Category Archives: Self Improvement

Food is Not The Enemy

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Dr. Amy

I love it when people are dedicated to their health and healing and I love to see people who are committed to making changes in their lifestyle. That is such a treat for me because it’s inspiring to watch people begin to make their health a priority. What I don’t like to see is people who start to view the world as a hostile place in which every pleasure, every food, everything fun has to be restricted to maintain their health. Instead of valuing themselves and their lives enough to make positive changes, they seem to saddle themselves with more and more restrictions, more and more guilt and even more ways to be disappointed, fail or not measure up. Continue reading →

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Flowers for Joy.

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Dr. Amy

I have to say I love it when science verifies something women have known all along: Flowers make us happy. Not just in a temporary way but in a real, sustainable way. Isn’t it amazing that something so simple can have such a big impact? The study, conducted at Rutgers, was a resounding success showing that the mere presence of flowers initiates happy feelings, enhances feelings of life satisfaction and even changes social behavior. All this from a simple bloom. Continue reading →

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