Allow Gratitude to Heal Your Relationship with Food

On this Thanksgiving Day, when we take time out from our busy lives for a national day of thankfulness, we can allow true gratitude to lift the veil on our relationship with food, with our body and ultimately with our life itself. As you think about your Thanksgiving feast, what are you really thinking about […]

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Message of the Pink Orbs: You Are Divinely Loved

The other day I received another email from a reader who had photographed pink orbs around the sun. Caprice Terry of Richardson, Texas, wrote to me: “Good afternoon Catherine, I just read your comments regarding the pink orbs you saw on August 23, 2017. I asked for a sign today and when I took my pics […]

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Yoga with Orchids: New Class Location

Yoga classes with Catherine Carrigan have been moved to 1951 Northside Drive N.W., Atlanta, Georgia, 30318. The studio is full of orchids and overlooks a fountain and organic garden. Evening Classes: Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Morning Class: Thursdays 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Who is welcome: All levels What to bring: Yoga […]

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Why Yoga Matters

This morning I received the very upsetting news that after teaching yoga at Holy Spirit Catholic Church for over 21 years, our classes are being banned because priests at the church have decided that yoga is against the Catholic religion. In 21 years of teaching, I had not received a single complaint to this effect […]

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An integrative approach to lumbar disc pain: a case study

An integrative approach to lumbar disc pain: a case study by Alicia Savino, DC, LMT I am always on the look out for health care providers that partner with their patients to provide integrative and holistic care. Dr. Savino’s unique skill set provides just such an experience. Be well. Too often, in Western society, our

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What Is Theta Healing?

Catherine Carrigan, medical intuitive healer and Amazon Number 1 bestselling author, interviews Lynne Cockrum-Murphy about what is Theta Healing for this edition of the Natural Healing Show for UK Health Radio. Lynne Cockrum-Murphy is a Theta Healing instructor and the author of two Amazon Number 1 bestselling books,  Living Hope – Steps to Leaving Suffering […]

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Life is change (redux)

Spoiler alert…..this will be my final Holistic Health Blog post. Now for the backstory. Was thinking a lot about the “one-liners”, mottos, and sayings we use like bumper stickers in our lives.  Everyone seems to have one or two favorites they call on when life gets complicated, or they simply need a little reminder or

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What Abuse Does To Your Energy Field

There are many important aspects to recover from physical and sexual abuse: overcoming the emotional trauma, releasing the imprint out of your nervous system, forgiving your abusers and repairing your energy field. As a medical intuitive healer, one of my many jobs is to A identify and B repair tears in your energy field from […]

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How to Stop the Cycle of Endless Diets and Be Slim for Good

If you have made yourself sick and tired from endless dieting, you need to hear what Maurice Horwitz, author of the Amazon No. 1 bestseller My Life As A Diet: Understanding and Healing for Never-Ending Dieters, has to say in this interview for the Natural Healing Show on UK Health Radio. Maurice’s book is so […]

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What Is TEK, Therapeutic Energy Kinesiology?

Therapeutic Energy Kinesiology is a system of natural healing created by Dr. Adrian Brito-Babapulle that allows a practitioner to identify and correct imbalances on the energetic, physical and emotional level. In this interview for the Natural Healing Show on UK Health Radio, Dr. Brito-Babapulle discusses his healing system with medical intuitive healer Catherine Carrigan. Some […]

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How to Heal Depression Without Drugs: A Medical Intuitive Perspective

Medical intuitive healer Catherine Carrigan, author of the Amazon Number 1 bestseller Banish the Blues Now, discusses how to heal depression without drugs with holistic depression coach Judy Meyer. In this interview for the Natural Healing Show on UK Health Radio, Catherine Carrigan and Judy Meyer discuss a summary of holistic approaches for treating depression. […]

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FREE Online Workshop Tuesday, Oct. 17: Breathwork for Inner Peace

Join medical intuitive healer Catherine Carrigan and yoga teacher Suzanne Dulin for a FREE online workshop on breathwork for inner peace this Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 9:30 p.m. EST. Where: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/625260732 Or iPhone one-tap : US: +16465588656,,625260732# or +16699006833,,625260732# Or Telephone： Dial(for higher quality, dial a number […]

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Pelvic Floor Health: The symptoms may be common, but they’re not ‘normal’

This month I am honored to welcome back Erin Svare as my guest blog author. She is a talented yogini, personal trainer, and passionate advocate for women’s health. Be well. Pelvic Floor Health: The symptoms may be common, but they’re not ‘normal’ By Erin Svare Conversations about Pelvic Floor health are hushed, especially if we

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Win a FREE Copy of My 6th Amazon No. 1 Bestseller: The Difference Between Pain and Suffering

You can win a FREE copy of my 6th Amazon No. 1 bestseller, The Difference Between Pain and Suffering.  There are two ways for you to enter the giveaway: Follow me on Goodreads at this link and enter the FREE Goodreads giveaway at this link. Enter on the front page of my website, www.catherinecarrigan.com. It’s FREE! You […]

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How to Improve Your Health with Feng Shui

Tanya Jahnke, Feng shui expert and intuitive designer, explains how you can improve your health with Feng shui. In this interview for the Natural Healing Show on UK Health Radio, Tanya Jahnke explains: 1.  What is Feng Shui and how does it relate to your health? 2. How EMFs in your environment can affect you. 3. […]

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How Do Your Expectations Affect Your Health?

Art Costello, author of Expectation Therapy, explains how what you expect determines the course of your health and happiness. In this interview for the Natural Healing Show for UK Health Radio, Art explains how connecting to his intuition as a teenager changed the course of his entire life. Art Costello is a visionary mindset expert, […]

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Be a yogi, not a bhogi

Thought you had at least a passing familiarity with the usual yoga terminology?  Well, bet you one down-dog and raise you one cobra you may not know this one:  Bhogi. The first time I saw it in an article I thought “Wow, what’s that? A Bogus-yogi?”.  Turns out I wasn’t that far off the mark.

