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Moving Beyond the Diagnosis: Our Story Part 1
Moving Beyond the Diagnosis: Our Story Part 1
by Carla Atherton, Director of The Healthy Family Formula When we are moved to create something extraordinary, something that comes fully from who we are, from what gets us out of bed in the morning, from a clear and relentless vision, it often comes out of a place of
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“When my own daughter received an upsetting diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes in 2012, my family and I were launched into a new life of needles and doctors and dead ends. And after experiencing the ups and downs of parenting a child with chronic illness and recognizing what was not
30 Reasons to Avoid Fast Food (Like the...
30 Reasons to Avoid Fast Food (Like the Plague)
by Carla Atherton, Director of The Healthy Family Formula The way we live in our modern world revolves largely around convenience and speed. Sometime in the 50s, advertising displaying machines that did the laundry and packaged dinners that replaced home cooking started to appear everywhere: the promises these ads made
Compassionate Communication
Compassionate Communication
by Carla Atherton, Director of The Healthy Family Formula So, we are parents. We know a lot and teach our kids how to be in this world. We instruct and convince. We mold and shape. Right? Well, this is what we are taught, anyway, what we are told to
Gastrointestinal Health, Toxicity, and Immune System Dysregulation
Gastrointestinal Health, Toxicity, and Immune System Dysregulation
In her book, A Compromised Generation, Beth Lambert reports that, “[A]lmost all of the chronic illnesses in children today are in some way related to immune dysregulation” (Lambert, A Compromised Generation, p. 51). To review, immune dysregulation is either an immune hyper response in the body that exhibits as autoimmunity
The Medicalized Family
The Medicalized Family
HFF The Medicalized Family: Are We Patients or People? Every day we can observe how we in our western modern society encounter, sometimes create, and succumb to illness through exposure to pathogens and other environmental factors (sometimes within our control, and sometimes out of our control) and lifestyle choices (sometimes
Why Try Natural?
Why Try Natural?
by Carla Atherton, Director of The Healthy Family Formula Medications have become the common method of choice to deal with health complaints, aches, and pains. Millions of women are on some sort of antidepressant, sleep aide, or pain medication, and Ritalin has become a household word for our kids. You
Parenting a Child with Big Health Challenges
Parenting a Child with Big Health Challenges
by Carla Atherton, Director of The Healthy Family Formula As an active person, I have been interested in health and wellness since my early teens, but didn’t always know what to do and how to be healthy in a holistic way. And when I became a mother, my interest
ADHD Behaviors and the Nutritional Connection
ADHD Behaviors and the Nutritional Connection
Guest Blog by Phyllis B. Books, DC, DACBN (Note: This Guest Blog was originally published on Dr. Books’ website.) Etiological factors include genetic predisposition, brain injury, chronic middle ear infection, visual or hearing disturbances, trauma, conditions that are medication-induced (such as vaccinations), allergic reactions and sensitivities, or simple lack of
Unbearable Attempts to Sit Still
Unbearable Attempts to Sit Still
Guest Blog By Sonia Story I will always remember Jai. When I met him, Jai was 5 years old and could not sit still. He could not stand still. He could not lie down and be still. He could hardly stop talking. Jai’s mother brought him to
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
