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Artist Paul Arsenault

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Emotional Well-Being

Self-Care for Tough Times

How to Raise Resilient Kids

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Time to Reset

Sunfish Paul Arsenault Born in Montreal, Paul Arsenault was raised in Hingham, Massachusetts. Following his graduation from the Art Institute of Boston in 1973, he joined the Research Vessel Gosnold, as a deck hand, and departed Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute for Florida.

Soon after the Gosnold docked in Fort Pierce, Paul was invited to Collier County, and after a visit to Corkscrew Sanctuary, he determined that Naples would be his home. With Naples as his base since 1974, he has devoted his career to painting the local scene as well as exotic locales around the world, often in support of humanitarian, environmental and cultural organizations.

The Arsenault Studio & Banyan Arts Gallery is located at 1199 Third Street, Naples, Florida.

For more information, call

Growing up, September signaled the beginning of a new year; every new school grade felt like a fresh start.

Even now, long after college, September continues to feel like a reset month following the more carefree days of summer.

My children’s new school years signaled a return to homework, after-school activities and weekend soccer games. Looking back, I realize that we took for granted the teachers, soccer coaches and other support systems that blessed our lives. Many parents today must decide between sending their kids back to school or accepting the responsibility of homeschooling. Neither choice is perfect, as they weigh health risks to their children’s intellectual and social enrichment.

That’s why I find this month’s “Raising Resilient Kids” feature on page 44 so timely.

Writer Ronica O’Hara says that the ability to bounce back from difficulties may be the most important aptitude we can teach our children. Parents will find some great tips to help their kids develop the self-confidence and skills they need to handle whatever comes their way.

We’ve been in the middle of this pandemic for several months now, and many are feeling exhausted. An unstoppable wave of change has swept us all up, and sometimes we may feel like we’re either tumbling helplessly in the wave’s undertow or learning how to surf its crest better.

Many structures we have depended upon in the past have crumbled around us— some of them may not have been working so well anyway. With this turmoil and change, we find ourselves swimming in a sea of challenging emotions and feeling overwhelmed.

I think you will find this month’s feature story, “Emotional Well-Being in the Pandemic Age,” on page 28, as valuable as I did. Writer Sandra Yeyati offers us ways to meet these unpleasant emotions head-on with self-compassion, to move forward with resilience and courage, and to rewire our brains for positivity one breath and one minute at a time.

For as long as I could write, I’ve benefited from the therapeutic value of journaling— spilling my emotions on paper—beginning with my first little pink diary fastened with a lock and key, and graduating to more mature journals later on. The blank page has been a neutral witness to painful breakups, miraculous childbirths, excruciating losses and new awakenings.

Award-winning teacher and author Sandra Marinella has empowered thousands of people to use stories and writings to move beyond their circumstances and heal from traumas. Check out “The Power of Personal Writing” on page 27; it is my hope that you will be inspired to find some blank pages and begin to release and transform your life stories.

During my restorative sunset beach walks this summer, I have felt deeply grateful that we didn’t have any red tide or algae blooms. As the article on page 22 recounts, that is thanks to the efforts of people like my longtime friend and artist Paul Arsenault. Paul is using his art to bring attention to the Right to Clean Water charter amendment, which is crucial to defending our right to clean water. When Lake Okeechobee locks open and the polluted water flows south again, this amendment will be just what we wished we had to protect us.

Let’s make the best of this reset time and commit to making the kinds of changes that are possible, both internally and externally. As old systems break down, let’s create a world that truly works for all living things. “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one….”

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Contents 22 ARTIST PAUL ARSENAULT Joins the Campaign for Clean Water

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24 SPICE UP HEALTH

Using Herbs for Flavor and Medicine

27 SANDRA MARINELLA on the Healing Power of Writing Our Stories

28 EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING IN THE PANDEMIC AGE

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Self-Care Strategies for Tough Times

32 NATURAL ANTIVIRALS Help in Staying Strong and Healthy

37 HAPPINESS HELPERS Five Ways to Be More Positive

38 CARS GO VEGAN

Leather Interiors are on the Way Out

42 YOGA FOR EVERY BODY

Adaptive Ways Ease Pain and Immobility

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eautiful Health will celebrate their first anniversary with an open house and specials on September 21, 22 and 23 at their all-natural wellness concept shop in Naples.