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Osteopathic Considerations in Scoliosis

According the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, scoliosis affects 2-3% of the population in the United States, which translates to roughly six to nine million people. Many of those people will experience back pain at some point that will stem from the abnormal curve or curves in their spine. A normal back has curves in

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How to Not Lose Your Mind in Corporate America

  How do you not lose your mind in corporate America? Bernadette Boas, author of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, Shifting from Bitch to Rich in Life and Business, teaches you how to change your mindset to eliminate stress in the corporate world. In this interview for the Natural Healing Show for UK Health Radio, Bernadette […]

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Where Disease Originates: Inner Speak Creator Jean Adrienne Explains

Where does disease originate? Jean Adrienne, creator of the Inner Speak system, explains to Catherine Carrigan in this interview for the Natural Healing Show for UK Health Radio. Jean Adrienne is the developer of InnerSpeak, a method for clearing karmic and ancestral blocks. She is the author of four books and two decks of oracle […]

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When suddenly, there’s hope

Maybe it has been there for many months. Possibly years even. The dark night of the soul, in whatever form it may be, whether chronic illness, loss, pain, suffering, continuous failures on too many fronts, depression that knows no end – whatever it may be. Maybe we have accepted it. After all, we have the

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Ginseng: King of All Herbs, Part 2

In my most recent article about herbs, I told you about ginseng, which is known as the King of the Herbs. Today I will continue with my discussion about this prized herb, which although native to Chinese Herbal Medicine, is truly valued all over the world. I told you about the different types of ginseng

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Yes, You Can Build Muscle Without Steroids: Here’s How

When you want to learn how to build muscle naturally without steroids or drugs, who better to ask than a guy who has been bodybuilding for 30 years? Cris Ramis, a holistic fitness coach in Westcliff-on-Sea, U.K., explains how to build muscle naturally without drugs in this interview for the Natural Healing Show on UK Health Radio. […]

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How Your Astrology Affects Your Health

Did you know your astrology can affect your health? Maxine Taylor, Georgia’s first licensed astrologer, explains how in this interview I did for the Natural Healing Show on UK Health Radio. Maxine Taylor is a pioneer in the field of astrology.  In 1968, she became Georgia’s first licensed astrologer.  She then spearheaded the establishment of […]

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The whole loaf of forgiveness

In the Jewish tradition Fall brings new beginnings.  The High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur ring in another year, and a time to make amends – to atone for the wrongs of the past – to “wipe the slate clean”.  I’ve always thought that this makes way more sense than welcoming the

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What It Really Means to Be Excellent at Yoga

What does it REALLY mean to be excellent at yoga? Does that mean you have to be able to stand on your head and twist yourself up like a circus freak? Suzanne Dulin, founder of the Sadhana Catalog and Sadhana Community Facebook group, explains the many profound health benefits of yoga and meditation that do not […]

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Yes, Organic Products Can Improve Your Skin: Here’s Why

You may wonder, “Can organic products REALLY make my skin look better?” The unequivocal answer is: YES! For many years I have been a customer of Sally Bs Skin Yummies. When I became co-host of the Natural Healing Show on UK Health Radio, one of the first people I wanted to interview was Sally Larsen, owner, founder and […]

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How to Heal Your Inner Kid with Bicycling

After being invited to co-host of the Natural Healing Show on UK Health Radio, my very first guest was Ramajon Cogan, author of the Amazon No. 1 bestselling book Sedona Mountain Biking: The Rise of the Gnarly Crew. For those of you prone to jealousy, for many years Rama ran a bike shop in Sedona, […]

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An Interview with Andrew Cohen, Founder, Evolutionary Enlightenment

Today is an exclusive live video interview I did with Andrew Cohen, from my video interview series, Interviews with the Leading Edge. In this series of interviews, I engage with people who are on the leading edge of transformational change, doing work to further the consciousness revolution and how it is manifesting in culture, politics

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Catherine Carrigan Joins The Natural Healing Show

Catherine Carrigan, medical intuitive healer and Amazon No. 1 bestselling author, has joined The Natural Healing Show on UK Health Radio as co-host. The Natural Healing Show empowers you to achieve exceptional levels of health and well-being through discovering the healing power of nature and natural health. Started by Yara Ghrewati, a rain forest and bushcraft survival […]

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Functional medicine for women and children’s health

This month I am thrilled to introduce our community to a family physician who is practicing the art of functional and integrative medicine in a primary care setting that focuses on women, mothers and their children. In her article Dr. Davis defines functional medicine and how she uses it in her care of patients. Be well.

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What It Means to Be a Man

The other day I led a healing that was so profound I almost wept. I asked my client if he would be willing for me to share his story with you and he agreed. We have been working together to improve his digestive system and address many other issues, all of which have been steadily […]

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Unlearned lessons

It’s a crisp, clear Saturday here in Albany as I write this post. All is calm as folks go about their weekends, doing errands, housework, out and about in the cool, almost Fall, morning.  But there’s a monster to the south poised to strike, and dire predictions of devastation that will follow.  Been checking in

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The Difference Between Pain and Suffering: My 8th Book & 6th Amazon No. 1 Bestseller

Just published: The Difference Between Pain and Suffering, My 8th Book & 6th Amazon No. 1 Bestseller. The Difference Between Pain and Suffering is a complete handbook for hope and healing for pain relief without drugs. Written by medical intuitive healer Catherine Carrigan, this book outlines tips you can follow to restore your health naturally. Drug […]

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Where do thoughts come from?

