The Gut-Brain Axis The gut-brain axis is a communication network that connects the gut and the brain, allowing them to exchange information and influence each other’s function. This communication is bidirectional, meaning that signals can travel from the gut to the brain and vice versa. The gut-brain axis is composed…
Category Archives: Food Therapy
Added Sugar: Are You (And Your Kids) Ready For the Emotional Rollercoaster Ride?
Written By Susana Sanchez, Holistic Health Coach We’ve heard many times that what we put in our body directly affects how we feel emotionally and physically. But, as parents & caregivers, do we really act according to this premise? Formerly, when a child or teen was suffering with anxiety,…
Reframing Fertility
Using supportive language to frame your fertility journey Where Do We Begin When We Treat Infertility? With an invitation + body trust + acceptance of the mystery. Read the following contrasting mantras and, as you read them, feel how they land on you: I am doing everything perfectly…
Valentine’s Brownie With a Boost!
This Valentine’s (or anytime you need a chocolate fix) enjoy this brownie inspired by the never disappointing molten chocolate cake, upgraded by incorporating the healing benefits of functional mushrooms. Functional mushrooms are so very good for you for a myriad of reasons: they can help with cognition, gut health, feeling at peace,…
All Hallows’ Eve
As spring is associated with birth and new beginnings, fall is the season associated with death and endings. But before you start thinking of this is a negative thing, remember that there can be no new beginnings without endings. Whether we have to experience a little “death” (moving away from…
Happy Autumnal Equinox!
Welcome to Fall, folks. Even in Houston we’re feeling it. Cooler temps, rain, maybe you’re even noticing a change in mood from feeling super care-free to feeling a bit more serious or melancholy. Even if your mood hasn’t changed, we’re guessing your schedule probably has tightened up a bit, right?…
Psychoanalysis and Music: Listening to the Balance
I feel very fortunate to be a member of the talented and diverse team at The Center for the Healing Arts and Sciences. I am a Jungian Analyst in Training at the International School of Analytical Psychology (ISAP Zurich), though becoming a Jungian analyst is something I could not have…
FOOD THERAPY ADVICE FOR SUMMER
Most of you reading this live in Hot-town Houston where we are all sweating it out together right now. And some of you have escaped to cooler climates…sigh, just thinking about cooler climates brings sweet relief. Yet, even in cooler climates, on our side of the equator, the current season is inescapably summer. “Yes,…
Fertility, Working with What Is
The word fertility can conjure images of round pregnant bellies, or a field rich with flowers being pollinated by adorable bees, or the food we are blessed to eat from our earth……or tearful women and men because fertility is not coming easily to them. It’s difficult to not feel like…
Chocolate – A Labor of Death…Er, Love
Chocolate, believe it or not, does not start out its life as the ooey-gooey deliciousness we love to consume. There’s a lot that goes on from cacao pod with white, bitter, slimy seeds to get to a smooth, decadent chocolate dessert. For starters, the appearance of chocolate beans before they…
