August 2019 Natural Awakenings Upstate

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HEALTHY

LIVING

KIDS’ HEALTH Begins at Birth

WELLNOURISHED KIDS Helping Them Thrive

HEALTHY

PLANET

GOING WILD

How to Safely Forage

SELF

LOVE

The Way to Peace and Joy

21 CENTURY KIDS ST

Balancing Compassion and Technology

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12 HEALING HARMONIES

Music As Medicine

14 21ST CENTURY PARENTING

Preparing Kids for the Future

17 LOVING OURSELVES MADLY

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Practice Intentional Self-Love

18 KIDS’ HEALTH

BEGINS BEFORE BIRTH

24 WILD AND WONDERFUL

Foraging for Foodies

26 AYSHA

AKHTAR ON

Our Symphony With Animals

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28 FEEDING

HEALTHY HABITS A 10-Step Guide for Helping Children Thrive

DEPARTMENTS 7 news briefs 8 health briefs 9 eco tip 10 global briefs 12 healing ways 17 inspiration 20 plant based

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eating 26 wise words 28 healthy kids 30 calendar 31 classifieds 32 resource guide

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s some of you might remember, July is a special month in our household. One day in particular, July 13, is both my birthday and Wayne’s and my wedding anniversary. When you’re a senior citizen, being married a few short years has certain advantages. For me, it’s being married to a man who loves to surprise me on that special day with a mystery trip.

Last year it was whitewater rafting in Georgia. This year it was New York City, a place I have said once or twice would be fun for us to visit. Not much of an adventure, you might think, compared to last year’s barreling down Bull Sluice on the Chattooga River. Think again!

The train pulled into the station where we were boarding at 1:00 a.m., an hour late due to evacuees fleeing New Orleans from the hurricane that, thankfully, turned out to be less damaging than we all feared. Our sleeping compartment was tiny but it was exciting to be rocked to sleep, sometimes fiercely, by the rhythm of the train.

A couple of hours into our trip we came to an abrupt stop. In a scratchy voice we heard the loudspeaker announce that all was well, but we were in for a short delay due to a collision with an unmanned tow truck abandoned on the tracks. The short delay turned into four hours and the original 14 hour trip morphed into a 19 hour journey that would deposit us at Penn Station at 7:45 p.m. the next evening.

Over breakfast in the dining car that morning we congratulated ourselves on booking theater tickets to see Jeff Daniels in To Kill a Mockingbird on the following evening—no worries.

The evening of the performance, refreshed by a short nap after a day of sightseeing, we headed to the Shubert Theatre on 44th Street, an easy walk from our hotel. Tickets in hand, we joined the line that had formed and proceeded to wait…and wait. Although still daylight, we began to hear some mumbling from the crowd that the power had gone out. Yes, you guessed it, we celebrated my birthday/our anniversary by participating in the blackout that engulfed several blocks of Manhattan on July 13—42 years to the day of the 1977 blackout that left the city without power for 25 hours.

Although we were disappointed to miss the play, we still enjoyed a memorable and exciting trip to the Big Apple. Unlike 1977, there were no fires and no looting and the power was restored after about five hours.

Another birthday/anniversary which will be forever inscribed in our memories. I can’t wait to see what next year brings!

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news briefs

Pure Balance Float Spa Now Offering Foot Reflexology

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ure Balance Float Spa, in Greer, is now offering foot reflexology as a stand-alone therapy or coupled with flotation therapy. Foot reflexology is an effective therapy that works by applying pressure to reflex areas in the feet to remove energy blockages; a session is 60 minutes of hands-on therapy. According to an article on DrOz.com, “On each foot there are over 7,000 nerve endings called reflexes that correspond to every organ and system within your body. By pressing on these reflex points, you stimulate the nervous system and open energy pathways that may be blocked or congested.”

Owner Priscilla Matson is certified as an integrative foot reflexologist with instructor Clair Miller, whose specialized approach to teaching is in demand across the country and internationally.

Pure Balance Float Spa is a family business locally owned and operated in the Upstate.

Matson, who has studied and researched the history and benefits of floating, attended the DreamPod School for Float Entrepreneurs in Utah. Matson declares, “I am proud to say we are one of the very first float spas in the Upstate!”

Pure Balance Float Spa is located at 215 W. Wade Hampton Blvd., Ste. D, Greer.

For more information or to set up an appointment, call 864-401-6075, email Priscilla@PureBalanceFloatSpa.com or visit PureBalanceFloatSpa.com. See ad, page 12.

Grace Integrative Medicine Offers New Service

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race Integrative Medicine, in Easley, now offers a functional medicine approach to men’s and women’s hormone-related concerns, including those for thyroid, adrenal and sex hormones. Many individuals are looking for alternatives to hormone replacement, whether for thyroid, testosterone and/or estrogen/progesterone. This approach starts with nutrition (including nutraceuticals) and lifestyle recommendations to support the body in its natural processes rather than using hormone replacement or bio-identical hormones as the first option for treatment. Starting with nutrition and lifestyle can improve multiple aspects of health—not just what we traditionally think of as hormone issues—so this is a holistic approach to whole-person health, based in personalized assessment and care for the individual.

Dr. Melissa C. Overman, owner of Grace Integrative Medicine, is an osteopathic physician with a heart for helping individuals find their best health through the integration of conventional medicine and traditional healing modalities. She is board-certified in preventive medicine and public health and is also a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). Dr. Overman also has a Master’s in Public Health (MPH).

Grace Integrative Medicine is located at 101-P NE Main St., Easley (co-located with Integrative Yoga Therapy). For more information, call 864-546-5505 or visit GraceMedStudio.com.

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Grand Opening and Best of the Upstate Winner

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arner’s Natural Life has a new store 15 miles west of Columbia at 5166 Sunset Blvd., Ste. C, in Lexington, South Carolina. This is the fourth store in the chain, with another in Columbia and two in Greenville. The new store will have a Grand Opening Celebration on August 10.

The chain is also celebrating being chosen Best of the Upstate by GreenvilleOnline.com in three categories: Best Place to Buy CBD Oil, Best Vitamin & Supplement Store, and Best Wellness/Alternative Medicine resource.

“Since the 1970s, Garner’s Natural Life has specialized in natural food supplements, pet products, cosmetics and healthy alternatives in the upstate,” Marketing Manager Susan Ledbetter explains. “We offer the purest, most innovative, high-quality natural products and we are committed to our customers and our community. At Garner’s Natural life, our expert staff—with more than 130 collective years of wellness experience—provides unsurpassed customer service in our industry.”

The Lexington store is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For more information, call 803-973-3001 or visit GarnersNaturalLife.com. See ad, page 20 and back cover.

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Walk or Run to Keep Blood Vessels and Brains Young Running novices that trained for six months and then ran their first marathon actually reversed the aging of major blood vessels— and older and slower people benefitted most, report researchers at University College London.

The study of 139 healthy firsttime marathon runners, ages 21 to 69, was presented at the 2019 European Society of Cardiology Congress. It found that those first-timers reduced their arterial age by four years and their stroke risk by 10 percent over their lifetime.

In another study presented at the Congress that was based on data from 605 heart failure patients, researchers reported that those walking the farthest in a six-minute test, indicating better fitness, were significantly less likely to have the cognitive impairment that afflicts 67 percent of patients with heart failure.

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Stopping smoking has the long-term benefit of reducing the risk of developing seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by 37 percent over 30 years, say researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston. The study was based on data from the 230,000 women that participated in two longitudinal Nurses’ Health Studies, and focused on the 969 women that developed seropositive RA. Risk began to go down about five years after women quit smoking and continued to decrease the longer they stayed non-smokers. Patients with seropositive RA generally have more severe disease manifestations, including joint deformities and disability.

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eco tip

Eco-Camping

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Keeping It Earth-Friendly

August is prime time for camping out in the woods or at a music festival.

Communing with nature or enjoying the beat outdoors for extended periods can stress the environment—but with proper planning, it doesn’t have to.

The Association of Independent Festivals has launched its Take Your Tent Home campaign in the UK, according to Treehugger.com. The group is urging concertgoers to not discard their tents at venues and retailers to stop marketing camping gear as intended for single-use; festival organizers also have been asked to eliminate singleuse cups, bottles and straws.

In America, MindBodyGreen.com reports that carbon credits are being offered to help offset trips to and from Lollapalooza, in Chicago, from August 1 to 4. Pickathon, taking place on the same days outside Portland, Oregon, will have a free bike parking lot, as well as a dedicated shuttle for cars, plus no single-use serving ware.

ChasingGreen.org advises campers to look for tents and related products made with recycled material and natural fibers like hemp, cotton, coconut husks and bamboo. Marmot, Lafuma, Sierra Designs and The North

Face all use recycled materials in making their tents, including coconut shells, polyester, water bottles, garment fabrics and factory yarn waste.

The website also suggests carpooling with family and friends, choosing a site that’s closer to home and packing light to reduce weight in the car, thus improving mileage.