A thought comes to my mind: “I want to go out and take a walk!”. Looking more closely at it, it’s not just a thought. It is accompanied by some urge, plus a mental idea of reward (as a result of pursuing that thought), and also an emotional backdrop of wanting or needing. A moment

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Ginseng: King of All Herbs

I’ve been writing a series of articles on herbal medicine. The main point of these articles is that incorporating herbal medicine into your medical needs can help you to reduce the need for drugs. And by doing so, you can become healthier and more in synch with living a Low Density Lifestyle. In the prior

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Your Amazing Diaphragm

Your diaphragm is a rather remarkable collection of muscle that is most likely more intricate and involved than you realize. There are three large openings (also called apertures) for three main tubes in your body: the vena cava, the aorta, and the esophagus. Some of you may have already known about the three holes in

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Do you know how I feel?

My brother passed away when he was 49 years old.  It wasn’t unexpected, but then again, are you ever really prepared?After years of on again/off again fighting his addiction – the addiction had it’s way. I grieved.  And, I was also very, very angry. Despite the 16+ year difference in our ages, my little brother

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Pink Orbs at the 2017 Solar Eclipse

During the solar eclipse two days ago, I was able to take a series of 11 photographs of a pink orb floating next to the sun. I had started my day as I usually do, with meditation, only on that day I searched my Insight Timer meditation app and listened to two guided visualizations by […]

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An Interview with Karenna Gore, Director, Center for Earth Ethics

Today is an exclusive live video interview I did with Karenna Gore, from my video interview series, Interviews with the Leading Edge. In this series of interviews, I engage with people who are on the leading edge of transformational change, doing work to further the consciousness revolution and how it is manifesting in culture, politics

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What Are Your Out of Body Chakras?

You may be aware that balancing your seven primary chakras can have a profound beneficial effect on your total well being. Your chakras are vortexes located throughout your energy field that channel chi into your physical, energetic, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. I’ve written extensively about how you can take better care of your chakras […]

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Overcoming Your Difficult Family

Sometimes our “nearest and dearest” are the ones that create our biggest relationship challenges.  As hard as we try to be patient, compassionate and understanding, within 5 minutes of a phone call they can drive us to distraction.  Healthy supportive family relationships can be a source of great strength.  Difficult families can create endless stress.

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Don’t Slay Me with the Layout

In case you’re wondering why you haven’t seen the published edition of my 8th book yet, The Difference Between Pain and Suffering, it’s because formatting and cover design guru Ramajon Cogan, editor Tony Kessler and I, Catherine Carrigan, the author, have been close to driving ourselves crazy trying to get it right. When you publish a book, […]

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Prolotherapy

The guest author for this month is a talented Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist. Dr. Meyer looks at the whole picture, and is the Capital Region’s expert in the regenerative medicine technique of Prolotherapy. Be well. Prolotherapy, by Dr. Joy L. Meyer When I listen to a patient’s unique complaints, evaluate their biomechanics and diagnose

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Stressed Out? Here are 10 Herbs Good for Stress

Stress is such a major component of so many people’s lives – most people are stressed out to the max. Stress is not good for the health, as it can cause many health problems. It does not allow you to experience healthy living. And it will also keep you in a High Density Lifestyle mode.

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Why is the Floor Uneven?

Spin yourself around for a minute or two. If you can no longer tell where you are in space, then you have some understanding of what people suffering from vertigo deal with on a constant basis. It can be an incredibly debilitating condition that can prevent people from driving a car, walking without assistance, and

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Who’s the teacher?

Our society discriminates between adults and children, where adults “count more” – if you’d forgive my bluntness – than children. Children are both expected, as well as forced, to do whatever they’re told to do, and they have little choice on the matter. This goes not only with parents, but school and the entire so-called

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Guest Post by Steve Nobel: What’s Happening on Planet Earth?

Please believe nothing that I am about to say and always trust your inner guidance, your inner truth. Accept only what feels true and helpful and put aside the rest. That being said here are some reflections on the ascension process. Ascension is happening right now.  This is the time that all the prophecies speak […]

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Old dog, new tricks

It never occurred to me that at a certain age you would have learned everything you needed to know. My brain my have slowed slightly over the years, but the curiosity never wanes.  I love my computer for this.  Google and Siri find ways to enlighten me daily. I have also been known to give

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Turmeric – A Great and Outstanding Herb

I’ve been writing about herbal medicine for a number of posts. I’ve been saying how using herbs can be a great way to achieve better health and wellness, and to experience healthy living. In my last article, I told you about a number of herbs that have excellent medicinal capabilities. Today I want to tell

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What’s in a name? – “Age-Friendly”?

All too often we use a words that sound correct, or have a nice ring to them, or as an short- cut way of communicating a laundry list of other words.  Think about things like “sustainable”, or “eco friendly” or even “fake news” and “pre-existing conditions”. OK – so I THINK I know how these

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‘Sole’ful body maintenance

This month’s guest author is a massage therapist and yogini who practices a variety of massage techniques. Dawn Dotson’s article focuses on the burgeoning technique of Ashiatsu barefoot massage.  I can personally testify to the fact that it is everything she says it is–a good, deep and relaxing therapeutic massage. Be well. ‘Sole’ful body maintenance,

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What Are Some Herbs That Are Good for Healing?

As I’ve said in my article, Using Herbs as Medicine, herbal medicine is one of the oldest forms of medicine on the planet. They can be formulated in many ways, as I pointed out in my article, The Fine Art of Herbal Preparation. Whatever way they are used, they can be very helpful in cultivating

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Coming Soon! My 8th Book, The Difference Between Pain and Suffering

Coming soon! My eighth book, The Difference Between Pain and Suffering.  Overcome your pain and suffering the natural way. Let medical intuitive healer Catherine Carrigan show you how. Discover drug-free secrets from yoga, Reiki, energy healing and alternative medicine with photographs and exercises that really work. If you’ve been wondering why you haven’t been seeing new […]

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The Ant

There’s an ant running around. It’s busy doing its thing: collecting food, building its habitat and caring for the younger generation. Unbeknownst to the ant, its own busyness happens in a place where two giants are wrestling. The ant has no knowledge of what a giant is and has no awareness of the wrestling that

