Bali Secret #2: Plugging Energy Leaks

Bali

Before you say to yourself, “Yeah, yeah…plugging energy leaks is important.  That’s no secret.”  Let me share one thing with you.  When I was preparing to spend 6 weeks in the jungles of Bali to study a synergistic approach to Tantra, Yoga and Ayurveda, our teacher gave us one assignment.  It was to plug all [...]

Can You Say Delicious?

yummy kale

Last week I went to the Optimum Health Institute where I spent 7 days giving my body, mind and spirit a restful and healing detoxification. It was a luxury to unplug from technology and enjoy time for meditation, prayer, journaling, yoga, walking and sleep. In fact I took 3 naps every day!! I also enjoyed a 3-day juice fast followed by a diet of raw food. One of the raw foods that was new to me was Kale Chips. Can you say delicious?!

Prepare for the Full Moon on the Winter Solstice

The Full Moon

As a wellness practitioner in the 70’s my main focus was the body. Then in the 80’s the scientific literature made it clear that the physical body could not be separated from the mind. So my focus became mind and body. In the 90’s we began to understand more fully the impact of emotions and [...]

It’s HOT! The Unexpected Joys of Hot Flashes. Part 2

Keeping it cool

Okay.  It’s been a full month since I had my first hot flash and I’ve received so many emails from women saying things like “you can’t possibly be having hot flashes, because if you were you would be miserable!”  and “it’s not good to glamorize hot flashes because women need to know they don’t have [...]

Dr. Northrup’s New PBS Show

Dr. Northrup’s newest special, Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom, will air during the first two weeks of June on www.PBS.org