Also, if we bring trash into a campsite where there are no receptacles, leave with it. Don’t burn it in the fire, as that contributes to air pollution; instead, pack it up and dispose of it properly at home. Set up a method for collecting rainwater to use to wash dishes.

EcoWatch.com recommends bringing unbreakable, washable plates, cups, utensils and napkins, a small basin or bucket, sponge and biodegradable soap, and a bag to store items that are too dirty to reuse.

Stock up on batteries to power lights and lanterns or use solar power with a LuminAID light lamp. Follow the “leave no trace” motto: no litter, smoldering fire pits, ripped-up grass, crushed bushes or repositioned boulders. Stay on marked trails, never pick plants, flowers or berries, and never harm or disturb wildlife.

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Climate change has inspired farmers to turn to regenerative agriculture, which pulls carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and stores it in their soil. Regenerative agriculture incorporates the practices of planting trees, cover cropping, no-till farming and rotational grazing.

As the groundswell of support grows, 250 soil health bills have been introduced in state and federal legislatures in the last two years.

At a U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee climate change hearing, Nebraska soybean farmer Matthew Rezac said that keeping soil healthy, not just reducing greenhouse gas emissions, was a key part of what farmers could do to cool a warming planet. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, the bills have different justifications, but they all focus on soil health. As disastrous floods and drought sweep away farmland, the idea that regenerative agriculture could make for more productive farming is gaining traction.

Moon Rocks

Tectonic Activity Shakes Geologists

Long considered to be geologically inactive, our 4.6billion-year-old moon is showing signs of tectonic activity via seismometers deployed between 1969 and 1972 during the NASA Apollo program. Although some “moonquakes” have been recorded near cliff-like fault scarps on the surface, they may be caused by the irregular gravitational effects of orbiting the more massive Earth or extreme temperature differences created by sunlight in the vacuum of space. Employing more sensitive equipment has been proposed for future missions to assist in choosing potential colonization sites.

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Critical habitat is threatened for 12 coral species in Florida, the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean, while all corals worldwide are experiencing dramatic declines due to the impacts of climate change, pollution and overfishing. The Center for Biological Diversity, a Tucson-based nonprofit focused on species protection, intends to file a lawsuit against the federal government for failing to protect coral habitat as required under the Endangered Species Act. Benefits of securing a critical habitat designation from the National Marine Fisheries Service include improved water quality throughout the coastal zone, limits on overfishing, protection of spawning grounds, reduced impact from development and dredging, and reduced human pressures on thousands of species that inhabit the reefs.

Nearly 30 percent of all corals have already been lost to warming ocean temperatures and ocean acidification due to greenhouse gas pollution; scientists predict that the rest could be gone by the end of the century without help.

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Fluorescent Findings

Artificial Light Tied to Inflammation Fluorescent lighting is one of the most common sources of artificial light, but new research from Texas State University suggests there may be unexpected consequences at the genetic level. Team member Ronald B. Walter says, “Over the past 60 years, we have increasingly relied on artificial light sources that emit much narrower wavelength spectrums than does the sun. Yet, little research has been conducted to determine gene expression consequences, if any, from use of common artificial light sources.” Their findings, published in the online journal Genes, show increased inflammation in tissue and organs and increased immune response in the subject animals, regardless of whether the species is primarily active in the day or night.

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global briefs

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and improvement in people with certain types of epilepsy.

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Neurochemistry and Pain Reduction

HEALING HARMONIES Music As Medicine F

by Marlaina Donato

rom ancient Mongolian shamans that used drumming for physical and emotional healing to modern, board-certified music therapists that work with special needs kids, science now confirms what we’ve always known: Music makes us feel better.

Decades after Don Campbell’s groundbreaking work about the cognitive

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effects of listening to the music of Mozart, growing research reveals music’s ability to reduce chronic and acute pain, restore brain connections after a stroke, boost immunity and promote brain development in children. Recent studies of the benefits of music published in BJPsych International show decreased depression in patients with neuropsychiatric disorders

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Listening to music we find pleasurable can have an analgesic effect on the body, and researchers theorize that the brain releases a cascade of natural opioids, including dopamine. A pilot study on cancer patients published in the Indian Journal of Palliative Care in 2016 shows a significant reduction of pain when individuals are exposed to music for 20-minute intervals.

Music also minimizes chronic pain associated with syndromes like fibromyalgia. Collective studies published in Frontiers of Psychology in 2014 suggest that relaxing, preferred choices of music not only reduce fibromyalgia-related pain, but also significantly improve mobility.

Dementia, Stroke and Brain Development

Board-certified music therapists like Sheila Wall use live and recorded music to catalyze therapeutic changes in their clients. In her Eau Claire, Wisconsin, practice, Wall works with a wide range of clients ranging in age from 3 to 104. “Music bypasses the language and intellectual barriers in the brain that can prevent healing. Music helps the brain compensate for whatever damage that has occurred through illnesses, disease or trauma,” she says. “I also work with

Music bypasses the language and intellectual barrier in the brain that can prevent healing. ~Sheila Wall children to help them build language and motor skills through music.

Research last year by the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles has shown that music training strengthens areas of the brain that govern speech, reading skills and sound perception in children.

The results, published in Cerebral Cortex, indicate that only two years of music study significantly changes both the white and gray matter of the brain.

Kirk Moore, in Wheaton, Illinois, is a certified music practitioner who provides live therapeutic music for people that are sick or dying. He says he sees daily changes through music. “I see heart rates slow down and blood pressure reduced. Breathing becomes steadier; pain and nausea cease.”

Moore has also witnessed patients with aphasia—a language impairment caused by stroke or other brain damage—spontaneously sing-along to songs and regain the ability to speak. One memorable patient could only utter a single word, but listening to Moore ignited a dramatic change. “I sang ‘You Are My Sunshine’ and within seconds, she was singing. After 20 minutes of music, I expressed to the patient my hopes that the music had been helpful to her. ‘Oh goodness, yes!’ she responded.”

took part in 90-minute drum circles during the course of the 10-week study.

Music and End of Life

Music’s capacity to bring healing and solace also extends to the end of life.

Classically trained musician and certified music practitioner Lloyd Goldstein knows firsthand the power of providing music for cancer patients and the terminally ill. “I feel a deep responsibility to be as present as I can possibly be, to what I’m doing, the people I’m playing for,” says Goldstein,

who left a secure orchestra position to join the team at The Arts In Medicine Program at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. “It’s taught me how to be a better musician and a better person.”

As much as the musician gives, music gives back. “I end up calmer than when I begin a session. That healing environment travels with me,” Moore says.

Marlaina Donato is a composer and the author of several books. Connect at AutumnEmbersMusic.com.

Pick Up a Drum

Drumming has been proven to be able to balance the hemispheres of the brain, bolster immunity and offer lasting physical and emotional benefits for conditions ranging from asthma to Parkinson’s disease, autism and addiction recovery.

Medical research led by neurologist Barry Bittman, M.D., shows that participation in drumming circles helps to amp up natural killer cells that fight cancer and viruses such as AIDS. Recent research published in PLOS/ONE reveals a profound reduction of inflammation in people that August 2019

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PARENTING Preparing Kids for the Future

by Meredith Montgomery

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oday’s children have more opportunities to change the world than ever before. Teenagers are organizing global activism movements, LEGO lovers are mastering robotics and young entrepreneurs are launching successful businesses before they’re old enough to drive.

But for Mom and Dad, this fastpaced, technology-driven childhood looks drastically different from their own.

To help kids thrive, parents must learn to mindfully embrace today’s modern advances without losing sight of timeless virtues and skills such as kindness, creativity and critical thinking.

Finding Balance After-school hours used to be filled with outdoor free play in which kids independently developed their natural capabilities as self-learners and creative problemsolvers. The Children & Nature Network has reported that just 6 percent of children ages 9 to 13 play outside on their own.

Instead, stress and anxiety are on the rise in our competitive culture as many kids attempt to balance heavy homework loads with an overflowing schedule of extracurricular activities.

With the ability to connect to the world at our fingertips, Thomas Murray, director of innovation for Future Ready Schools, in Washington, D.C., notes that devices can also disconnect us from those right next to us. “It’s a massive struggle to find balance and mindfulness, but it’s vitally important. How often do we see an AP [advanced placement] kid that is falling apart emotionally? As parents, we need to recognize that kids have a lot on their plate—more than ever before.”

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Salt Lake City-based Courtney Carver, author of Soulful Simplicity: How Living with Less Can Lead to So Much More, worries that parents are creating résumés for a life their children probably don’t want. On her BeMoreWithLess.com website, she focuses on living with less clutter, busyness and stress to simplify life and discover what really matters. “It’s challenging to maintain close connections when we’re overwhelmed with what’s in our inbox, or on Instagram or what the kids are looking at online,” she says.

On her own journey to practical minimalism, she gained a greater sense of presence with her daughter. “When you can pay attention to a conversation and not feel distracted and antsy, especially with young kids, that is everything,” says Carver.

Managing Technology The ubiquity of digital devices is a defining difference between today’s youth and that of their elders, making it difficult for parents to relate and know how to set boundaries.