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Real independence

 I met with a young woman on the verge of a bold step.  Walking away from a lucrative but otherwise unrewarding corporate career, she was about to take a whole new tack working with people as a holistic nutrition counselor.  Her mother, my long-term friend, had suggested we talk. She knew full well my history

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An Osteopathic Approach to TMJ Disorder

When you see a specialist in osteopathic manipulative medicine, the approach to finding the cause of disease is slightly different than seeing a typical primary care physician. We are trained to pay close attention to the alignment of all of the bones in the body. I am writing “bones” intentionally because muscles and soft tissue

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The Fine Art of Herbal Preparation

In my recent article, Using Herbs as Medicine, I said that herbal medicine is one of the oldest forms of medicine on the planet. Because the art of herbal medicine is a lost art in many countries, most people don’t know how to prepare and administer herbs. The only way most people take herbs these

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The Empowering Truth About Fear: Guest Post by Andrea Cadelli

Who’s Driving The Car? Why do we want things in life and not go after them?  What is holding us back from our heart’s true desires?  The answer is FEAR.  Learning how to deal with this powerful emotion will help us overcome our aversion to risk and courageously pursue life.  I’m going to tell you […]

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File cabinet reflections

Moving through life, clocking in days, years, and even decades, perspective begins to shift.  I’ve noticed that there’s less anticipation of the new and unexplored, more “looking in the rear view”, reflecting on what’s gone before.  This morning I was going through my file cabinet – sorting and pitching – keeping what might be needed

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Hidden Secrets of Your Chakras

“The spirit is the life of the body seen from within, and the body the outward manifestation of the life of the spirit – the two being really one.” Carl Jung One of the simplest ways to relieve pain and suffering is to take better care of your chakras. What are your chakras? Your chakras […]

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What Are You Transforming Through Your Pain?

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway Years ago I went to the dentist for what I thought would be a routine cleaning. “You need caps on two of your teeth,” the receptionist informed me when I went to pay. “If you come back tomorrow we’ll give […]

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Medical Intuitive Reading of Jeff Sessions

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” Mother Theresa This is a medical intuitive reading of Jeff Sessions, attorney general of the United States, conducted on June 15, 2017 with my good friend Maxine Taylor.   It is important for me to say that in order to access accurate intuitive information, […]

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Using Herbs as Medicine

As a practitioner of Chinese Medicine – both Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine – I am invested in herbal medicine and its use and application. As such, I am going to write a series of articles on the subject of herbal medicine, which is truly the oldest form of medicine on the planet. Having good

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Holistic dentistry

Research has demonstrated the critical role of good oral health in supporting our overall health and well being.  It is encouraging to know that the dental profession also has individuals dedicated to an integrative and holistic approach. My guest author, Dr. Robert Herzog, introduces us to the concepts and benefits of holistic and biologic dentistry.

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Surrender

The ultimate frontier. Our darkest hour before the discovery: the realization of our own delusion in a blunt, right in the face smack. The time when the nightmare comes to a point of utter hopelessness, being pushed into the chasm by powers that we’re not a match for. That’s when it comes: surrender. It doesn’t

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The right start – Holistic Youth Project

For all you Holistic Health readers who practice yoga it’s probably not necessary to say that it has benefits for all ages, all bodies, all situations.  Having been a teacher for over 20 years, my students have run the gamut from lithe 20-somethings, to stiff-bodied seniors, and folks with chronic, limiting health issues.  That’s the

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Sometimes All You Have to Give Is Love

There are times when no matter how hard you wish you truly can not alleviate another person’s torment. Hope as you might, try as you might, their torture exists beyond the reach of your personal influence. This past week, my mother came to Atlanta for my niece’s high school graduation. We all sat through the two-hour […]

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Why Your Low Back Pain Might Be Lingering

At this point, I have lost track of how many patients have come into my office with the chief complaint of back pain. It has become commonplace to frequently hear people talk about their back pain and lamenting how long they have had it, and how little they have been able to improve it. Regardless of the

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Hang on to Your Story, Hang on to Your Pain

Last week, after making the ill-advised choice to teach a group of beginners how to practice headstands, I got kicked in the skull not just once but twice. It all started like this. I looked around the room at my Thursday morning over-50 yoga class. I decided that they had been doing a good job getting […]

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Visioneering in the Age of Trump

Visioneering: the ability to have long term vision, and think far and wide; to dream of things that never were and say ‘Why not?’ ”; to think big and to be bold and daring with your thoughts; and to understand that Yes is the Answer. The Age of Trump: to wallow in and act out

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Medical Intuitive Reading of James Comey

This is a medical intuitive reading of James Brien Comey Jr., former director of the FBI, conducted on May 28, 2017 with my good friend Maxine Taylor.   At present date he is 56 years old. He is a lawyer and was director of the FBI from September 2013 to May 2017. This is not […]

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Welcome to Suemaeslifecoach.com!

Every once in awhile, a person comes along who changes the course of your entire life. For me one of the most significant people in my life has been Sue Maes of London, Ontario, my mentor in healing. Sue has just established a new website, Suemaeslifecoach.com, where you can read about her important work. You […]

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Raise Your Vibration Past the Suffering

“Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” Joseph Campbell One of the simplest ways to move yourself past suffering is to ask yourself just one question, “How can I raise my vibration?” This is the precise question I ask on behalf of my client whenever I am […]

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5 Principles of Conscious Living

Have always loved the exchange between The Buddha and his followers: “Buddha, are you god?” inquired one of his followers. “No” replied the Buddha.  “Well then, are you a prophet?” asked another.  “No” said Buddha.  “So then, what are you?”.  The Buddha responded, “Awake”. Of late there seems to be more and more interest in

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How to Use Social Media to Skyrocket Your Book Success

Join Amazon No. 1 bestselling author Catherine Carrigan on Susan Friedman’s podcast Book Marketing Mentors to learn how to use social media to skyrocket your book success. Listen to the podcast at this link. You can download a transcript of the podcast at this link. Susan Friedmann, CSP (certified speaking professional) is a well-respected niche marketer […]

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What Beauty Will Come from Your Pain?