A champagne anniversary reception to celebrate their opening one year ago will take place from noon until 6 p.m. on September 23 with champagne toasts, mini-cupcakes and a cake made by a local favorite Sassy Cakes of Naples.

To comply with social distancing guidelines, Caroline Thonon, owner of Caroline Thonon Beautiful Health, created the three-day event to help control the number of store visitors at any given time. She will also be offering 20 percent off the store’s entire line of products starting September 21. Other deals include 40 percent off a select group of massage and facial services, and spa service packages at 20 percent off, as well as discounts on new services for health and beauty that Thonon will unveil.

“Multiple days will allow small groups of people to visit the shop while following CDC guidelines of social distancing,” says Thonon. “Shoppers are required to wear masks, as we are doing our best to protect everyone.”

The shop offers a wide variety of all-natural products from all-natural sunscreens, make up, cleansers, lotions, soaps and more to spa services with a wide selection of massages, facials and skin treatments. Spa treatments include facials, dermaplaning, microneedling, massages and related beauty treatments.

In addition to selling all-natural products for skincare, beauty and several home cleaning products, Beautiful Health also conducts health classes and workshops as a Blue Zones Project Southwest Florida-recognized business dedicated to healthy and happier living.

Location: 4947 Tamiami Tr. N., Ste. 105, in the Liberty Plaza, Naples. To book a massage, facial, individual shopping experience or consultation, call 239-241-5111 or visit BeautifulHealth.biz. See ad, page 17.

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Free Offer at Organic Skincare & Bodyworx

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rganic Skincare & Bodyworx, in Naples, is offering a free microdermabrasion treatment throughout this month with any facial. This skin rejuvenation method, usually $55, can help recipients to age more gracefully and revive more of a youthful glow.

Other services include makeup, massages, spray tanning, waxing and LED light therapy.

Location: 13240 Tamiami Tr. N., Ste. 207.

For more information or to make an appointment, call 239-514-4494. Coupon must be presented at time of purchase to obtain free offer. See ad, page 3.

MyNaturoWellness Opens in Bonita Springs

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aturopathic consultant Michelle Trias, Ph.D., launched her MyNaturoWellness practice in August at 24850 Burnt Pine Drive, Suite 2, in Bonita Springs. She believes that especially during the pandemic crisis, it’s important to gain a better understanding of where we are nutritionally and what steps should be taken now to improve our health and immune system.

In a nutritional assessment session, she will review a client’s physical and emotional health to attain a complete understanding of their nutritional situation, including health history, blood type, exercise habits, current supplementation and medication, plus elimination habits, stress levels and eating habits, in order to create Michelle Trias, Ph.D. a customized plan for healing.

Naturopathy is a system of medicine that restores health by removing obstacles to feeling better and supporting the body’s own healing processes to address the cause of illness, not just the symptoms.

For more information or to make an appointment, call 239-579-3846, email DrMichelle@ MyNaturoWellness.com or visit MyNaturoWellness.com. See ad, page 20.

Three Medicine and Food Zoom Sessions

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eb Martin, medicinal foods consultant, and Robin Joy, certified health coach and holistic chef, will co-host a three-part series of fun, meet-upstyle Zoom presentations, The Medicine and Messages in Food, that will explore medicines in our foods to enhance health and well-being from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on September 3, 10 and 17 via Zoom. The events will begin with a focus on building immunity to support the immune system to include new foods in attendees’ personal “medicine bags” of practical knowledge.

In discovering a new relationship with food in the physical, emotional and mental health realms, participants will engage in playful, substantive and empowering classes that include insights from the Conquering Any Disease with the High-Phytochemical Food Healing System by Jeff Primack, along with surprise gifts and prizes.

Individual questions can be addressed

by Lotus Blossom Clinic staff under the direction of Dr. David Martin.