As senior parenting editor at nonprofit Common Sense Media,

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It’s a massive struggle to find balance and mindfulness, but it’s vitally important. How often do we see an AP [advanced placement] kid that is falling apart emotionally? ~Thomas Murray

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Caroline Knorr helps parents make sense of what’s going on in their kids’ media lives.

“We can think of media as a ‘super peer’: When children are consuming it, they’re looking for cues on how to behave and what’s cool and what’s normal.” Parents need to be the intermediary so they can counterbalance the external messages with their own family’s values.

Today’s devices are persuasive and addictive. “As parents, we need to set boundaries, model good digital habits and help

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kids to self-regulate more—which is our ultimate goal,” Knorr says.

To raise good digital citizens, Richard Culatta, CEO of International Society for Technology in Education, in Arlington, Virginia, believes conversations about device use shouldn’t end with screen time limits and online safety. “Ask kids if their technology use is helping them be more engaged and find more meaning in the world or is it pulling them out of the world that they’re in,” he says. “Talk about how to use technology to improve the community around you, recognize true and false info, be involved in democratic processes and making your voice heard about issues you care about.”

Parents are often uncomfortable with their kids socializing digitally, but Culatta encourages the introduction of interactive media sooner rather than later, so they understand how to engage with the world online before they are old enough to have social media accounts. Geocaching, which uses GPS-enabled devices to treasure hunt, and citizen science apps provide family-friendly opportunities to engage in both outdoor activities and online communities.

“The majority of our kids will need these digital communication skills to be able to work with anyone at any time,” says Murray. He’s witnessed the impact of connecting classrooms around the world, observing, “When students learn to navigate time zones and language barriers to communicate and collaborate, they see that they can solve the world’s problems together.”

We need to create an intentional family culture where virtues like kindness and respect are talked about, modeled, upheld, celebrated and practiced in everyday life. ~Thomas Lickona kids are in school, the fewer questions they ask, the more they worry about getting the right answer and fewer and fewer think of themselves as creative in any way,” he says.

“Instead of listening and regurgitating, kids need to learn how to find and be a critical consumer of information,” says Murray. Fewer employers are asking for college transcripts—including Google—as they discover the disconnect between what students are taught and what innovative skills they actually need.

While most schools are slow to adapt to the modern needs of the future workforce, parents can proactively foster the entrepreneurial spirit and discourage a fear of failure at home by offering safe opportunities for risk-taking and independence. After speaking extensively with compelling young innovators around the world, Wagner discovered that their parents explicitly encouraged three things: play, passion and purpose.

Their children were provided with many opportunities to explore new interests, as well as to learn from their mistakes.

“The parents intuitively understood that more important than IQ is grit, perseverance and tenacity. You don’t develop that when Mom is yelling at you to practice; you develop it because you have a real interest.”

To create a culture of innovation, Murray encourages teachers and parents to get to know the interests, passions and strengths of today’s children “and prove to them every day that they matter.” When that interest blossoms into a passion, it can lead to a deeper sense of purpose and a desire to make a difference.

According to Wagner, this happens when parents and teachers instill one simple, but profound moral lesson, “We are not here on this Earth primarily and only to serve ourselves; we have some deep, profound obligation to give back and to serve others.”

Raising Innovators “The world doesn’t care how much our children know; what the world cares about is what they do with what they know,” says Tony Wagner, senior research fellow at the Learning Policy Institute, an education research and policy nonprofit in Palo Alto, California. In his latest book, Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for The Innovation Era, he emphasizes the importance of creative problem-solving and the joy of discovery, especially as more jobs become automated. “We’re born with a temperament of creative problem solvers.

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In a culture that is obsessed with selfies and threatened by cyberbullies, it’s a tough task for parents to teach compassion and kindness. “We need to create an intentional family culture where virtues like kindness and respect are talked about, modeled, upheld, celebrated and practiced in everyday life. What we do over and over gradually shapes our character, until it becomes second nature—part of who we are,” says Thomas Lickona, Ph.D., a developmental psychologist and education professor emeritus at the State University of New York College at Cortland, and author of How to Raise Kind Kids: And Get Respect, Gratitude, and a Happier Family in the Bargain.

Sesame Workshop’s 2016 Kindness Study found that 70 percent of parents worry that the world is an unkind place for their kids, but Scarlett Lewis believes it’s all in our mind, saying, “When you choose love, you transform how you see the world from a scary and anxiety-producing place to a loving and welcoming one.”

After losing her 6-year-old son Jesse in the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, she attributed the tragedy to an angry thought in the mind of the shooter. Her compassion fueled the founding of the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement to educate and encourage individuals to choose loving thoughts over angry ones. “Although we can’t always choose what happens to us, we can always choose how to respond,” she says. The evidencebased Choose Love Enrichment Program teaches children to live a life with courage and gratitude, practice forgiveness and be compassionate individuals.

While we don’t want to overwhelm kids with all the evils in the world, Lickona notes that it is valuable to make them aware of human suffering and how we can help. “Cultivate the belief that we’re all members of a single human family. Teach [them] that one of the most important ways to show gratitude for the blessings in our life is to give back.”

Meredith Montgomery publishes Natural Awakenings of Gulf Coast Alabama/ Mississippi (HealthyLivingHealthyPlanet.com).

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Teaching Kindness

LOVING OURSELVES MADLY Practice Intentional Self-Love

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by Scott Stabile

t’s not enough to wish for more self-love. We must be intentional about creating it and commit to loving ourselves by practicing these habits every day.

Don’t believe our thoughts.

Our minds lie to us all the time, especially where our self-worth is concerned. The moment we become aware we are mentally abusing ourselves, we can refuse to believe these thoughts. The fact is, we are worthy and enough exactly as we are. Any thoughts that contradict this truth are lies. We must not go to war with our mind, but should definitely get in the habit of challenging our mind’s lies and not believing them when they run amok.

Replace self-abuse with self-love.

Not believing our crueler thoughts is step one.

Replacing them with kinder, more compassionate and loving thoughts is step two. When our minds call us ugly, we must sink into

our hearts and remind ourselves that we are beautiful, as we are.

When our minds insist we’re weak, we must declare our strength.

Every single thought and word that speaks to our worth is a powerful and sustaining reflection of self-love. Substitute self-abuse with love as often as possible and then watch our lives change in powerful ways.

Set boundaries and enforce them.

To love ourselves, we have to set clear boundaries with the people in our lives. State what works and what doesn’t work. If we don’t clearly speak our boundaries, people will trample them, and we’ll only have ourselves to blame. Boundaries show respect for all involved. A lack of boundaries will almost certainly lead to resentment.

Make time for happy places.

We all have places that tend to bring us peace and/or joy: a walk among the trees, curled up with a good book, coffee with a close friend.

Make time for these experiences. Every second we spend giving energy to the people, places and things that bring us joy is a second of dedicated self-love. It matters. Just as important, pay attention to the people, places and things that are depleting, that feel unhealthy and toxic, and give less energy to them. Knowing what to eliminate can be as impactful as knowing what to add.

How we love ourselves is our responsibility. The greater commitment we make to self-love, the greater chance we create of living a more peaceful, joyful and meaningful life.

Scott Stabile is the author of Big Love: The Power of Living with a Wide-Open Heart.

Learn more at ScottStabile.com.

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Kids’ Health Begins Before Birth

by Stephen Heuer

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ntelligence, body size, attractiveness and coordination are all genetic expressions.

Genetic expressions are the result of both hardwired, cannot-change genetics and epigenetics, the “switches” on the genes that influence cell expression. This is why we often hear that an herb or a nutrient will determine how your cells express either health or disease.

One of the greatest tragedies that has been going on for decades is that a child’s body can develop much more perfectly if mom and dad do preconception nutrition, gestational nutrition and lactation nutrition. Preconception nutrition for the father means he is taking the recommended supplements below and eating and drinking in a healthy manner, to ensure that he has healthy reproductive powers. If a mother is eating highly bioavailable proteins and fats, then her odds are better for developing not only a healthy child but also a uterus that can give birth in two contractions.

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Evidence that most children are deprived of ideal nutrition prior to birth is that they have narrow jawbones. If mom does not get enough vitamin K2 in her diet then a child’s jawbone, skull and entire skeleton will not develop properly. Prior to 1945 all animals raised for human consumption got some grass in their diets. The vitamin K1 in the grass results in Menaquinone 4 in the milk, a form of vitamin K2. MK4 activates the body’s correct usage of calcium, resulting in increased bone formation and, in men, testosterone production.

Chemical agriculture took over in 1945, so from this point forward we see a progressive decline in child health. It took about 10 years to demineralize the vast farm soils across the U.S., so that by 1955 the most pronounced deficiencies started to occur. From the 1960s forward we started to see 90 percent of the population being born with narrow jawbones.

Without proper nutrition prior to conception, during gestation and during

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lactation, then a child is going to have diminished brain and body development.

Reduced organ and tissue size result in a reduced production of neurohormones and neurochemicals. It is also possible that the reason for the drug culture beginning in the 1960s is that so many people appear to be deficient in mood elevation neurohormones due to the deficiencies in our food caused by the agricultural changes.

