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By Georgianna Donadio, MSc, DC, PhD - Everywhere you look these days you see references to “health coach certification.” What exactly IS a health coach and what can they do for your health? The word coach means “to bring out the best effort or aspect.” A health coach is someone who facilitates your identifying lifestyle behaviors that bring [...]
By Georgianna Donadio, PhD – In the first installment of this three-part 'fulfilling relationships' series, we looked at the importance of effective communication. The qualities of our communication style and the skills we bring to our conversations have a significant impact on our overall success in life, work and family relationships. While most of us are aware [...]
By Georgianna Donadio, PhD – The way we feel — especially when we feel hurt or angry — can cause negative effects on the body because of the neurological and neurochemical connections between mind and body. Holding in your feelings can lead to serious illness. If we experience internalized anger, our nervous and hormone systems [...]
By Georgianna Donadio, PhD – It’s a fact: Lack of effective communication is a leading cause of divorce and the breakdown of relationships between parents and children, as well as between employees and their employers. There is no doubt that communication can make or break fulfilling relationships, but changing how we relate to one another [...]
By Georgianna Donadio, PhD – In an economy that has been reeling in double-digit unemployment and unending home foreclosures, the last thing you would expect is that last year we spent a collective $50 billion on our pets. Even more surprising, this figure represents an $8 billion increase in the past three years during one [...]
By Georgianna Donadio, PhD - Feelings — especially when we’re hurt or angry — can have negative effects on the physical body through neurological and neurochemical connections between mind and body. If a person experiences internalized anger, his nervous and hormone systems react, creating neurotransmitter chemicals that can result in harmful side effects that lead [...]
By Georgianna Donadio, PhD - In my previous reports, we have shared the importance of communication and the importance fulfilling relationships have to our health and well-being. In the first two installments of this article (Part I and Part II), we also discussed the first few steps of a transformative model of communication skills, termed Behavioral Engagement [...]
By Georgianna Donadio, PhD – Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project, says of overcoming loneliness, “The more I’ve learned about happiness, the more I have come to believe that loneliness is a terrible, common and important obstacle [to happiness].” We have all experienced loneliness in our lives. We know that it is an experience that [...]
NIWH Graduate Spotlight Questionnaire Jill Bates, MS, PharmD BCOP - Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist, FASHP - Fellow of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists Q: What drew you to the Whole Health field and the National Institute of Whole Health? A: I became a pharmacist to help people—to work with people, and, my favorite [...]
By Georgianna Donadio, PhD – When most of us think of an unhealthy work environment, we think “sick building syndrome,” difficult staff members or the classic “boss from hell.” Recently, after attending a conference populated by a number of staffing agency directors, I received an insight into the latest unhealthy work issue that is getting the attention [...]
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