Cost: $60 for entire series. For more information or to preregister (required), call 239-277-1399 or email Deb@ LotusBlossomClinic.com. See ad, page 31.

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Pet Behavior Teleconference Series

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wners seeking to improve annoying or frustrating behavior traits or characteristics of their pet can gain relevant, practical tips by attending the Creating Change in Your Pattie Carney Animal Friend’s Behavior teleconference, a three-part workshop series presented by Fort Myers animal communicator Pattie Carney from 7 to 9 p.m. on September 15, 22 and 29.

Carne, a Usui/Holy Fire III reiki master and teacher affiliated with the Lotus Blossom Clinic, says the way a dog greets people and other pets, plus separation anxiety, will be covered.

The first session will highlight identifying behavior problems and assigning homework. On September 22, complementary therapies will be addressed to enhance the desired changes. In the final session, success stories will be shared, final advice provided and an animal healing circle will be conducted.

“Change needs to happen with the pet owners, too, to realize what they desire in their pets,” says Carney, who adds that a private animal communication and distance reiki session can be scheduled between the second and third sessions.

Cost: $140. For more information or to register, call 774-209-9393 or email Pattie@ PCarney.net. See ad, page 6.

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Mystical Moon Offers Phone Recording System

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o enhance the benefits of its virtual services during the COVID-19 crisis, the Mystical Moon offers a phone reading recording system at both locations that records sessions with seaLaurie Barraco soned professional spiritual advisors at no extra cost. Clients

receive a link of their session to listen to and share with others.

“If taking notes, a caller may have forgotten something that was said to them, like a suggested book to read or a loved one coming through on the other side,” cites owner Laurie Barraco, of the value of having sessions recorded.

“These days, so many people are seeking clarity, validation and guidance and how they can navigate through these unprecedented times,” points out Barraco, adding that phone sessions that have been provided by the Mystical Moon for the past 13 years are “a great alternative to going into crowded areas if you’re feeling uneasy about doing so.”

Phone session costs: 15 min. $40; 30 min. $60; 45 min. $80; and 60-min. $95. Locations: 8951 Bonita Beach Rd., Ste. 255, Bonita Springs, and 8890 Salrose Ln., Ste. 107, Ft. Myers. For more information or to arrange for a phone session, call 239-939-3339, email Laurie@TheMysticalMoon.com or visit TheMysticalMoon.com. See ad, page 47.

Online Youth Nutritional Series

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he Food Healing Oracle Deck’s Children, Tween & Teen’s Food Learning series— three separate online six-week educational platforms for nutrition and food education in a brand-new format utilizing a 60-card set of fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices including organic, non-GMO, gluten-free and vegan—will kick off on Zoom this month.

Yummy for My Tummy, for ages 3 to 6 with parental involvement from 10 to 10:30 a.m. and Having Fun with Foods, for ages 7 to 11 in which they can be independent or with their parent from 4 to 4:45 p.m. will both start on September 28 and continue for the next five Mondays. Food for the Moods, for ages 12 to 17 participating on their own, will debut from 4 to 5 p.m. on September 30 and continue each Wednesday through November 4.

Created by Lainie Sevante Wulkan and Joanna Salerno, featuring child development expert Shelly Sager, the programs provide a fresh, fun and unique foray into the world of foods.

Cost is $72 for each series. No drop-ins will be allowed, as each lesson builds on the previous one. For more information or to register, visit FoodHealingDeck.com. See ad, page 32.

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Special Offer, Free Consultations at Hebe Aesthetics

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aples-based Hebe Aesthetics, owned by Estella Lopez-McLean, APRN, FNP-C, is offering free consultations to learn about and consider the wide variety of nonsurgical Estella Lopez-McLean treatments and medical-grade products for the face and body provided at her practice, along with a special offer of a free microneedling or chemical peel when purchasing two of each treatment. They provide collagen-building skin treatments, PDO threads, many kinds of injectables and more.

The beauty and wellness center is dedicated in providing skilled and professional services that focus on helping each patient achieve their aesthetic goals and helping enhance their natural beauty, health and wellness.