This theory is borne out by the fact that people with robust health often have no interest in taking drugs.

A child has the best chance of having a fully developed body and brain—including higher IQ and better coordination—with proper nutrition, which includes preconception nutrition. To that end, the following supplements are recommended: -A trace mineral supplement of 64 or greater (such as Liqui-Min); -A cod liver oil that is not damaged by heat processing (such as Rosita’s Cod Liver Oil) which supplies DHA, the essential fat for brain development; -Beef liver capsules, which provide all the B vitamins and RNA/DNA nutrients for healthy body development; -16 ounces of fresh vegetable juice a day.

The following books explain the role nutrition plays in ease of birth and the continued physical and brain health of the child: Nutrition & Physical Degeneration and The Recipe For Living Without Disease.

The necessity of vitamin K2 in the body is discussed in great detail in the book Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox: How a Little Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life. For quotes from that book and other related research, see Dr. Mercola’s article at TinyURL.com/y59oa9dj.

Stephen Heuer is a B.S. Nutripath and the owner of Synergistic Nutrition, located at 160 Dewey Rd., Greer. For more information, call 864895-6250, email Stephen@SynergisticUniverse.com, or visit SynergisticUniverse.com.

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Wild and Wonderful Foraging for Foodies

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Wild plants, plants—particularly in here is such a thing as a free lunch, and terms of phytochemicals because they it awaits adventurand antioxidants. They also must take care of ous foragers in backyards, tend to be lower in sugar themselves, tend to and other simple carbs, and city parks, mountain be more nutritious higher in fiber.” meadows and even sidewalk cracks. From nutriPurslane, a wild than cultivated tious weeds and juicy berplants—particularly succulent, has more ries to delicate, delicious omega-3s than any other in terms of flowers and refreshing leafy vegetable, says phytochemicals tree sap, wild, edible foods John Kallas, the Portabound in cities, suburbia land, Oregon, author of and antioxidants. and rural environments.

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Throughout most of Foods From Dirt to Plate. history, humans were foragers that relied on Mustard garlic, a common invasive plant, local plant knowledge for survival, as both is the most nutritious leafy green ever food and medicine. Today’s foragers are analyzed, says Kallas, who holds a Ph.D. reviving that ancestral tradition to improve in nutrition. “However, the real dietary diets, explore new flavors, develop kinship benefit of foraged plants is in their great with the environment, and simply indulge diversity, as each has a unique profile of in the joy and excitement of finding and phytochemicals. There is no such thing as preparing wild foods. a superfood, just superdiets,” he adds.

Wild Foods As ‘Superdiet’

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“There are many benefits to eating wild food,” says Deane Jordan, founder of EatTheWeeds. com, of Orlando, Florida. “Wild plants, because they must take care of themselves, tend to be more nutritious than cultivated

Rule number one of foraging is to be 100 percent sure of your identification 100 percent of the time, says Leda Meredith, the New York City author of The Forager’s Feast: How to Identify, Gather, and Prepare

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Wild Edibles. Foraging experts say the fear of wild plants is largely unfounded.

“The biggest misconception is that we are experimenting with unknowns,” says Kallas. “Today’s wild edibles are traditional foods from Native American or European cultures we have lost touch with.”

For example, European settlers brought with them dandelions, now considered a nuisance weed, as a source of food and medicine. All parts of it are edible, including flowers, roots and leaves, and have nutritional superpowers.

To assess a plant, Kallas adds, a forager must know three things about it: the part or parts that are edible, the stage of growth to gather it and how to prepare it. “Some plants have parts that are both edible and poisonous. Others can be toxic raw, but perfectly edible cooked,” he says.

Timing is everything, adds Meredith.

“A wild ingredient can be fantastic in one week, and incredibly bitter a week later, so it’s important to know when its prime season is.”

Kallas recommends staying away from highly trafficked roadsides and polluted areas. Given that many lawns and public areas are sprayed with herbicides, Sam Thayer, author of The Forager’s Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants, recommends not foraging in an area if it’s uncertain whether chemicals have been applied.

Environmental awareness includes understanding how foraging may positively or negatively affect the ecosystem, says Meredith. “Overharvesting can endanger future populations. But there is a ‘win-win’ way to forage, where I get fantastic food and the landscape is better for my having foraged, by clearing invasive plants around natives or planting seeds while collecting a local plant gone to seed.”

Thayer, of Bruce, Wisconsin, suggests collecting where species are abundant and thriving: “Fruit, for example, can be harvested limitlessly, as can wild invasives that disrupt the balance of the ecosystem and crowd out native species.”

Meal Preparation Vinegars, jams and cordials from wild fruits and flowers can be wonderful, but

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require some patience for the payoff, yet many wild edibles can be eaten raw or lightly sautéed, requiring very little prep work. Thayer recommends sautéing wild greens with just a little soy sauce, vinegar and garlic.

Foraging builds confidence, powers of observation and connections to the natural world. The biggest benefit, says Thayer, may just be the fun of it. “You can experience food and flavors you cannot have any other way. A lot of these foods you cannot buy anywhere, and really, it’s better food than you can buy.”

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on’t try to learn foraging; just try to learn about one vegetable or fruit, says Sam Thayer. “Take it one plant at a time. It takes the intimidation out of it.”

Find a good local instructor that has a solid background in botany and other fundamentals of foraging, says John Kallas.

“Also, get some good books, and more than one, as each will offer different dimensions,” says the author and instructor.

Conquer the fear of Latin and learn the scientific names of plants, suggests Leda Meredith. As there may be several plants with the same common name, or one plant with many common names, knowing scientific names will help clear up potential confusion in identifying them.

You don’t have to go far to find food, says Deane Jordan. “In reality, there is often a greater selection around your neighborhood than in state parks.

In suburbia, you find native species, the edible weeds that come with agriculture, and also edible ornamentals.”

Bring the kids: They make fabulous foragers, says Meredith. “They learn superfast and it’s a way to pass cultural knowledge along and instill that food doesn’t come from a garden or a farm, but from photosynthesis and the Earth and the sun.”

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Our Symphony With Animals

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s a neurologist, Dr. Aysha Akhtar wanted to acknowledge that medicine has largely overlooked our relationships with animals and their impact on our health. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and bullying, she gained strength and courage to change her situation after forming a deep bond with an abused dog. She found there were more stories like hers that explain how the health and happiness of humans and animals are interlaced.

After traveling to interview people whose lives have been profoundly influenced by animals, Akhtar used her experiences and those of others to demonstrate the science behind the intricate and mutually beneficial associations between humans and animals. The result is her book, Our Symphony with Animals: On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies. After time spent with homeless people, a former mobster, a Marine veteran, a serial killer, animal sanctuary workers and farmers, she relates what happens when people forge (or break) bonds with animals, and how the love we give them comes full circle back to us.

How do you explain that an untrained animal, like Sylvester, the abused dog you bonded with, can help a person heal and recover?

It’s the fact that the animal is not a human being. Animals help diffuse the humangenerated pressure in our lives. If you treat an animal with kindness, that is the only thing that the animal will judge you by. Animals don’t care about your past, your money, your mistakes in life—they have no preconceived notions about you. Animals have a purity that helps us be our true selves without worrying about being judged.

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the way we feel empathy toward each other is not very different from the way we feel empathy toward other animals. It appears that we may feel stronger empathy toward other animals because, like children, we see them as vulnerable.

Second, medical studies show that just being with animals provides measurable physiological changes within us, showing a boost to our well-being. For example, just being with a dog for five to 10 minutes can decrease blood pressure and stress hormones, and provide a long-term boost to cardiovascular health. It also leads to increases in positive neurochemicals like dopamine and oxytocin—the chemicals that make us feel happy.

What’s even more interesting, studies suggest that the same positive effects are also happening in the animal.

How did you come to believe that compassion for animals is the next step in the moral evolution of humans?

What is the most memorable moment of your journey to discover more stories like your own?

It was a beautiful, warm, summer evening, and I was just sitting at an animal sanctuary with a pig named Ivy. She was such a sweet girl and such an emotional being, she reminded me of Sylvester. While Ivy was sleeping, I was listening to the sounds around me—ducks, chickens, cows, horses, dogs and nature. The sun was setting. I became immersed in the moment and felt a profound sense of connectedness. All the sounds came together for me like a Mozart symphony. I had never felt that kind of peace. It was beautiful.

What is the science behind the neurological and biological phenomena you describe in this interaction between humans and animals?

First, studies are emerging that suggest that

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Animals are more on the radar of the current younger generation than they used to be. This means that empathy for animals is growing with each generation. Part of the reason is that there is a moral consciousness growing within our species. We are waking up to the fact that how we treat each other needs to be more ethical, and that includes animals.

We’re witnessing that the destruction of other species is causing the unraveling of ecosystems, and that is causing increases in things like mosquito-borne diseases. In other words, our disruption of other species is coming back to hurt us. Slowly, our collective consciousness is waking up to recognize that how we treat nonhumans affects us, as well.

