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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