Whole Health Blog

Your adrenal glands play a vital role in how your body responds to stress and maintains energy throughout the day. When they’re overworked, it can affect everything from fatigue to mood. This blog explores the connection between adrenal health and self-care, offering simple, supportive ways to help your body restore balance and improve overall well-being.

Your adrenal glands play a vital role in how your body responds to stress and maintains energy throughout the day. When they’re overworked, it can affect everything from fatigue to mood. This blog explores the connection between adrenal health and self-care, offering simple, supportive ways to help your body restore balance and improve overall well-being.

Can rejection influence behavior in surprising ways? A new study reveals that male fruit flies turn to alcohol after being rejected, offering fascinating insights into the connection between emotional stress and coping mechanisms. This blog explores what this research might suggest about human behavior, emotional health, and the ways we respond to life’s challenges.

Weight loss isn’t just about diet—it’s about your whole health. This blog explores a more balanced, sustainable approach to staying trim by addressing nutrition, lifestyle habits, and overall well-being. Learn how small, consistent changes can support long-term results and help you feel healthier, more energized, and in control of your wellness journey.

Why do we crave sugar so strongly? Our natural attraction to sugar is rooted in biology, but modern habits have amplified its impact on our health. In this blog, we explore how sugar affects the body and mind, why cravings occur, and how understanding these patterns can help you make more balanced, nourishing choices for long-term wellness.

Can being part of a spiritual community improve your health? Beyond beliefs, these communities often provide connection, support, and a sense of purpose—key elements that influence overall well-being. In this blog, we explore how belonging to a spiritual community may impact physical, emotional, and mental health, and why connection plays such a powerful role in living a healthier, more balanced life.

What does “organic” really mean when it comes to the food you eat? With so many labels and claims, it can be confusing to know what’s truly beneficial. This blog breaks down what organic means, how it’s produced, and how understanding these choices can support your overall health and well-being.

Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship in your life. A healthy foundation begins with self-care, clear boundaries, and making time for what truly nourishes you. When you treat yourself with kindness, respect, and compassion, you strengthen your emotional and physical well-being. Becoming your own best friend creates the stability and confidence needed to build healthier, more fulfilling connections with others.

A health coach is your practical, hopeful teammate — someone who turns big wellness goals into tiny daily habits that actually stick. Using evidence-based tools, personalized plans, and gentle accountability, a coach helps you build routines that fit your life so healthier choices become effortless, not another chore.

The other day, my 17-year-old daughter was watching a reality television show about high school students who were treating each other quite badly. The lack of respect that many of them showed towards other students was stunning. What was even more disconcerting was their lack of awareness that the people they were taunting and verbally abusing had the same range of feeling they did; wanted to be accepted and valued as they did and wanted to belong within their peer groups, ju

by Dr Georgianna Donadio When was the last time you cracked open a fortune cookie? Those little slips of paper filled with uplifting, motivational messages always seem to brighten our days. Their snippets of inspiration, such as “you will be sharing great news with all those you love,” “be patient — success is near” or “happiness awaits you,” get posted on bulletin boards as a reminder of possibilities yet to come. These little harbingers of imagined visions or destiny spur u

In this NIWH Graduate Spotlight, discover how Marilyn Kier, BS, OMT, BCTMB transformed her decades of massage therapy experience with whole person training from the National Institute of Whole Health. Read how her patient advocacy skills grew, how she helped a client dramatically improve metabolic health, and why she encourages others to explore comprehensive whole health education.

Drawn to the Whole Health field by its deeply human approach, this Certified Health Educator shares how training through the National Institute of Whole Health transformed their perspective on care. By honoring the interconnected nature of physical, emotional, nutritional, environmental, and spiritual well-being, Whole Health training offers a powerful framework for supporting meaningful, lasting healing—rooted in presence, respect, and understanding.

Explore the connection between emotional intimacy, sexual fulfillment, and whole-person health, and how modern culture impacts well-being, relationships, and true connection.

by Dr Georgianna Donadio Most of us want to be a success in our lives. But when we look closely at how Americans define personal fulfillment and success, the results will be surprising. American Express conducted and published a study called  “The Life Twist Study,”   examining what Americans believe are the most important and valuable aspects of their lives. The study, based on a survey of more than 2,000 Americans, shows that only one in four Americans still believe that we