Lopez-McLean, who received her bachelor’s degree in business management from Warner Southern College, in Lake Wales, Florida, and a Master of Science degree in nursing specializing in family practice from Simmons University, in Boston, is a Florida-licensed nurse practitioner and certified aesthetic injector.

Location: 2355 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Ste. 146. For more information or to arrange for a consult or an appointment, call 239-6410601, email info@HebeAesthetics.com or visit HebeAesthetics.com. See ad, page 11.

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Learn Seven Flames Healing at Goddess I AM

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uthor of a three-part book series Messages from Heaven and angelic medium Melissa Davidson will conduct a Seven Flames certification class for healers to raise their vibration capabilities to the divine level from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on September 26 at Goddess I AM, in Naples. Participants will learn how to activate God’s white and auric flames for humanity and Melissa Davidson Mother Earth, along with diamond light work to keep their and others’ vibrational frequency at the highest level.

Whether using reiki healing, drums, crystals, hands or other methods, they will master this activation within to pass on to others. A certification and how-to booklet will be provided upon class completion.

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Karin Wolfe, certified biofeedback specialist and owner of Firefly Within, was recently recognized by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners as an expert in the health field as a holistic health practitioner. Such designation by the national organization shows that her knowledge, skills and practice meet the highest standards for holistic healthcare without prescriptions.

Karin Wolfe

Wolfe, with more than seven years of service to the community in our area, provides assistance to clients with quantum biofeedback, reiki, sound healing, wellness coaching and more from her home office in Bonita Springs. She helps people looking for new ways to care for their health and those that want to supplement the care that they are already receiving from their general health practitioner.

Cost is $250. Location: 600 Goodlette Rd. N., Ste. 103. For more information or to register, call 239-228-6949 or visit GoddessIAM. com. See ad, page 50.

For more information or to make an appointment, call 239-9803257, email Info@FireflyWithin.com or visit FireflyWithin.com.

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A brief, hands-on reflexology treatment after a major heart operation can have a significant impact, scientists at Iran’s Tabriz University of Medical Sciences report. Immediately following coronary bypass surgery, 60 of 120 male patients received a 15-minute foot reflexology treatment from nurses. The researchers found that foot reflexology decreased patient agitation and reduced the average amount of time spent on a ventilator.

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Halfway in size between sprouts and full-grown plants, microgreens are bursting with nutrients, but have been mostly relegated to garnishes at upscale restaurants. Researchers at Colorado State University, exploring their acceptability, fed 99 people six separate types of microgreens: arugula, broccoli, bull’s blood beet, red cabbage, red garnet amaranth and tendril pea. The red-colored varieties—beet, cabbage and amaranth—received top marks for appearance, but broccoli, red cabbage and tendril pea scored the highest overall grades. The subjects found the greens were fun (“funfetti”), colorful and attractive. Microgreens, which can be grown quickly indoors year-round with minimal water, offer a possible solution to sustainably feeding the planet, the researchers pointed out.

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Planetary Planning

Keeping Half the Earth Natural

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A study led by the National Geographic Society and the University of California (UC), Davis, published in the journal Global Change Biology compared four recent global maps of the conversion of natural lands to anthropogenic (human activity) land uses. It concluded that if we act quickly and decisively, there is an opportunity to conserve about half of the planet’s ice-free land. The developed half includes cities, croplands, ranches and mines.

The authors note that areas having low human influence do not necessarily exclude people, livestock or sustainable management of resources.

A balanced conservation response that addresses land sovereignty and weighs agriculture, settlement or other resource needs with the protection of ecosystem services and biodiversity is essential. Approximately 15 percent of the Earth’s land surface and 10 percent of the oceans are currently protected in some form.

Lead author Jason Riggio, a postdoctoral scholar at the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, says, “The encouraging takeaway from this study is that if we act quickly and decisively, there is a slim window in which we can still conserve roughly half of Earth’s land in a relatively intact state.”

