Reaching Out
Reaching Out
by Carla Atherton, Director of The Healthy Family Formula My Mom Always Said I Was Different I have seen and have brought my children to many doctors, every one unable or unwilling (due to lack of time, interest, or knowledge) to help us to unravel the seemingly mysterious symptoms we
Firsts: For My First Daughter
Firsts: For My First Daughter
I hope that you are having (or have had) a wonderfully restful, fun, joyful, memorable holiday! I am not sure how much rest we’ve gotten, but we sure have had some fun! Big family gatherings, performances and concerts, and successes such as my own grandmother becoming as close to pain-free
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
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
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
