A letter in support of supporting you, each and every day! We know from research that nurturing oneself and experiencing love with another reduces stress and prevents health issues. We also know from research that balancing blood sugar levels by feedings ourselves every 2 to 4 hours throughout the day reduces symptoms (fatigue, anxiety, headaches, […]
Travel with Care
When it comes to taking a flight, bus, train or car away from home, it is an important time to prepare in ways that will support your body. That’s why one of the four customized stress remedy plans in The Stress Remedy book is for travelers. Here are five tips to keep you traveling with […]
Holly and Jolly with The Huffington Post
Listen and watch as The Huffington Post interviewed me on how to reduce stress as part of their series on reducing stress throughout the holiday season. DR. DONI WILSON is a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, natural health expert, nutritionist, and midwife specializing in gluten sensitivity, intestinal permeability, adrenal stress, and insulin resistance. She helps women, […]
Peace Amid the Storm of Stress
With everything going on each day, how is it possible to change your diet, remember to take your supplements and find time to exercise? To me, it is all about finding the ways to introduce something new amongst and within the schedule that already exists. That way it is simple and doesn’t throw your whole day off […]
With a Busy Schedule, How to Add Something New?
I just received the latest issue of Easy Eats Magazine where they published my answer to the question: “With a busy schedule how do you add something new and still maintain a healthy balance in your life?” Here is my answer, as published… Patients often ask me: “how can I make it look so easy to […]
Back to School and Back to Health
Back to school time is a great reminder of how change, whether it’s positive or negative, can be perceived as a stress in our bodies. Add on top of that…a computer in the shop, a dentist appointment, home repairs (a few examples from around my house)…and stress becomes palpable. We can’t remove all the stress, […]
Mother’s Day – a perfect chance to notice you!
Ella and I enjoyed a lovely afternoon in Manhattan, exploring Central Park, the Upper East side and enjoying a tasty dinner at Candle Cafe. In the morning I met with patients, including a mom and daughter. What a wonderful mother’s day gift – the chance to bring attention to her mom’s body and health, the […]
Do you tend to “fall off the wagon?”
Or for you is it that you can’t quite get on the horse? For others it might be “hard to stay on track” or “tough to dive in.” As I was working on this article, a patient (I’m going to refer to her as Carol in this article) who was describing herself to me for […]
What you need to know to be healthy in 2012 – Part II
So how do we turn off the cytokine response and subsequent inflammation?!! To read Part 1, click here Step 1. Stop stimulating them! While you can do your best to avoid a broken bone or tick – the best way to take away the cytokine signal is by removing the foods in your diet that […]
It All Starts With Stress! We all have it, so what can we do about it?
While there are stresses in life that we have little opportunity to decrease, there are a few stresses that we can choose to avoid. Stresses we can avoid: 1. FOOD INTOLERANCES: Stress in the form of foods that trigger an immune response and cause inflammation. Dairy and gluten are the two most common food intolerances. A […]