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The other day, I was visiting Facebook pages of friends and colleagues with whom I hadn’t communicated lately … posting lots of “shout outs, hellos, and take cares.” One colleague replied to my post a few days later commenting that [...]
Chronic illness and chronic pain can rob you of your joy and cause an abundance of stress, but there are several things you can do to prevent that from happening.
1. Get a second opinion from someone NOT associated with the clinician who made your initial diagnosis. It’s important to make sure your diagnosis is correct. You’d be surprised at how often it may not be.
2. Make sure your team of [...]
Many of us spend hours every day enriching our minds via the work we do. Then we often spend a great deal of time enriching our bodies by exercising and closely watching our diets. Sometimes, however, we forget to take time (or make the time) to nourish and enrich the soul … the spirit – which is at least equally if not immensely more important. Remember, it’s Mind … Body … and SPIRIT.
Be well,
Chad Simpson
Are you stressed about H1N1 Influenza (previously referred to as Swine Flu)?
If you pay attention to the news and various other media, then it’s quite likely you are stressed … at least a little. Don’t be!
A few thoughts on the H1N1 Flu situation to help turn that stress around:
1. Unfortunate circumstances — like H1N1 — sometimes bring [...]
I’ve become known as “that medication-free pharmacist.” Sort of an oxymoron, right? So, what about herbal, natural, homeopathic, or other nutritional supplements for stress? How does the medication-free pharmacist feel about those?
Although I’m a huge advocate of medication-free strategies, I’m not 100% anti-medication. Some medications [...]
So you want to start meditating. Great choice!
Meditation is an amazing tool to increase wellness and well-being. It’s one of the best ways I know of to clear the the daily junk and clutter from our minds. Listed below are my seven quick tips [...]
Meditation has always appealed to me, but it never really worked for me until I figured out what I was missing!
I truly believe routine meditation can provide many healing benefits, including – of course – stress relief. Before I figured out what [...]
Pain is a fascinating, yet highly complex and subjective topic. Stress is well known to increase pain and pain is well known to increase stress! It’s something sufferers of chronic pain know all too well.
A client, who suffers from chronic pain, recently asked me about medication-free strategies for pain control. Nobody I know enjoys taking pain medications; however, everyone I know loves being pain free! While most everyone seems to agree [...]
Because I am a strong advocate of medication-free strategies for stress management, wellness, and a life of excellence, people often assume I am altogether anti-medication. I am not. I believe some medications have a valuable role in our world, and I believe those medications should be prescribed, dispensed, and utilized in a very safe and prudent manner. That being said, I am still a strong advocate for medication-free strategies when appropriate.
Darvon (propoxyphene), a pain medication more often seen as Darvocet (propoxyphene + acetaminophen) has [...]
Are you living in the past instead of the present? Day in and day out, are you reliving, in your head, everything you’ve already done … already experienced? Is your past causing your present stress? If so, these two simple steps are key in moving you from the past to the present.
Step 1: Learn from the past.
Many teachers, mentors, coaches, and spiritual leaders will tell you to focus on the present, not on the past. Why? Because there is nothing you can do to change anything about the past. It’s a waste of your time and energy to live in the past. For the most part, I find abundant [...]