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Do Spiritual Communities Foster Wellness For Baby Boomers? By Georgianna Donadio, MSc, DC, PhD - Stuff happens, especially as we age. Our lives and health generally change. The usual causes include children leaving the nest, divorce, the loss of a spouse or partner, changing financial circumstances or any one of a dozen other events. Often [...]
Give Wellness With Our Holistic Holiday Gift Ideas By Georgianna Donadio, MSc, DC, PhD- The National Institute of Whole Health has created a list of our favorite Holistic Holiday Gift Ideas that foster wellness. There are folks today who prefer to receive green, natural and organic gifts over the more commercial, expensive and sometimes electronically [...]
Staying Healthy While Traveling By Georgianna Donadio, MSc, DC, PhD - The upcoming Thanksgiving and holiday season is one of the most heavily vacation trafficked periods of the year, when millions of people “take to the skies and roads” , visiting friends and relatives. Unfortunately, for 3-5% (yes, that is 3-5%) of the people who [...]
Handling Difficult Relationships During the Holidays By Georgianna Donadio, PhD – The holidays are upon us. Some say “it’s the most wonderful time of the year!” Is it? For many of us, the holiday visits back home to family members is something to be dreaded. There is frustration in handling difficult relationships. While we look [...]
Giving Thanks Is Healing By Georgianna Donadio, MSc, DC, PhD - What a wonderful gift Thanksgiving, a day for giving and expressing thanks, is for all of us. Anyone and everyone can participate in this day of gathering family and friends to share food and well wishes, taking time to reflect on the things we [...]
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 - It is not a coincidence that happy couples share many of the same behavioral patterns. Often, we think that being happy means we have fun sharing the same hobbies or doing everything as a couple. While sharing activities enhances relationships, the most important components to successful relationships are found in [...]
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 [...]
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