If readers could learn just one thing from Symphony, what would you like it to be?

Go forward in life feeling a sense of empowerment and hope, recognizing that our well-being is very much tied in with the wellbeing of other animals.

Julie Peterson lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband, dogs and chickens, and has contributed to Natural Awakenings for more than a decade. Contact her at JPtrsn22@att.net.

Astrology and Relationships

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arl Jung, one of the greatest and most influential geniuses of the 20th century, recognized astrology as a tool to gain selfawareness. He wrote, “We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more.”

Dr. Jung ran a statistical study on the correlation between planetary connections and marriage partners. In the study, which had five hundred married couples, he found a highly significant statistical tendency in the case of those married, for the woman’s Moon to be in conjunct with the man’s Sun. A conjunction is an astrological term that means that two planets are within a few degrees of each other in the Zodiac.

For example , if the man’s Sun is at 7 degrees Aquarius and the woman’s moon is at 4 degrees Aquarius, then their Sun and Moon are in conjunction. The results proved, with statistical certainty, one of the fundamental astrological principles for romantic partnership.

Jan Spillar, in her book ,”Cosmic Relationships”, having worked with thousands of people, has found that when the Moon’s nodes in one person’s astrological chart conjuncts a planet or the Sun in another persons chart, the two will be drawn to be in some sort of relationship. It could be any type of relationship—friendship, romantic, sibling, parent, business, etc.

Astrologers experienced in working with couples have found planetary configurations between two people that color the relationship. These configurations indicate a challenge the couple eventually must face. Often, only when the difficulties in the relationship can no longer be swept under the rug do couples seek an astrologer’s advice. The astrologer may also indicate possible challenges that could sprout up in the future as the relationship moves forward.

For instance, a couple may have a conjunction comprising of the male’s Saturn with the woman’s Moon. The couple may be cognizant of this aspect at the beginning of the relationship. Perhaps the woman thinks the male is a little too caught up in traditional values—this being a Saturnine trait. These values may not be in

alignment with hers. The male might perceive the female as too emotional at times—the emotions being primarily in the moon’s domain. In the beginning of the relationship it may not be such a big deal.

As the relationship moves forward in time, challenges arise that must be addressed. Lets say that Uranus, in its journey about the heavens, moves to the same degree as the Saturn to Moon conjunction. Uranus is the great awakener. It is the revolutionary planet and it will push an individual to release old concepts or conditioned emotions that no longer serve a purpose.

She is now tired of his misanthropic traditional values; he can no longer tolerate her emotional histrionics—at least this is how they see each other as the Saturn-to-Moon aspect is amplified.

The relationship needs to evolve to the point where both individuals become conscious of their behavior patterns, which is the Uranus influence: If you want to move forward in this relationship, you will have to become more conscious. An astrologer who read their charts at the beginning of the relationship could have alerted them to the fact that there would be some issues to resolve once Uranus moved to the Saturn-Moon conjunction.

Astrology can be an extraordinarily wonderful tool that can signal many critical aspects of a relationship including longevity, chemistry, business partnership compatibility, employee/employer compatibility and many others.

Gilbert Picinich is a vedic astrologer residing in Greenville. For appointments, he can be reached at AstroGilberto@hotmail.com.

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Feeding Healthy Habits A 10-Step Guide for Helping Children Thrive

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t’s not easy raising children in today’s media-saturated landscape. From TV and video games to internet and mobile devices, our kids are exposed to a steady stream of persuasive marketing messages promoting low-nutrient junk foods. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association warn that media’s pervasive influence over children’s food preferences increase their risk for poor nutrition, obesity and chronic diseases later in life.

Protecting children against marketing forces may seem like an uphill battle, but these strategies can help provide a solid foundation for good health.

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Teach children to be media savvy. Andrea Curtis, Toronto-

based author of Eat This! How Fast-Food Marketing Gets You to Buy Junk (and how to fight back), says, “Kids don’t want to be duped.” By showing children how the food industry tricks them into buying foods that harm their bodies and the Earth, we can turn kids into food detectives that reject processed foods and sugary drinks.

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Feed children’s curiosity about where food comes from. Take

children to farmers’ markets and U-pick farms; organic growers reduce exposure to harmful pesticide residues. Kids that might turn up their noses at supermarket spinach tend to eat it in bunches when they’ve helped grow, harvest and prepare it. That’s the story behind Sylvia’s Spinach, a children’s book by Seattle-based author Katherine Pryor.

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Introduce children to the rewards of gardening. Connie

Liakos, a registered dietitian based in Portland, Oregon, and the author of How to Teach Nutrition to Kids, recommends introducing children to the magic of planting seeds and the joy of caring for a garden—even if it’s simply a pot of herbs on a sunny windowsill or a small plot in a community garden.

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Teach children how to cook.

Teresa Martin, a registered dietitian based in Bend, Oregon, says learning how to cook frees us from being “hostage to the food industry.” She believes cooking is such an essential life skill that we should be

teaching it along with reading, writing and arithmetic in kindergarten. When we cook, we’re in control of the ingredients’ quality and flavor. Plus, cooking together creates parent-child bonding.

Invite children to help plan and prepare family meals and school lunches. (Remember to slip a note inside a child’s lunch box with a few words of love and encouragement.)

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Visit the library. From simple children’s stories about food adventures to basic cookbooks, libraries open up a world of inspiration and culinary exploration. Find stories about seasonal foods to prepare with a child.

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Prioritize family meals. Children that eat with their

families are better nourished, achieve greater academic success and are less likely to participate in risky behaviors. Family meals provide time to share values, teach manners and enjoy caring conversations. To foster peace and harmony at the table, Liakos advises families to “keep emotion out of eating, and allow children control over how much they eat.” Establish rules banning criticism, arguing and screens (TV, phones) during mealtime.

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Reject dieting. Weighing, shaming and putting chil-

dren on restrictive diets is a recipe for developing eating disorders. Instead of stigmatizing children by calling them “obese”, Liakos emphasizes creating healthy eating and activity habits for the entire family. Children may overeat for many

reasons, including stress or boredom. Pay attention to sudden weight gain, which could be an indication that something is wrong, she says.

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Find or create a “tribe” of like-minded parents.

Set up play groups with parents that share similar values.

Advocate together for improved school food policies, establish a school garden or plan group field trips.

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Spend more time in nature. The American Academy

of Pediatrics recommends one hour of daily physical activity.

Locate parks and hiking or biking trails to strengthen children’s innate love for their natural world. According to research at the University of Illinois, spending time in nature also helps reduce symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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Protect children’s sleep. The American Academy of Pediatrics advises against TVs, computers and smartphones in children’s bedrooms. Children, depending on their age, need eight to12 hours of undisturbed sleep each night to support physical and mental health, and help prevent obesity.

Remember that our children are hungriest for parental time, love and support.

Melinda Hemmelgarn, the “Food Sleuth,” is an award-winning registered dietitian, writer, speaker and syndicated radio host based in Columbia, Missouri. Contact her at FoodSleuth@gmail.com.

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calendar of events FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 Summer Camp for the Soul Series Part 1 – 2-3pm.

The Allness of Spirit. A Café Conversation with Center for Spiritual Living Greenville. Learn more and register at CSLGreenville.org, email GreenvilleCSL@gmail.com, or call Rev. Marcia MacLean at 561-676-7997. At the new Panera Bread Café, 3609 Pelham Rd., Greenville.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 Canine Massage: Healing Your Best Friend – 7-8:30pm. Come learn techniques for massaging your dog. Benefits include: relaxation, increased oxygenation of the blood, pain relief, improved flexibility, improved immune system, reduced agerelated issues, reduced arthritis and hip dysplasia discomfort, muscle tension, soreness and weakness. $15. 530 Howell Rd., Ste. 100, Greenville. 3870435. TheWholeHealthCollective.com

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 Small Blood Vessels: Big Health Problems – 6:30-7:30pm. Come join us to learn more about how small blood vessels throughout the body can contribute to systemic health issues and what you can do improve your situation. Free.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 Paint Your Stress Away–Canvas & Supplies included – 6-7:30pm. The area of the brain responsible for processing emotions is also the area that processes imagery & sensory input. We’ll use art to activate sensory responses and generate imagery that is directly connected to emotions. You keep your creation. $15. 530 Howell Rd., Ste. 100, Greenville. 387-0435. TheWholeHealthCollective.com

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 Summer Camp for the Soul Series Part 2 – 2-3pm.

Our Oneness with Spirit. A Café Conversation with Center for Spiritual Living Greenville. Learn more and register at CSLGreenville.org, email GreenvilleCSL@gmail.com, or call Rev. Marcia at 561-676-7997. At the new Panera Bread Café, 3609 Pelham Rd., Greenville.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 Integrative Medicine Q&A Drop-In – 1pm. Do you have questions about integrative medicine, osteopathic medicine and/or holistic wellness? Join us at Grace Integrative Medicine to meet Dr. Melissa Overman and get answers to your questions at this one hour drop-in event. All are welcome. Free. 101P NE Main St., Easley (co- located with Integrative Yoga Therapy). 546-5505. GraceMedStudio.com; Facebook: gracemedstudio

MONDAY, AUGUST 12 CBD Oil – 6:30-7:30pm. CBD oil has been studied for its potential role in treating many common health issues, including anxiety, depression, acne and heart disease. For those with cancer, it may provide a natural alternative for pain and symptom relief. Free. 530 Howell Rd., Ste. 100, Greenville.