“Behind every beautiful thing there’s some kind of pain.” Bob Dylan She was young-ish, early 30s, and studying to become a psychologist. She told me her choice was between working with me to relieve the constant discomfort of her scoliosis or spending over $3,000 to purchase a back brace that she would wear every day. […]

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The Joy of Meditation

 Been busy with my friend, and partner-in-mindfulness, Rev. Sam Trumbore planning a wonderful day of practice Saturday June 3rd, 2017 at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany, from 1-6pm.  “Change Your Mind” Day 2017 will be a veritable buffet of meditation/mindfulness opportunities: Yoga, Meditation (different traditions) expressive arts, Labyrinth walking, and so much more.  Our

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Healing the Divide in Ourselves

Not too long ago, I saw an interview with the filmmaker Lee Daniels, the director of such films as Monster’s Ball, Precious, and The Butler, along with the TV shows Empire and Star. Daniels was talking about growing up in Philadelphia, where his father was a cop in the Philadelphia police department. When Daniels was

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Pray, Meditate, Allow Then Write

Having suffered an 18-year hiatus between my first and second books, I know first hand just how painful it can be if you are a creative person who happens to be stuck. When you are a writer, you study what turns you on and turns you off. Just like knowing that if you eat too […]

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The Healing Power of Self Compassion

“I think modern medicine has become like a prophet offering a life free of pain. It is nonsense. The only thing I know that truly heals people is unconditional love.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross One of the blocks that may hold you back from releasing painful patterns in your life is your relationship with yourself. The teeny weeny […]

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Homeopathy explained

Homeopathy is often cloaked in mystery and misunderstanding. I invited Dr. Larry Malerba, a seasoned homeopathic physician, to shed light on this holistic modality. Be well. Homeopathy Explained by Larry Malerba, DO As an osteopathic physician with homeopathic training I have been using homeopathic medicine as the primary therapy in my medical practice for almost

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How to Get Out of Hell Without Really Trying

“I am the way into the city of woe, I am the way into eternal pain, I am the way to go among the lost. Justice caused my high architect to move, Divine omnipotence created me, The highest wisdom, and the primal love. Before me there were no created things But those that last forever—as […]

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5 Questions to Ask Yourself If You Really Want to Be Done with Your Pain

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.” David Foster Wallace Recently a woman came to see me about her back pain. She had been diagnosed with spondlyosthesis, a very nasty painful condition of the spine where usually at least one vertebra is shoved forward out of place. She was […]

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Growing a healthier future

Do you think much about where your food comes from?  No, not from the grocery store.  Before that…way before that. Well, Capital Roots does.  Since it began in 1975, the passion and purpose of Capital Roots has been to bring good health through good nutrition to the Capital Area. Just like a well-tended garden, Capital

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4 Lessons I Learned from My Mother About Aging Well

My mother, Jane Espy, and I just went to New York City to celebrate her 80th birthday. My stepfather, age 86, stayed home in Savannah while my sister-in-law, Bee Espy, came to stay with him so that my mother and I could make our trip without worrying about him. Like most mothers and daughters, when […]

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Osteopathic Considerations in Osgood-Schlatter Disease

Osgood-Schlatter disease has a long and difficult to pronounce name, but the concept is quite simple. As children grow sometimes the tendon that connects the kneecap (patella) to the shin bone (tibia) experiences repeated stress from physical activity. That repeated stress can cause strain in the knee and as a result, pain, swelling, and redness

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Diet mindsets – making your brain work for you

“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.” -Albert Einstein   While there are admittedly a lot of myths and misconceptions in the realm of food and nutrition, the most challenging thing I find is often helping people see the role that their own mindset

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God Has Filed My Heart with Dog Babies

This is a very personal article about the phenomenon of childlessness, the pain of domestic violence, the blessing of dog babies and my work as a medical intuitive healer. This morning I woke up and I saw inside my heart two cocker spaniels: my brown and white dog Belle who passed away last July and […]

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Failing to recognize being wrong

How easy it is to think in simplistic terms of gain and loss. We are primed to do so through the very fabric of our society with its power driven mentality. How easy it is to think that what I have is the result of a combination of recognizing my talents, applying my will and

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Medical Intuitive Reading of a 19-Year-Old Who Suffered Sudden Death

Most of the clients who come to me for medical intuitive readings are in fact alive and seeking insight, solutions and healing for their personal health. In February of this year, I was contacted by the grandmother of a young man who suffered sudden death at age 19. An autopsy proved inconclusive. No doctor could […]

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Outside the Comfort Zone: Where Creativity and Innovation Are Human Birthrights

At 94 years old, John Goodenough is at the age where many of his peers would either be pushing up daisies or sitting at home or an assisted living facility, doing their best to hold onto their lives. But not John Goodenough. He’s never taken no for an answer, never settled for the status quo.

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Your Emotional Anatomy: How Emotions Affect Your Muscles

“The wound is the place where light enters you.” Rumi What’s The Emotion? When you get a pain the neck, is it really a problem with your cervical vertebrae, your anterior neck flexors, your posterior neck extensors or have you simply gotten stuck in your emotions? As a medical intuitive healer, one of the first […]

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The last word

“Behold, O monks, this is my advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation.”…..The Buddha “What is the answer?” No answer came.  She laughed and said, “In that case, what is the question?”…….Gertrude Stein “Oh wow! Oh wow! Oh wow!”……..Steve Jobs

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Where Does Pain Begin?

