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Childhood Chronic Illnesses May Be Common, But Are...
Childhood Chronic Illnesses May Be Common, But Are NOT Normal
Introduction to Modern Childhood Chronic Illnesses Illness in children has become our new normal. In fact, most people walk around feeling tired and not well much of the time. This state of ill health is often overlooked because we’ve become used to feeling less than healthy and either do not
EMF Protection for Your Health
EMF Protection for Your Health
Is Your Family Being Exposed to Electropollution? Do you have wifi in your home, work, or your child’s school? Do your children use iPhones, iPads, laptops, and wireless keyboards? Do you use a cordless phone? Do you or your children sleep near large appliances, have televisions
HFF Holiday Giveaway Event Registration Open!
HFF Holiday Giveaway Event Registration Open!
Please note that this event is now over, but do browse around our website for more of what we have going on right now! I love the holidays. I love the calm and pleasant feelings I get when I am with friends and family; even the cold of the
Pull Your Child From Depression
Pull Your Child From Depression
by Carla Atherton, Director of the Healthy Family Formula We all know what it feels like to be down in the dumps, to feel as if nothing is right or fun or interesting. We all know what it is like to be afraid or anxious or that life has no
Diagnosis Day
Diagnosis Day
February 2nd, 2012. The day my then 11-year old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Excuse my language, but: shit. This diagnosis stole a lot from us: it stole my precious girl’s chance at a “normal” youth, it stole her sense of security, it stole countless hours of time
The Most Overlooked Wellness Essential
The Most Overlooked Wellness Essential
SUNLIGHT — nature’s full-spectrum light — is the most overlooked wellness essential. Without the sun, there would be no life on this planet. Research shows that our genes are programmed to respond to exposure to full spectrum light now believed to be critical for the healthy development, growth and maintenance of your
The Challenge of Teaching Self-Care to Teens
The Challenge of Teaching Self-Care to Teens
Remember when you were an adolescent? When you were unbreakable and thought that 50 was OLD (and now that you are 50, you feel like you’ve only just begun!)? You were no longer a child who thought that you could jump off of a cliff and not think about the
Essential Oils for Family Health
Essential Oils for Family Health
For years now, I have been a health information junkie! I have incorporated many wonderful and fascinating therapies, strategies, and healing modalities that have enhanced my family’s health and/or taught us something about ourselves and how to become more whole, healthy, and, well, functioning. One of the most profound medicines
Childhood Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Childhood Cancer Prevention and Treatment
I have been contemplating writing a newsletter about childhood cancer and considering all methods of prevention and treatment for quite some time now, but judging from the almost deafening silence around this topic, it seems to be a very touchy issue to explore. It is difficult to talk about cancer
How Movement and Posture Can Help Your Children...
How Movement and Posture Can Help Your Children Thrive
Parents and therapists worldwide are learning joyful, transformative movements that help children thrive. These special movements are both calming and stimulating and consist mainly of movements patterned after what babies do in the womb and early infancy. These automatic, innate neurodevelopmental movements—both rhythmic and primitive reflex movements—provide the foundations for
5 Ways Tylenol Can Harm Your Children
5 Ways Tylenol Can Harm Your Children
With regards to children’s healthcare, and the healthcare of anyone in our western population, for that matter, administering medications for each symptom or discomfort or dis-ease state has become the standard of care. The use of medications has been seen to manage and sometimes cure our broken bodies and make
The Sugar Aftermath
The Sugar Aftermath
Do your children’s pupils dilate when you mention the word candy?! OK, you made it. Halloween is over! The costumes, the trick or treating, the parties, all fun! But what about the candy? What about that huge pillowcase full of “treats” you now need to manage?! Do you allow your
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