved unnecessarily aggressive medical protocols can be avoided. Each step builds a stronger foundation of resources for the body to heal itself in the next step.
- The Silver Lining of Negative Emotions
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] I naturally go to the negative in any situation. I have tried to figure out how to stop homing in on the negative. But then I discovered something in the Law of Attraction by Abraham-Hicks that explains how negative emotions are actually beneficial.
- Appreciation Rituals
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] When we were younger, my husband and I would get in bed at night and spend a few minutes going over our day. Over the 38 years this custom helped us remain connected even as it has evolved. Our daily review had slowly turned into noting all the problems we had to deal with.
- Herbal Remedies to Beat Colds and the Flu
[Health-and-Fitness:Home-Health-Care] Our approach to colds and the flu is comprehensive and holistic. Just as in our most comprehensive and integral health and wellness programs, it works best to look at the whole person, taking into account many different aspects of wellness health care and then nourish and support the body's own natural means of keeping itself well. If you've been interested in a more natural approach to colds and flu and in taking better care of your whole self you should know:
- Who's in Your Face?
[Self-Improvement] Do you know what is the biggest factor accounting for the lack of success in making health and wellness changes? Compliance. What we can learn from TV's Biggest Loser about effective change processes.
- Nutrition for Winter Rhythms
[Health-and-Fitness] Winter is cold so your diet will need to produce more warmth and heat than in warmer seasons. Hearty soups, casseroles, and stews (all water rich foods) are appropriate for the winter months to fortify and strengthen your kidney/adrenal pathway. Winter foods are cooked longer and at lower temperatures than foods during other seasons.
- Wintertime Physical and Emotional Restoration
[Health-and-Fitness] Winter is a good time for looking inward and replenishing yourself physically and emotionally. Facts, tips, recommendations and esoteric associations.
- How Long Has It Been Since Your Last Real Vacation?
[Travel-and-Leisure:Vacation-Rentals] Vacations can improve your health, happiness and productivity. Taking time out to nurture yourself is not only a personal choice but also has public policy implications for the productivity and well-being of the nation. Also: Small things you can do to nurture yourself.
- Causes and Treatments for Leg Cramps
[Health-and-Fitness] A integral assessment of leg cramp causes and treatments. Often a long-standing or undiagnosed misalignment in the hips/pelvis will cause lower leg cramps. Even a misalignment in your shoulders and upper back can lead to lower leg cramps. A good chiropractic or osteopathic adjustment can work wonders for that.
- Herbs and Anxiety
[Health-and-Fitness:Anxiety] Calming inner distress with herbs. If you have ever had a panic attack, you don't want another one. The "fight-or flight" response in your body is involuntarily turned on and your nervous system signals your adrenal glands to start pumping out stress hormones to get you ready to either run away or turn and fight.
- 10 Success Tips for Children
[Home-and-Family] Help your child be his or her best with these simple success secrets that I used with my five children. Probably your mother told you some of these.
- Safe and Sensible Detoxification
[Health-and-Fitness:Detoxification] Fasting and cleanses can result in an unbalanced detoxification system. Here are five tips for sensible natural detoxification.
- Practical Guidelines for Using the Glycemic Index
[Health-and-Fitness] Many factors affect the glycemic index of a carbohydrate. In general, carbohydrates that are more processed and ground more finely with the bran separated out will have a higher glycemic index. Detailed information for breads, potatoes pasta, rice, fruits and vegetables, processed foods.
- I Don't Wanna NOT Eat Gluten
[Health-and-Fitness] Giving up things that are not good for you - it's not always easy. We invest a lot of ourselves in our habits and the way we always have done things. Eventually, if you keep your attention on health, wellness, and well being, you will grace yourself with the follow through you want and just do the thing that is in front of you to do.
- Revitalize Your Goals for Spring
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] It's time to resurrect your New Year hopes, dreams and desires and put together a framework that will support you in leveraging the forthcoming "growth and sprouting forward" energy of spring.
- The Luxury of Naps
[Self-Improvement] Here is the scoop on napping – its benefits & how to make naps work for you
- Our #1 Study Tip
[Reference-and-Education] Research shows that getting a good night's sleep facilitates memory consolidation. Sleep appears to help the brain commit new information to memory. Without a good night's sleep your students mental processing time will slow down and they are more likely to make poor decisions plus their thinking will be foggy and they will have poorer concentration. If your students don't get enough sleep their memory will be impaired and their ability to think and process information will be impaired.
- Do Something to Breakthrough
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] When you are stuck, try this breakthrough technique.
- Still Trying To Get One More Thing Done Today?
[Self-Improvement:Time-Management] When you choose to do something, you are simultaneously
choosing not to do many other things. Choose wisely.
- Is Your Brain Chemistry Out of Balance? 10 Clues
[Self-Improvement] Your brain chemistry drives you – it drives your energy
levels, your moods, your thoughts, actions, behaviors, your
beliefs, your desires, dreams, and motivations. And in turn
these all drive your brain chemistry.
- Let There be Light
[Health-and-Fitness:Depression] Natural patterns of morning light exposure can positively
affect depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder
- The Game of 100 No's
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] Out of fear we hold ourselves back from our best. We go for
less or we don't go at all because we can not see the way to
getting the Yes. If we take away the pressure of doing it right,
the best of who we are can come out to play in a relaxed and
expanded way.
- Turn Your Relationships into an Energy Generators Rather than Energy Drainers
[Relationships] A good relationship can give you increased energy and
support a positive outlook. A troubled relationship can wear
you out.. Here are some tips to turn your relationships into
energy generators instead of energy drainers.
- Eat Every 3 Hours for Stable Energy
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] If you want to keep your blood sugar levels even, eat a small
meal every 3 hours to prevent the falling blood sugar levels.
- Start With Kindness Toward Yourself
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] If you fail to give yourself attention and kindness, you give
away your energy to tension, stress, and dissatisfaction.
- Daylight - You Need It (and It's Free)
[Health-and-Fitness] Light deprivation can lead to stress symptoms, fatigue,
mental fogginess, depression, hyperactivity, difficulty
concentrating, weakened bones and teeth and weakened
immune responses. Sunlight is crucial to normal health and
wellness.
- Respect Your Wake/Sleep Cycle
[Health-and-Fitness:Sleep-Snoring] Regular wake sleep cycles are key to maintaining your
biological rhythms. The single most important thing that you
can do to regulate high, clean and balanced energy levels is
to have a consistent wake and sleep time.
- Get Moving Toward Your Goals with Radical Action
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] A radical action, even unrelated to your goal, can overcome
inertia and get you moving.
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