Author Archives: harvestedhealth

Motivational Monday: Beyond Numbers On The Scale…

Weight-loss is about much more than dropping pounds.  Just ask anyone who has successfully lost weight, only to find that they are fighting the same pounds a few months or years later.  Clearly eating habits and exercise require a physical commitment.  But lasting, successful weight loss involves a powerful emotional component as well. Developing aContinueContinue reading “Motivational Monday: Beyond Numbers On The Scale…”

The Battle of PMS, Menstrual Hell, and Menopause.

Over the years, I have gone out of my way to study and read as much as time would allow on this varied topic of Health & Disease,  kind of like which came first the chicken or the egg.  I find that so many folks don’t seem to appreciate feeling healthy until they have struggled with someContinueContinue reading “The Battle of PMS, Menstrual Hell, and Menopause.”

Soothe Aching Joints…

DEVIL’S CLAW: Devil’s Claw, translated from the German “Teufelskralle,” is aptly names.  This plant is indigenous to South Africa, this plant has fruits covered with hooks or barbs that are super painful for any animal that happens to be caught up in them.  But it’s not the barbs that are of interest to the herbalist. ContinueContinue reading “Soothe Aching Joints…”

FOOD TIP TUESDAY:Carrots

  Incorporating raw carrots into ones diet particularly through juicing, depending on the person from one to six pints a day, has the effect of helping to normalize the entire system.   It is the richest source of Vitamin A which the body assimilates quickly, as well as contributing a nice supply of Vitamins B,ContinueContinue reading “FOOD TIP TUESDAY:Carrots”

FEAR, is like an emotional “VIRUS”…

Are you struggling with a sense of direction, what to do, what to do????? When we are looking to travel someplace we’ve never been before, today we plug in an address to a GPS, and it talks us straight to our destination. Before these new fangled directionals we had to rely on “maps”. In myContinueContinue reading “FEAR, is like an emotional “VIRUS”…”

HERBS: God’s Pharmacy

I run across folks all the time who are looking for a healthier way to maintain the quality of their health that isn’t laced with “side-effects” leaving them with the burning question of is there something better? Since the dawn of recorded history, plants have been the primary source of medicine for peeps throughout theContinueContinue reading “HERBS: God’s Pharmacy”