Shocking Discovery

Not All Hydroelectric Generators are Created Equal

A new study by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) analyzed the climate impacts of 1,500 facilities across the globe that account for about half of hydropower generation worldwide. Many release almost no greenhouse gases, but some can be worse than burning fossil fuels. The team looked at whether the facilities behave as a greenhouse gas sink or as a source by investigating the components that determine emissions such as the reservoir itself, when vegetation and soils are submerged underwater in the dam used to generate power.

Ilissa Ocko, a senior climate scientist at EDF and co-author of the study in Environmental Science & Technology, notes that as the submerged vegetation decays, it releases methane or carbon dioxide. “The larger the surface area of the reservoir, the more greenhouse gases are going to be emitted from that reservoir. Also, the temperature plays a role, as well; how warm the reservoir is will affect how much greenhouse gases are produced and emitted from the reservoir.” Some facilities perform just as well as do wind and solar, but shockingly, more than 100 facilities turned out to be worse for the climate than fossil fuels.

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Nurses Stand Up Against Climate Change

Nurses, the most numerous and trusted health profession in the world, have organized the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and partnered with Project Drawdown to significantly impact climate change. Together, they are working to help decrease greenhouse gas emissions and create a healthier future for humans and the planet.

Nurses from all specialties and in all practice settings are encouraged to take action in four key areas.

Energy: Supporting a clean energy future by promoting energy efficiency and advocating for a transition to renewable energy.

Food: Committing to a plant-based diet, use of clean cook stoves and reduced food waste.

Mobility: Supporting bike infrastructure, walkable cities and mass transit.

Gender equity: Educating girls and family planning.

Nature-based solutions: Planting trees, protecting tropical forests and forest protection.

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Founded in 2014, nonprofit Project Drawdown seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”, the point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline.

For upcoming events, visit Drawdown.org.

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Mask Eco-Disposal

How to Dispose of Antiviral Wear

Discarded face masks and gloves littering streets, beaches, parks and parking lots are a sad sight of the times, creating eyesores and more importantly, major contamination risks to pick up and discard. With 88 percent of the world’s population living in countries that have required or advised use of face coverings, disposable face masks number in the billions, especially the commonplace, single-use polypropylene variety. Along with disposable gloves and sanitary wipes, they are clogging sewers and waterways worldwide and showing up in fish bellies and on ocean floors.

What Not to Recycle

Recycling, the go-to strategy for environmentally conscious citizens, is unfortunately not a good option. Even in ordinary times, local recyclers won’t accept surgical

masks and latex gloves because they jam machinery.

Some dedicated providers box up used face masks and gloves and send them to TerraCycle.com, where they are sorted manually and sustainably recycled. The cost for a small box is a hefty $148; MindBodyGreen.com suggests asking grocery stores or retailers to stock some for the community to use.

Instead of recycling, the World Health Organization recommends throwing single-use masks, gloves and wipes into a covered trash can or bin immediately after use so they are handled as regular trash. Ideally, they should be put in a resealable plastic bag first in consideration of frontline sanitation workers that can become ill from handling virus-infected materials. No mask, glove or wipe should be flushed down a toilet.

Homemade Solutions

For masks, the eco-solution that harbors the lowest carbon dioxide footprint is one made of cloth that is machine-washed and dried after each use at a high temperature or washed by hand in a bleach solution (five tablespoons per gallon of water). University of Chicago researchers found certain fabrics filter out viral aerosol particles almost as effectively as the medical N-95 mask: a layer of a tightly woven cotton sheet combined with two layers of polyester-spandex chiffon, natural silk or flannel, or simply a cotton quilt with cotton-polyester batting.

See cdc.gov for instructions for using sew and no-sew masks, and many DIY videos can be found on YouTube using T-shirts, socks and napkins.

Another good eco-strategy is to buy sustainable face masks made from recycled or organic materials (GoodOnYou.eco). In lieu of recycling to help the planet, a donation can be made to an eco-organization that deals with plastic waste, such as PlasticPollutionCoalition.org or OceanConservancy.org.