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Self Help Massage: Forearm, Wrist and Hand – 6:30-7:30pm. Regular daily activities put a lot of strain on our arms and hands. Learn methods and techniques for releasing those muscles. Massage is a natural pain killer with no side effects. $10.

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Core 4 Supplements – 6:30-7:30pm. Learn about the top 4 Supplements for overall health and wellbeing. Free. 530 Howell Rd., Ste. 100, Greenville.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 Essential Oils 101 – 6:30-7:30pm. Interested in learning more about using the power of plants to relieve pain and anxiety and boost your mood, among other benefits? We’ll show you what oils are best for which conditions and how to use them.

Free. 530 Howell Rd., Ste. 100, Greenville. 3870435. TheWholeHealthCollective.com

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 Summer Camp for the Soul Series Part 3 – 2-3pm. How to Write Affirmations that Work.

A Café Conversation with Center for Spiritual Living Greenville. Learn more and register at CSLGreenville.org, email GreenvilleCSL@gmail. com, or call Rev. Marcia at 561-676-7997. At the new Panera Bread Café, 3609 Pelham Rd., Greenville.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 Back to School: Stay Healthy with Essential Oils – 1-2pm. Back to school is full of pests and germs. Essential oils can improve health from sleep and stress to skin and hair care, and can be used for cleaning, cooking and aromatherapy. Free.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 Canine Massage: Healing Your Best Friend – 7-8:30pm. See Sunday, 8/4 event for details. The WholeHealth Collective.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 Summer Camp for the Soul Series Part 4 – 2-3pm.

The Power of Gratitude to Affect Change. A Café Conversation with Center for Spiritual Living Greenville. Learn more and register at CSLGreenville.org, email GreenvilleCSL@gmail.com, or call Rev. Marcia at 561-676-7997. At the new Panera Bread Café, 3609 Pelham Rd., Greenville.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Beyond Pain Management Workshop – 1:303:30pm. Trying to manage chronic pain? Been told “it’s all in your head”? Dr. Overman shares insights into how your body creates/uses pain as a safety mechanism & how to take control. Based on work

by Dr. Sarno. Limited seating. $40; required at time of booking. Includes workshop materials to take home. 101-P NE Main St., Easley (co-located with Integrative Yoga Therapy). 546-5505. GraceMed Studio.com/workshops; Facebook: gracemedstudio Paint Your Stress Away–Canvas & Supplies included – 1:30-3pm. See Thursday, 8/8 event for details. TheWhole Health Collective.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 Summer Camp for the Soul Series Part 5 – 2-3pm.

The Power of Letting Go to Achieve Anything. A Café Conversation with Center for Spiritual Living Greenville. Learn more and register at CSLGreen ville.org, email GreenvilleCSL@gmail.com, or call Rev. Marcia at 561-676-7997. At the new Panera Bread Café, 3609 Pelham Rd., Greenville.

plan ahead SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Cosmetology Continuing Education Classes – Calling all estheticians and cosmetologists: Tranquility Association for Beauty Artists will be holding South Carolina Board of Cosmetology approved Continuing Education classes. $65/class.

The Venue, Locust Hill Rd., Greer. Please contact SallyAnn McGlade at 864-434-3017 to reserve your seat.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 Unique Yoga Teacher Training (200 Hour) – 5pm.

Want to make a difference to the lives of others?

Max 8 participants; quality, hands-on instruction; master teacher w/34 yrs exp. 1 weekend (Fri-Sun) per mo, Oct 2019 to May 2020. Min. 12 mos. experience. $2,500.00 (Early-bird pricing: $2,200); payment plans available. Claymore Ct., Greer.

325-6053. Yoganize.com/events

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 Kauai Healing Retreat & Maui Adventure Retreat – Kauai Healing: Oct. 15-19. Experience vibrational healing with local healers, get lost in a Hula dance and walk on beach barefoot. Maui Adventure: Oct 20-24. Visit Ancient Hawaii, Road to Hana, waterfalls or the Seven Sacred Pools.

Can combine. See News Brief this issue. For more info, call Makiko Fliss at 609-495-4229 or visit RaykiSchool.com/retreat-home/hawaii-2019/.

on going events Note: Dates are subject to change.

Please use contact information to confirm dates and times of events.

How to submit: All listings must be received by the 5th of the month prior to publication. Please help by following the format as seen below and email listings to Calendar@UpstateNA.com. Non-advertiser calendar entries are subject to availability and are $15 per each submission.

monday Free Posture & Balance Assessments — 10am5:30pm. Certified Yoga Therapist Joan Craig invites you to objectively assess your posture with a digital plumb-line and measure your “real life” balance skills through safe, dynamic balance tests. Free.

Choose Joyful Health. Event held at Riverside Tennis Club, 435 Hammett Bridge Rd., Greer. Joan Craig: 561-5925. Please make an appointment at: JoanCraig.As.me Daily Intuitive Readers at Crystal Visions Bookstore – 11am-4pm. Intuitive readers are available daily Monday through Saturday; no appointment necessary. $40 cash/30 minutes. Crystal Visions, 5426 Asheville Hwy. / Hwy. 25 (I -26 Exit 44), Hendersonville, NC. 828-687-1193. CrystalVisionsBooks.com.

Foundations of Optimal Health & Healing – Every 1st Monday. 6-7:30pm. Learn the crucial basic foundations for health and healing. You will be exposed to the many misconceptions about health and how to avoid them. Free. Auger Family Chiropractic, 1315 Haywood Rd., Ste. 2, Greenville.

322-2828. AugerFamilyChiropractic.com.

The Path to Optimal Health – Every 3rd Monday.

6-7:30pm. We will discuss nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, mental attitude, posture, sleep and the central nervous system that all make up the path to living a happier, healthier, more vibrant life. Free. Auger Family Chiropractic, 1315 Haywood Rd., Ste. 2, Greenville. 322-2828. AugerFamilyChiropractic.com.

Meditation Monday – 6:30-7:30pm. Beginner to expert level, we come together to create a space bigger than the sum of its parts. Donations welcome. June Ellen Bradley. Zen, 924 S. Main St., Greenville.

tuesday Greenville Zoo: Tell Me About It Tuesdays – 10:30am and 12:30pm. Do you have questions about the giraffes, orangutans or toucans? Representative of the Zoo’s Education Department will be at select exhibits answering any questions you might have.

Open to the general public. Cost is zoo admission.

Greenville Zoo, 150 Cleveland Park Dr, Greenville.

GreenvilleZoo.com.

Living in the Present with Laura Noone – 1pm.

Begins 8/8/19. Improving mindfulness of staying

in the moment instead of dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. This program is designed for people who have completed cancer treatment but can benefit anyone with past or present medical issues. Free. Cancer Association of Anderson.

Event held at Life Choice, 100 Healthy Way, #1100, Anderson. To register: 222 -3500.

wednesday Have You Had A Spiritual Experience? Greenville – 2:30pm. 2nd Wednesday of the month.

Looking for a deeper understanding of who you are and your life’s purpose? We are an open spiritual community for people of all faiths to meet and discuss various spiritual topics and share our insights.

Free. Barnes and Nobles coffee shop, Haywood Rd., Greenville. Contact: Beth (leave message): 3463058. Meetup.com/Upstate-Spiritual-ExperiencesGroup or Eck-SC.org.

Wild for Reading: Wednesdays at Greenville Zoo – 2:30pm. Wiggle on over to the zoo with your little book worm! Starting this fall, the education department will celebrate reading with a new book and animal friend, followed by a live animal presentation. Cost is zoo admission. Greenville Zoo, Farmyard Exhibit, 150 Cleveland Park Dr, Greenville. GreenvilleZoo.com.

thursday Living in the Present with Laura Noone – 1pm.

Begins 8/8/19. See details on Tue. 1pm listing.

Cancer Association of Anderson.

Learning Safari: Thursdays at Greenville Zoo – 2:30pm. 1st and 3rd Thursdays. Would you like to get close to a snake? How about a Giant African Millipede? Maybe you would like to touch the teeth on a lion skull? Have you ever wondered what alligator skin feels like? Who knows what you might see! Cost is zoo admission. Greenville Zoo, Buck Mickel Education Building, 150 Cleveland Park Dr, Greenville. GreenvilleZoo.com.

Chakradance with Our Inward Journey – 6-7:30pm. Chakradance is a beautiful moving meditation that takes the participant on an Inward Journey through their chakra system, helping to clear blockages and make way for deep healing. Join the dance! $20/preregistered; $25/door. Our Inward Journey. Held at Open Art Studio, 14 S. Main St., downtown Greenville.. Our Inward Journey: 3864893. Peggy@PeggyZielinski.com.

classifieds and jobs WA N T E D : S P E E C H L A N G U A G E PATHOLOGIST. Part-time (3:30-6pm) available. Experience working w/children & adults. Email resume/references to BEACONteam@BEACONslps.com.

