Tag: health
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The Red Flags Most People Miss When Choosing a Holistic School
Over the last few years, I’ve enrolled in three different holistic education programs, clinical herbalism, Ayurveda, and wellness coaching. People ask me all the time which school they should go to to become a holistic practitioner. I always wish I had an easy answer, but the truth is, holistic education doesn’t work like regular schooling.…
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The Five Types of People In The Holistic Wellness Space
I’ve been in the holistic wellness space for a while now, and I can confidently say this work will humble you, stretch you, and reshape you, if you let it. When I first started my wellness journey, I was so enthusiastic, so curious, and so passionate… But also, if I’m being honest, I was extremely…
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Exploring Costa Rica as a Herbalist: A Day at El Arca Jardín Botánico
If you ever find yourself in Costa Rica and you’re into herbal medicine, El Arca Jardín Botánico is a must-visit spot that beautifully blends nature, healing, good food, and breathtaking views. El Arca Jardín Botánico is a beautiful botanical garden tucked away in Santa Bárbara de Heredia, home to a wide variety of medicinal plants, themed terraces,…
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Getting Beyond the Baby Blues
I remember the day I found out I was pregnant. I had been dealing with painful cramps for days and, like I often do, my mind jumped straight to worst-case scenarios. I was convinced it was something serious, maybe pelvic inflammatory disease. When I went to the doctor, the nurse casually handed me a pregnancy…
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What the Health (Netflix 2017) Documentary Review
What the Health wants you to believe it’s exposing hidden truths about nutrition. It isn’t. It’s pure vegan propaganda, wrapped in a documentary format. The film starts with a conclusion and works backward to justify it. Meat is bad. Eggs are bad. Dairy is bad. Animal foods are positioned as the villain behind nearly every…
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Why I Stopped Hot Yoga and Fell in Love With Aerial Yoga
I was really into hot yoga at first. The heat felt incredible, like my body was finally melting after years of holding tension. My muscles would loosen in a way they rarely do, and when I stepped out of the studio and the fresh air hit my face, the contrast made me feel even more…
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The Side Effects They Don’t Tell You About: What Long-Term Benzos and Adderall Use Can Really Do to You
For years, the mental health industry has sold us this idea that a pill is the fastest way out of our pain. A shortcut. A lifeline. A chemical solution for emotional problems that were often created by our environment, our trauma, our relationships, and our lifestyle. And when we’re desperate, hurting, or exhausted from carrying…
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ClassPass, Yoga, and Finding My Calm in This City
Miami is loud, fast, colorful, chaotic, and distracting. Yoga is the opposite. It’s the only place where I’m not thinking about anything else, not my phone, not my to-do list, nothing. Just breath, heat, music, and movement. Lately I’ve been using ClassPass to hop around different yoga studios all over Miami, and honestly… it’s becoming…
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Unfck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper (Book Review)
Honestly I’m really in my self-help books era right now. I’m craving anything that helps me understand my mind, my patterns, my healing, and the way my past still echoes through my present. What struck me most is how compassionate the book is. It doesn’t treat you like you’re broken or weak. Unfck Your Brain isn’t just a catchy…
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Honestly, Vanessa 