As a medical intuitive healer, people are always asking me for help understanding their pain and suffering. Many of my new clients have spent years trying various modalities in an earnest search for relief. “Where did my pain begin?” they want to know. It’s important to understand how your body works – not just your […]

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Call on Your Power Animals

Years ago, I remember doing a medical intuitive reading for a woman in Kenya who was a big cat researcher. Both she and her husband had spent years in the wild filming and studying and advocating for the lions, tigers and leopards not just in Africa but also in Asia. Unexpectedly, she had fallen ill. […]

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What It Feels Like to Give Reiki

On Monday I had a profound experience of the Christ consciousness while giving a Reiki treatment. This article is my humble attempt to describe what I felt and saw. Monday morning, one of my regular clients texted me. I was driving back from visiting my mother in Savannah, Georgia, for the Easter holiday, so I […]

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Join My Friend Maxine Taylor for Star Camp Astrology Training

Join my friend Maxine Taylor Saturday and Sunday June 3 and 4 for a weekend workshop to learn astrology from Georgia’s first licensed astrologer. You can download the flyer here at this link. To register and pay, please visit this link. What: Star Camp To watch a Youtube video about Star Camp, please visit this […]

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A Medical Intuitive Healers Guide to Mending a Broken Heart

“Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend a hand.” Patti Smith One of the common pains I as a medical intuitive healer empower my clients to overcome is the gut wrenching and soul sucking suffering that occurs as a result of a breakup with intimate partners. If you study the Holmes and Race […]

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The Obesity Apocalypse is Coming!

I have written a series of articles on obesity, and today is the last of the articles on this topic. Why is it important to talk about this? Because as a nation, here in the U.S., statistics show that obesity is rapidly reaching epidemic proportions.  In the past, the U.S. was the most obese nation

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What Happens When You Get Stuck In The Pain

Because we are all human, sometimes we get stuck in our pain. About a year ago my dog Belle died. Just the week before I remember thinking, “I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy in my entire life.” Then one Monday afternoon we were out in my garden beside the zinnias and Belle walked […]

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Integrative health coaching–what it is, what it isn’t, and what’s in it for you

This month’s guest blog author is a recent graduate of the relatively new discipline of Integrative health coaching. Please welcome Wendy Miller, R.N. to our holistic health community. Integrative health coaching–what it is, what it isn’t, and what’s in it for you, by Wendy Miller, R.N. Information is being gathered and the data shows that

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Medical Intuitive Reading of Ivanka Trump

Maxine Taylor interviewed Catherine Carrigan for a medical intuitive reading of Ivanka Trump. As of April 5, 2017, Ivanka Trump, advisor and daughter to President Donald Trump, is 35 years old. Her overall life energy is 62/100. Her most stressed organ is her pericardium – the double walled sac containing the heart – currently experiencing inflammation. Physical […]

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Why is life so $%^!!# hard?

“What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering”– – Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 BC If that quote isn’t depressing enough, try the image on the poster the folks at Saratoga Hospital’s Wellness Committee made to announcement

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Embracing your inner (food) critic

Pamela Malo is a registered dietitian, yoga instructor, coach, and nutrition researcher.         One universal voice we all have is the ‘inner critic’ or ‘saboteur’ or ‘monkey mind.’ This is the voice that tells us every time we made a mistake, are about to look silly, or messed up in any way.

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Guest Post by Suzanne Dulin: How to Create Like an Engineer

My dear friend Suzanne Dulin, owner at Heart+Mind Yoga and the Sadhana Catalog and Community, has great insights about how to create in an integrated way using both the right and left sides of your brain. A long-term yoga teacher, Suzanne is in the process of creating her first online courses to teach yoga to a […]

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The Genius

We admire them; think highly of them; perhaps even [Shhh] envy them. We call them “genius” and they can be found in just about any field: painting, music, mathematics, architecture, physics, chemistry, cooking and the list goes on. Some of them can even invent an entirely new field that did not exist beforehand. We tend

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How Energy Actually Flows In Your Body

When you look for true, long-lasting relief, you want to rid yourself of the origin of your suffering. Here’s the way I look at the flow of energy in your body from the point of view of a medical intuitive. How I See Your Pranamayakhosha, Or Energy Body Energy enters your body through your hara […]

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Affirmations for Healing

You can direct your mind to think as positively as possible, to uplift your personal energy despite immense suffering. Here are some of my favorite affirmations that we can say to ourselves at times when the hurt may feel tremendously unbearable. EVERY HAND THAT TOUCHES MY BODY IS A HEALING HAND. I AM DIVINELY GUIDED […]

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Stress Can Make You Obese

I’ve written a number of articles on obesity and its many causes – diet, chemicals in foods, and sugar/high fructose corn syrup. Another cause of obesity, and a major cause at that, is stress. Stress is a major cause of living a High Density Lifestyle, and a major cause of obesity – that’s why I’ve

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What Everyone With a Cold Has in Common

The answer is simple. They need drainage! And of course, rest. Thankfully if the drainage happens soon enough, then they do not need to spend as much time (if any) recovering in bed. The transition from winter to spring in the Capital Region has been a bit strange this year, and perhaps partly as a

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Want to feel at home? Stay at home.

Travel can be lots of things to different people: expensive, creative, tiring, exhilarating, confusing, disrupting. And, this is the first time I’ve flown since Trump took office with all the angst that thought brings.  But no matter what, travel necessitates change, and for me, that’s the best part. Like the title of this blog, sometimes

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Pi a la Mode and the Hidden Structures of the Heart

Pi, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, is one of those things in life, if you take the time to ponder it, that can leave you awestruck – even if you’re not a geek (which I profess to be). Pi has taken its place in the pantheon to such a degree that

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The Story You Tell Yourself Creates Your Chemistry

“Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing. Ink is the great cure for all human ills.” C.S. Lewis This week, I did medical intuitive readings for two women who had experienced severe trauma that had kept them stuck in emotional and physical pain. One woman’s son had been murdered two years previously. Another had […]