WANTED: OFFICE STAFF. PT/20-30 hrs. wkly, 9am-6pm. Min. 2 yrs. experience in medical & insurance billing req’d. Excellent communication & computer skills. Must be friendly, team player. Email resume & references to BEACONteam@BEACONslps.com.

ROOM 4 RENT by hr./day/mo. Also, ORGANIC SPRAY TAN position available.

Quiet massage salon, Mauldin. 864-987-9708.

FREE 10 WEEK GRIEF SUPPORT CLASSES in Easley, Greenville and Spartanburg—Every Season! Sign up at HospiceGriefSupport.com or call Interim Hospice at 864-627-7049.

WELLNESS CENTER IN GREER is looking for like-minded individuals interested in renting space for therapy, services, classes, or other forms of collaboration. We are presently looking for a few people to do community promotional work for wellness services. Therapists welcome!

Contact Doug 864-884-5115.

ESTABLISHED MASSAGE SCHOOL for sale. Will consider all options. Good location.

Call 864-987-9708.

SEEKING A PART-TIME MD OR DO to join a holistic health group. Help patients blend traditional and alternative medicine safely.

TheWholeHealthCollective@gmail.com. 864387-0435.

S E E K I N G N A T U R A L H E A LT H PRACTITIONERS to join holistic health group. Rent starting at $50/wk. Cutting edge concept. Cross referral format. Classroom.

TheWholeHealthCollective@gmail.com.

864-387-0435.

NOW HIRING EXPERIENCED CLINICAL MASSAGE THERAPISTS to join holistic health team. $35+ an hour. Free CEUs. Huge growth potential. Flexible schedule.

LightHandMuscleTherapy.com 864-387-0435.

DOWNTOWN CLEMSON’S BUTTERFLY ECO BEAUTY BAR opening this Spring. Now hiring not your average beauty professionals.

Instagram @ButterflyEcoBeautyBar email MyNaturalButterfly@yahoo.com ROOM FOR RENT for licensed massage or other alternative therapist in chiropractic office.

864-585-8701.

LOOKING FOR A VERY HEALTHY ADULT between the ages of 21 and 35, that has never taken antibiotics, was breastfed as a child and has excellent digestion and elimination, to be a fecal donor. The price for each donation I can pay is $25. Call 864-663-7033.

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community resource guide ACUPUNCTURE ACUPUNCTURE OF GREER Ruth Kyle, L.Ac. 106 Memorial Dr. 864-877-0111 • Greer

Great results with pain, migraines, frozen shoulder, sciatica, endometriosis, Meniere’s disease and stress.

Specializes in orthopedic issues and more in a tranquil environment.

Cupping offered to patients for $30/30 minutes. Call with questions or for an appointment.

AFFORDABLE ACUPUNCTURE Joan Massey, L.Ac. Hope Dennis, L.Ac, M. Ac., Dipl. Ac. 3100 Grandview Dr. 864-406-3800 • Simpsonville AffordableAcupunctureByJoan.com

We offer affordable communitystyle acupuncture. Specializing in pain management, aromatherapy, cold wave laser, Chinese herbs and detoxification techniques. Individual private sessions also available.

BIO-ENERGETIC TESTING AUGUSTA STREET CLINIC Dr. Roger Jaynes, DC, DNBHE 1521 Augusta St. 864-232-0082 • Greenville AugustaStClinic.com

We get to the root cause of your health issues using bio-energetic testing methods and incorporating German-manufactured homeopathic remedies and supplements, oxygen therapy and chiropractic care. 30+ years experience using integrative natural alternatives to modern medicine. See ad, page 29.

BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONE THERAPY LIVINGWELL INTEGRATIVE HEALTHCARE Clif Caldwell, MD Cheryl Middleton, PA-C Andrea Wininger, MD, FACOG 838 Powdersville Rd, Ste. G 864-850-9988 • Easley LivingWellHealthcare.com

We help women and men who suffer symptoms of hormonal imbalance such as low libido, weight gain, hot flashes, fatigue and many other symptoms. Call for your personal consult today! See ad, page 25.

ADVANCED BODYWORK HARMONY AND FUSION, LLC 220 N. Main St. 864-214-6720 • Greer HarmonyAndFusionLLC@gmail.com

A balanced approach to stressfree living. Advanced bodywork, reflexology, qigong, EMF solutions, stress elimination, environmental sensitivities, sleep disorders, autoimmune diseases, anxiety disorders, craniosacral therapy, pain relief. See ad, page 15.

AROMATHERAPY GARNER’S NATURAL LIFE 27 S. Pleasantburg Dr. 864-242-4856 • Greenville 1601 Woodruff Rd., Ste. A/B 864-603-5550 • Greenville GarnersNaturalLife.com

We have all of the natural products that keep you and your family healthy all year long with a friendly, knowledgeable staff. Check out our immune boosting vitamins, pet products, our extensive line of natural cosmetics and much more. Open 7 days a week for your convenience. See ad, page 20 and back cover.

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BOOKSTORES METAPHYSICAL BOOKSTORE & EVENT CENTER 5426 Asheville Hwy. 828-687-1193 • Hendersonville, NC CrystalVisionsBooks.com

New & Used Books, Crystals, Gemstones, Jewelry, Music, Incense, Candles, Tarot, Statuary, Intuitive Readers, Energy Workers, Event Space, Labyrinth. We buy books! Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

CHIROPRACTIC AUGER FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC 1315 Haywood Rd. 864-322-2828 • Greenville AugerChiro.com

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It’s not normal to live with neck/ back pain, headaches, IBS, allergies, ADHD, insomnia and more.

Chiropractic care will get you back to normal. Call us now! See ad, page 4.

DIXON WELLNESS & CHIROPRACTIC 1500 Whitehall Road Anderson, SC 29625 864-226-0050

We offer Nutrition Response Testing (NRT)/Applied Kinesiology (AK) combined with Blood Report Analysis to determine which Whole Food Supplements best suits your individual profile. See ad, page 29

LIFE CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC 1272 Woodruff Rd. 864-288-2136 • Greenville DrEdwardsChiro.com

We provide advanced spinal correction utilizing low force instrument adjusting. We also offer nutrition testing using muscle reflexes to measure your neurological reflexes and organ functions. See ad, page 2.

COMPOUNDING PHARMACY LIFE PHARMACY & WELLNESS Joe Blizzard, RPh, Ph.D. 406 W. Poinsett St. 864-879-2325 • Greer LifePharmacy.biz, Info@LifePharmacy.biz

We are a compounding pharmacy specializing in women’s health, CBD oil/cream treatments, nutritionals, organic skin care, and adrenal fatigue. Clinical solutions for health challenges. See ad, page 21.

COUNSELING MONIQUE GUFFEY, LPC, NCC, MS-CHT 530 Howell Rd., Ste. 100 843-368-6331 • Greenville CounselingForPositiveChange.com MoGuffeyLPC@gmail.com

Stuck? Tried everything? Let’s talk.

Your story (yes, that one!). The good, the bad and the ugly. Get it out so you can start living again.

Skype sessions available. See ad, page 2.

DAY SPA TRANQUILITY DAY SPA 1015 West Poinsett Street 864-479-0497 • Greer TranquilityMindBodySpirit.com TranquilityMBS@aol.com

Natural, vegan, gluten- and GMO-free skincare products.

We offer facials, microdermabrasion, body waxing, eyelash enhancements, manicures/ pedicures, ionic body detoxification, massage therapy and reflexology. See ad, page 11.

DENTISTRY PALMER DISTINCTIVE DENTISTRY Dr. Daniel Knause 134 Milestone Way 864-332-4822 • Greenville PalmerDMD.com

We practice biological dentistry and adhere to the highest standards of biocompatible dentistry as defined by the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT). One visit-crowns, and ozone therapy; fluoride-free office since 1995. See ad, page 3.

PALMER DISTINCTIVE DENTISTRY Dr. Joe Palmer 134 Milestone Way 864-332-4822 • Greenville PalmerDMD.com

We practice biological dentistry and adhere to the highest standards of biocompatible dentistry as defined by the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT). One visitcrowns, and ozone therapy; fluoride-free office since 1995. See ad, page 3.

ENERGY HEALING NAMASTE HEALING ARTS Ariana Zariah 11 Holmes Dr. Greenville * 864-915-2313 NamasteHealingArts.com

When you’re in alignment life flows smoothly. Live a life of fulfillment and purpose, free of negative emotions and energy.

Chakra balancing, ancestral past life and childhood clearing. See ad, page 5.

EVENT CENTER METAPHYSICAL BOOKSTORE & EVENT CENTER 5426 Asheville Hwy. 828-687-1193 • Hendersonville, NC CrystalVisionsBooks.com

A beautiful setting for your event! Conference room includes 65 chairs. Private consultation room. Garden includes labyrinth, medicine wheel, pavilion. Brochure rack rental, snack bar.

