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Stress Contributes to Chronic Health Conditions
Stress Contributes to Chronic Health Conditions
Authored by Jesse Haas, CNS, LN As I was driving out to Hutchinson for my weekly farm fix at Loon Organics yesterday, MPR was reporting on how stress contributes to poor health and poor health contributes to stress. You can easily empathize with the stress of someone with illness, but...
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Sara Jean Barrett, N.D.
Sara Jean Barrett, N.D.
What made you choose to pursue your profession? While pursuing my undergraduate degree at Georgia Tech I worked as a research assistant investigating breast cancer. I felt that in our research we were looking at the wrong end of things. We were looking for modern treatments for cancer but we...
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Know Your Numbers
Know Your Numbers
Authored by: Dr. BarrettYou just had some labs done for your corporate wellness program and the results came back normal. This means you are healthy and don’t need any additional tests, right? Wrong. Corporate wellness screenings offer very minimal insight in to your overall health. Many screenings only look at...
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Holiday Survival Guide
Holiday Survival Guide
Authored by Jesse Haas, CNS, LN​The holiday season is a wonderful chance to spend time with family, relax, and recharge. Or not. For many of us, the holiday season is stressful and exhausting, not to mention how it derails our good eating habits. In truth, the holidays can really a...
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This Year, Keep the Gratitude in Thanksgiving

Authored by Jesse Haas, CNS, LN Keep the THANKS-giving in mind this year as you sit down to your holiday feast. Practicing gratitude – whether through meditation, a gratitude journal, or in some other way – lowers stress and depression

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Antidotes to the Flaws of New Year’s Resoultions

Authored by Bri Dunbar Alright, I’m going to shoot it to you straight. I hate New Year’s resolutions. I mean they are fantastic in theory, all sparkly and shiny and optimistic, promising a better future version of ourselves and our

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Summer Win!

Authored by Jesse Haas, CNS, LN Photo by Masaaki Komori on Unsplash Northern life is hardbut summer makes it worthwhile(when your a/c works) You’re welcome to groan. Since I’m better at health care than I am at poetry, here are

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photo courtesy of Emma Freeman Photography By Autumn ComptonMany people have heard of Shiatsu, but still may not know exactly what it is. Having been a shiatsu practitioner for almost 15 years, and also a teacher of shiatsu to beginner

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