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Goldilocks understood lagom

Not too hot, not too cold – just right!  Not too hard, not too soft – perfect! The Swedish word “Lagom” (law-gum) means all that Goldilocks looked for, and so much more. In one sense it implies moderation in all things – from the strength of your morning coffee, to the butterfat content of the

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An introduction to naturopathic medicine

I am pleased to introduce Dr. Amy Cole to our holistic health community. She is a native of the Capital Region who returned home to establish her naturopathic medicine practice. As an integrative and holistic physician I am often called a naturopath, which opens the door to my disclaimer and a discussion of the virtues

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Excellence, the Side Benefit of the Yoga of Writing

When people hear about everything I do, they often jump to the conclusion that I must be overworked or stressed out. Nothing could be further from the truth. I consider myself one of the least stressed working people I know. I walk in the park every day with my dog Dixie. I have time for […]

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An Interview with Mark Nepo, author, “The Book of Awakening” and “The One Life We’re Given”

Today is an exclusive live video interview with Mark Nepo, from my interview series “Interviews with the Leading Edge.” In this series of interviews, I engage with people who are on the leading edge of transformational change, doing work to further the consciousness revolution and how it is manifesting in culture, politics and spirituality, in

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How to Trace Your Acupuncture Meridians for Pain Relief

One of my great joys as a medical intuitive healer is to teach you how to heal yourself. When you know what to do to heal yourself, you feel empowered rather than trapped or hopeless when you experience the inevitable aches and pains of life. One of the simplest energy healing techniques to relieve pain […]

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Just in Case Your Pregnancy is Not Going Along Swimmingly…

Pregnancy is often a joyous time in a woman’s life. She is growing another living being within her and is soon to become a parent, or become a parent again. Most of the time women are able to move through their pregnancies with relative ease. When that is not the case, there are options that

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Medical Intuitive Reading of Melania Trump

To watch the Youtube vide of my medical intuitive reading of Melania Trump with astrologer Maxine Taylor, please click below.   This is a medical intuitive reading of Melania Trump, wife of Donald Trump, president of the United States. The reading was conducted on Feb. 28, 2017, at the time Melania is 46 years old. […]

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Valentine’s Day’s surprise

Today I would like to share with you something special that my daughter did for Valentine’s Day, and which unintentionally got her on the front page of the Daily Gazette and also got her a TV segment on Time Warner Cable News. But before I do, there’s something else that I’d like to share with

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Clenched fist or open hand

There’s been a barrage of articles about finances lately. It’s tax season for one.  For another, we’ve been learning about what seems to be great excess in the Presidential ideas about what’s needed to support his lifestyle.   Maybe it has to do with the questionable condition of economy, and the personal struggles of people just

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Medical Intuitive Reading of Steve Bannon

To watch the video of my interview with Maxine Taylor, click on the video below.   My dear friend Maxine Taylor, Georgia’s first licensed astrologer, Amazon No. 1 bestselling author and host of Move Into the Magic radio show, asked me to do a medical intuitive reading of White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. I want to […]

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3 Ways to Go After Inspiration Other Than with a Club

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” Jack London If you’re going to do this writing thing, you have to figure out how to go after your own inspiration. There are many things in life we can get handed down to us – preferably of course the first […]

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What’s Making Teens Obese? Hint: It’s Not the Lack of Exercise

I wrote a prior article on obesity in children, Obesity: What Are We Doing to Our Children? in which I talked about obesity in children, and the fact that in the U.S. nearly one in three children and teens are overweight or obese. One of the key causes of this obesity epidemic is sugar and

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64 Ways to Heal Your Heart Naturally

This Valentine’s Day you can fill yourself with love and joy  by practicing natural healing for your heart. In Chinese medicine, your heart is the emperor of your body. When your heart is happy, you experience high energy levels, physical strength and deep inner wisdom. As  a medical intuitive healer, I frequently assess whether your heart is […]

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The older, wiser sister of happiness

Santosha. Santoshaaaaaaa. Aaaaah. Just the sound seems to carry with it a feeling of comfort, ease, relaxation. Santosha means contentment, and Contentment brings to mind a range of soft-focused images of cozy fires, full bellies, soft voices, and kindness. A holding-pattern of undisturbed, unchanging peacefulness within and without. But what exactly did Pantanjali intend when

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What Is Your Light Body?

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16, King James Version Just as you have a pain body that carries the heavy, uncomfortable energy of your suffering, you also have a light body. What is your light body? Simply […]

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Change is scary

During this time of unprecedented change in our country I offer this article. Let us harness the fear and uncertainty we feel into a transformational force, and learn to “to repeatedly access self love, self care, and social love.” Be well. Growth is an inherent aspect of the human experience. To grow means change, and

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Are Politics Making You Sick? How to Overcome Headline Stress Disorder

Yesterday I did a medical intuitive reading with a client from Asheville, North Carolina, who had been experiencing ringing in the ears, insomnia and fear. A holistic healer herself, she had already done everything she could think of as well as consulted several other practitioners but decided to call me after several bad nights of insomnia. […]

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Retrain Your Amygdala to Overcome Chronic Pain: Why Resolving Long Term Emotional Stress is Crucial for Recovery

One of the keys to overcoming chronic pain is to resolve the emotions that keep you operating out of your amydalae, the fight, flight or freeze centers of your brain. Simply put, resolving long term emotional stress is crucial for your recovery from chronic pain. It’s my experience as a medical intuitive healer that you won’t permanently […]

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A Guide for the Perplexed: Why a New Epoch is Upon Us

Prologue: This post is not meant to be a purely political one, although I will be mentioning the political landscape and Donald Trump. Instead, this post is meant to take the long view and look at the big picture. It is meant to map out what exactly is going on here, as to many people

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Mantra for Knowing How to Heal

  It is my belief and experience that we all experience whispers from the spirit world because we all possess a soul. Your soul is constantly forever and always trying to speak to you, attempting to guide your ego mind and direct you to all that is good. At times, however, we become disconnected from […]