FLOAT SPA PURE BALANCE FLOAT SPA Priscilla Matson 215 W. Wade Hampton Blvd., Ste. D 864-401-6075 • Greer PureBalanceFloatSpa.com

Floating has been shown to relieve stress, provide pain relief, increase immune function and is helpful in treating fibromyalgia, PTSD, inflammation, migraines and more. See ad, page 12.

FOOD AND DRINK KANGEN IONIZED WATER Joseph Heustess, Distributor 864-364-4913 WatershedSC.com WatershedSC@gmail.com

Drinking the right type of water may be the single most important piece in achieving and maintaining optimal health. See machines at WatershedSC.com and demonstration at KangenDemo. com. 0% financing.

HEALTH FOOD STORES BELUE FARMS NATURAL MARKET Harriett Belue, owner 3769 Parris Bridge Road 864-578-0446 • Boiling Springs BelueFarms.com Market@BelueFarms.com

Local and organic foods including fresh produce, grass-fed beef, pastured meats and eggs, wild-caught seafood, raw milk and cheese, gluten-free staples, wholesome snacks, Paleo/Whole 30 foods, wellness supplements, CBD hemp oil, custom baskets and gifts. See ad page 21.

EARTH FARE THE HEALTHY SUPERMARKET 3620 Pelham Rd. 864-527-4220 • Greenville EarthFare.com

HAIR SALON / SPA

Earth Fare offers a fantastic selection of products including local organic produce, naturally-raised meats, seafood, supplements, natural beauty products and an eat-in café, deli and juice bar. Check out our event calendar for upcoming happenings.

NANCY LEE’S HAIR ART Nancy L. Minix, MC, BS, RA – 20+yrs Exp. Operating in the Greer area 864-320-2359 • Greer

WHOLE FOODS MARKET 1140 Woodruff Rd. 864-335-2300 • Greenville WholeFoodsMarket.com/Stores/Greenville

More than hair care. Natural/organic/ammonia-free color and products.

Formaldehyde-free keratin treatments. Aromatherapy consultations and personalized products. ION footbath detox.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS ADVANCED CBD CLINIC & DISPENSARY LLC. Conner Pirkle 1662 E. Greenville Street, Suite A 864-844-9898 • Anderson AdvancedCBDsc.com Admin@AdvancedCBDsc.com

Wondering about CBD oil and its many benefits? Advanced CBD is a familyowned and -operated CBD clinic here to help answers all your questions. See ad, page 23.

Imagine a farmer’s market, fresh produce, meats, a fish market, a gourmet shop, a European bakery, the corner grocery store and eatin café, all rolled into one. Monthly calendar of events. We want to be your neighborhood supermarket.

HOLISTIC PHYSICIAN GRACE INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE Melissa C. Overman, DO, MPH, CHES, FAOCOPM 101-P NE Main Street 864-546-5505 • Easley GraceMedStudio.com

Truly personalized care by a board-certified physician focusing on preventive and natural treatments for frustrating and chronic conditions. Your health goals are our goals. See ad, page 25.

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SEPTEMBER

Age-Defying Bodywork plus: Yoga Therapy

HOLISTIC WELLNESS

MASSAGE / BODYWORK

INSIDE/OUT FITNESS & WELLNESS Shay Hewitt, RPH, PD 996 Batesville Rd., Greer 224 Feaster Rd., Greenville 864-608-9984 InsideOut.fitness

SALÚTEM ORGANIC MASSAGE Heather Coe Meuldijk, LMT, Esthetician 300 Randall St., Ste. F 864-630-6141 • Greer Salutem-om.MassageTherapy.com Salutem.Organic.Massage@gmail.com

Our Wellness Center restores health from the inside out. Therapies include AmpCoil-PEMF therapy, ZytoScan, biofeedback analysis & therapy, nutritional supplements, infrared sauna, personal training, LED light therapy. See ad, page 5.

VIBRANT AT ANY AGE ISSUE

ENLIGHTEN WELLNESS Jennifer Smith, CHHP 880 S. Pleasantburg Dr., Ste. 4D EnlightenUpstate.com • Greenville

Individual consultations, comprehensive wellness programs and monthly workshops. Specializing in autoimmune and other chronic conditions by giving your body the tools it needs to heal itself naturally.

Readers are Seeking These Providers & Services:

Natural Health Care Practitioners General, Advanced & Sports Chiropractors Activity & Exercise Facilities • Yoga Classes Yoga Events ... and this is just a partial list!

THE WHOLE HEALTH COLLECTIVE 12 Practitioners 530 Howell Rd., Ste. 100 864-387-0435 • Greenville TheWholeHealthCollective.com TheWholeHealthCollective@gmail.com

WHC is a cohesive group of natural health practitioners who hold a shared vision of providing skilled, effective and affordable natural health treatments to our community. See ad, page 35.

OCTOBER

Oral Health

plus: Chiropractic Care

INTEGRATIVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS

BETTER SLEEP ISSUE

NOVEMBER

Natural Sleep Solutions

WELLNESS BY DESIGN Dr. Connie Casebolt Carver 850 S. Pleasantburg Drive, Ste. 103 864-558-0200 • Greenville WellnessByDesign.center MemberServices@WellnessByDesign.center

plus: Optimal Thyroid Function

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CONTACT US Phone: 864-248-4910 or visit UpstateNA.com and choose appropriate form under Contact Us.

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Family-owned integrative medical clinic, focusing on bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, stem cell therapy and more. See ad, page 13.

Salutem Organic Massage strives to provide each client with the ethereal “dream” massage and skin services while also providing deep, therapeutic relief. See ad, page 11 and 16.

MEDITATION OUR INWARD JOURNEY Peggy Zielinski, MSW 11 Five Forks Plaza Ct. 864-386-4893 • Simpsonville OurInwardJourney.com Peggy@PeggyZielinski.com

Coaching and instruction on mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques for individuals, schools, churches, and businesses. Improving lives through providing tools for meditation and mindfulness.

See ad, page 22.

NATURAL CONNECTIONS JUNE ELLEN BRADLEY Whole Health Nation 828.899.2787 • Greenville WholeHealthNation.com

Join us for meditation (see Monday calendar listing), community events, plant medicine, art and movement. Visit website to choose one-on-one or pre-selected group activities; fall schedule offerings posted 9/19.

Arrange for your experience in advance. Save the date: Next community conference, January 4, 2020.

PHOTOGRAPHY JONATHAN DOYEL PHOTOGRAPHY Upstate Photographer 864-449-7335 • Upstate JonathanDoyelPhotography.com JonathanDoyelPhotography@gmail.com

Weddings and engagement portrait sessions. Visit my website and schedule a consultation.

THYROID HEALTH LIVINGWELL INTEGRATIVE HEALTHCARE Cheryl Middleton, PA-C 838 Powdersville Rd., Ste. G 864-850-9988 • Easley LivingWellHealthcare.com

Does your TSH look good, but you still feel terrible? At LivingWell we go beyond TSH and look at things like free T3, free T4, reverse T3 and thyroid antibodies. We also understand and treat Hashimoto’s. See ad, page 25.

VETERINARY CARE ALL ABOUT PETS Jeanne Fowler, DVM 409 Old Buncombe Rd. 864-834-7334 • Travelers Rest HolisticVetSC.com

GARNER’S NATURAL LIFE 27 S. Pleasantburg Dr. 864-242-4856 • Greenville 1601 Woodruff Rd., Ste. A/B 864-603-5550 • Greenville GarnersNaturalLife.com

We have all of the natural products that keep you and your family healthy all year long with a friendly, knowledgeable staff.

Check out our immune boosting vitamins, pet products, our extensive line of natural cosmetics and much more. Open 7 days a week for your convenience. See ad, page 20 and back cover.

WOMEN’S HEALTH LIVINGWELL INTEGRATIVE HEALTHCARE Andrea Wininger, MD, FACOG 838 Powdersville Rd, Ste. G 864-850-9988 • Easley LivingWellHealthcare.com

Dr. Wininger is a Board-certified, Ob/Gyn physician who is committed to an integrative healthcare approach to patient care. Her focus at LivingWell is to partner with patients in addressing their healthcare needs. She utilizes both her traditional medical background, as well as the best of alternative/holistic therapies to provide personalized patient care.

See ad, page 25.

Over 30 years’ experience offering holistic and conventional veterinary medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, Chinese herbals, orthopedic manipulation, prolotherapy, laser and stem cell therapy and pet boarding too.

VITAMINS & SUPPLEMENTS BELUE FARMS NATURAL MARKET Harriett Belue, owner 3769 Parris Bridge Road 864-578-0446 • Boiling Springs BelueFarms.com Market@BelueFarms.com

Local and organic foods including fresh produce, grassfed beef, pastured meats and eggs, wild-caught seafood, raw milk and cheese, gluten-free staples, wholesome snacks, Paleo/Whole 30 foods, wellness supplements, CBD hemp oil, custom baskets and gifts. See ad page 21.

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