My mother just came back from spending a month in Tuscany and the first thing she said to me was, “You’ve shrunk!” She had a point. I recently bought a size two skirt and in my incredulity my reaction was to tell the sales lady that I’d have to start frequenting that store as their […]
Category: Natural remedies
Computer Lap Desk: Save your back, wrists, etc. with the right equipment
As someone who has made my living writing for 15 years, I literally live on my keyboard. At the moment, it’s a laptop. Years ago, when I had my first laptop, I had weekly visits to the massage therapist to unwrench my back and wrist muscles. Too much time spent slumping on a lumpy old […]
Keeping Cool in the Heat: Sun Tea and other solutions
Now that the temperature has started to seriously climb — summer seems to be coming a bit late this year — I look for ways to stay cool in the heat. Those of us with MS know that raising our core body temperature can not only slow us down, it can exacerbate existing MS symptoms. […]
Relaxation at the Cellular Level
“She has only one thing on her mind…” went the line from the song on the speakers in my exercise class. “I don’t know who he’s talking about,” commented the instructor, Kathy, a mother of three and a business owner. “I never have fewer than five things on MY mind!” Oh yes, I know what […]
Hayfever remedies: Bee pollen
I mentioned the beginning of my hayfever remedies last week, but I didn’t get a chance to tell you about the discovery that has changed my life with allergies: bee pollen! Specifically, locally-collected bee pollen. During allergy seasons (for me, it’s spring flowering trees and late summer grasses through the first frost), I mix a […]