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The Secret World of Fascia

Many of you might be wondering, what is fascia? For those of you who are not familiar with it, it is an integral part of our makeup. A good way to understand fascia is to think of a chicken breast and the sheet of translucent, tough tissue that is sometimes wrapped around it. That is

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More and more, faster and faster

Acceleration! We can feel it. Not only the elderly and the adult – kids are feeling it as well. The rate in which everything changes, is accelerating. Just like in a whirlpool, getting closer to the center faster and faster. There seems to be a constant stream of bad news wherever we look. News, speculations,

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12 Principles of Success for Holistic Entrepreneurs

My dear friend Suzanne Dulin, owner at Heart+Mind Yoga and the Sadhana Catalog and Community, has asked me to present a FREE streaming online seminar on how to run a successful business as a holistic entrepreneur. You can join us LIVE on Zoom.us on Monday, Feb. 6, at 9 p.m. at this link: https://zoom.us/j/436550965 Although I have […]

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Fragile and finite – “Voices in the Stones”

Wisdom comes to us from many sources.  And wisdom is timeless. We receive it from our parents, our teachers, our own experiences, and certainly from the ways of ancient peoples. To ignore wisdom is a poor idea.  To ignore wisdom simply because it’s source is from a different culture, or from people of different colors,

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Could One of Your Kidneys Save Somebody’s Life?

This year, 4,500 may die waiting for a kidney transplant. Could one of your kidneys save somebody’s life? While we can give our money, volunteer our time and contribute to the well being of others through prayer, one of the major ways to make a significant difference is to donate a kidney to someone waiting […]

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Medical Intuitive Reading of Donald Trump

My dear friend Maxine Taylor, Georgia’s first licensed astrologer, Amazon No. 1 bestselling author and host of Move Into the Magic radio show, asked me to do a medical intuitive reading of Donald Trump, our 45th U.S. president. This medical intuitive reading will not comment on politics but help you have a deeper understanding of […]

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Guest Post: Sustainable Gardening by Susan M. Varlamoff

Note from Catherine Carrigan: Many people forget that our environment is the most powerful factor in determining our health. I have worked with countless clients who have had severe health reactions due to the ongoing use of pesticides, herbicides and other toxic chemicals in their lawns and gardens. The more we learn how to embrace […]

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Sympathy for the Devil

“Please allow me to introduce myself I’m a man of wealth and taste I’ve been around for a long, long year Stole many a man’s soul to waste” And so sang Mick Jagger in the Rolling Stones song “Sympathy for the Devil.” Many a person’s soul has been laid to waste by the taste of

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Why Writers Suck at Proofreading, Excuse 383

Today I could avoid myself no longer and finished (a.k.a. gave up on) proofreading the formatted version of my seventh book, What Is Social Media Today: Keywords, Hashtags and You, Oh My! Writers suck at proofreading. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Having had plenty of unproductive hours to come up with further excuses, […]

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Bang your head while eating bread?

Music  has been part of my life for as long as I can remember.  My family listened to it, sang along with it, and danced to it. We went to the opera, concerts, and musicals.  Mom and Dad played the piano, and I took lessons, which was fun – except when stressed over the obligatory

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3 Keys to Manifest Your Goals

As you set your intentions for the coming year, you can do a better job of manifesting what you truly desire by asking yourself three questions. What do you really want to have in your life? In order to have what you want, who do you have to be? Finally, what do you need to do differently? According to  data […]

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Prebiotics–nurture your natives

Nearly everyone has some familiarity with the subject of probiotics—the friendly bacterial and yeast we consume that support the health of the gastrointestinal tract, and our overall health and well being. The subject has captured the interest of researchers from multiple medical disciplines, making the investigation of the microbiome one of the hottest tickets in

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The Quantum Physics of Donald Trump

Here in the U.S., one of the stranger things in American history occurred this past November: the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the U.S. I say strange on a number of accounts: because Trump is an odd and peculiar character, and because his election took a confluence of events to line

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When Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

A common complaint I hear from patients is that they have carpal tunnel syndrome.  Interestingly, quite often, the source of the pain comes from somewhere other than the carpal tunnel. While osteopathic manipulative medicine can certainly address true carpal tunnel syndrome, it is also helpful when the pain is coming from another source. Training in

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2017: New year, new way

“I’ll do anything. Just whip me into shape – please!!!”   This is a common reaction I get when people find out what I do. Usually it is spoken by someone who has tried every diet plan they have heard of and still has not experienced lasting success or peace. They are fed up and

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Is Being A Control Freak Hurting Your Bladder?

The emotions you feel over and over and over again provide the vibrational cellular landscape that creates or destroys your health. As a medical intuitive healer, I read the emotions behind every illness, disease process, muscle ache, chronic pain, infection, common cold or chronic condition. And when I get sick, one of the first questions […]

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Déjà-vu

Wait a minute… This is a Deja-vu, I know that it is. I have been here before… I need just a moment to find my grounding again, because my emotions and my thoughts are in a feedback loop with each other and something is definitely growing inside of me. I am recognizing it now. It

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Heal 4 Major Organs by Learning to Forgive

One of the simplest and most profound ways to heal your body is by learning how to forgive. As a medical intuitive healer, I often find myself teaching forgiveness mantras to my sickest clients – the ones who have seen every possible kind of traditional and alternative healer and who still struggle with chronic pain […]

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Perfect Is The Enemy of Done

One of the things you have to do as a creative person is to understand your creative process. What shuts down your creative flow? What opens the spigot? How can you stop driving yourself crazy and get the words, the paint, the clay, the music, the building, the art out of you? The other day […]

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The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy – a book reiview

It’s a damp, cold winter day.  I’ve got stacks of desk work to tackle so I’m pulling out all the stops to help me focus , and make the job a little easier.  There’s some good tunes drifting from the computer via Pandora, a cup of something warm and soothing to sip, and yes…my newest

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