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For Goodness Sake Adapts to the New Normal

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or Goodness Sake customers in Bonita Springs are happy to see the familiar smiling face of Jodi La Sage, who recently returned as the store’s natural health consultant. Responsible for reviewing the latest science about natural products, La Sage is excited about being able to integrate the new science and latest products into the store’s philosophy of “plants before pills” and “energy before chemistry” after her two-year hiatus of managing Jacksonville, Florida’s Grassroots Natural Market. La Sage, who has extensive experience in the health food industry, got an early start at age 22 when she began working in the health and beauty department of SunSplash, in Naples. “I lived within walking distance of the store and had shopped there for years, plus I was vegetarian. My love for a healthy lifestyle made for an easy immersion into the industry.

I was enthusiastic to learn all about supplements, vitamins and herbs,” says La Sage, whose second love, photography, also led to starting Jodi La Sage Photography.

Born and raised in Naples, La Sage relocated several times, but always remained within the Southwest Florida area. “I’ve worked in mom and pop stores from Marco Island to Sarasota.

I was working in Port Charlotte for more than five years before I came to For Goodness Sake the first time,” says La Sage, who recalls her family challenges when she transitioned to vegetarianism. “My parents were steak and potatoes people and my mom put bacon fat in everything.”

In her 22-year career, La Sage has seen a shift in customer demographics. “In earlier years, the cultural perspective was largely that crunchy granola, Birkenstock-wearing hippies ate tasteless and boring tofu and shopped in health food stores.

Today, the demographics are very varied. There are no age limits.

Young people are being proactive with their health and older individuals that have been seeing conventional doctors their whole life are now considering food as medicine and shopping around for natural modalities to treat their chronic symptoms, as well as for supplements and herbs that either don’t interfere with their medications or ones they can use to help reduce the dosage of them. The business has become very innovative, and the food now is delicious and very flavorful. This is reflected in all our area’s restaurants now offering healthy, organic food on their menus,” remarks La Sage.

Two of La Sage’s favorite aspects of her career are offering personalized service and helping people understand that the body is fully capable of optimal health and healing itself when it has everything it needs. “When someone comes to the store expecting a knowledgeable person who offers personal-

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ized service in finding a product that can provide relief from particular issue and I can suggest options, I’m elated when they come back weeks later and tell me that the product made a big difference in how they feel. Big box stores can’t provide the same kind of personalized service that For Goodness Sake can.

During COVID, we have not only been offering curbside pickup service, but also providing special accommodations. We’ve opened up before or after our store hours to allow a customer an individual shopping experience. We are doing all we can to help our customers through this time of transition to whatever the new normal turns out to be. In my opinion, it is also critical for Southwest Floridians to support their local small businesses, which are suffering the most.”

The fresh coat of paint, new signage and new store design, as well as the addition of the kratom and kava bar, were things La Sage was delighted to see when she returned. “I love watching customers hanging out and enjoying each other. Rather than running in, buying something and running out, they are relaxing, getting to know each other, networking and creating a sense of community that is essentially, along with sales, the lifeblood of small health food stores. As a business owner, Bruce Ford has breathed new life into For Goodness Sake with things such as our specialized CBD brands and our cognitive brain function station.

Tye, who masterminded the kava/kratom bar, channels his enthusiasm into creating new delicious drink recipes and educating our customers on the health benefits of kava and kratom. We are all in this together, and I’m glad to be back and helping Bruce, Tye and Myra, our store manager, to serve our community,” says La Sage.

For Goodness Sake is located at 9118 Bonita Beach Rd. SE, in Bonita Springs. For more information, call 239-992-5838 or visit ForGoodnessSakes.com.

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Visible Stories

Arsenault’s deep connection to the ever-changing vistas of the 170-acre Naples Botanical Garden oasis, as well as his reputation for painting expressionist views of Florida’s other lush subtropical landscapes, led the garden staff to approach him last year with the idea of an exhibit. “Rather than offering my existing work, I imagined the assignment on a larger scale and decided to supplement my older works with 10 new six-by-four-foot canvases depicting various views of the five gardens. The collection of paintings represents my deep appreciation for our region’s distinctive ecosystems, as well as my process of living here and engaging with the community. They’re visible stories of how the gardens came about,” he says.

Rights of Nature

Water Garden View, River of Grass, by Paul Arsenault

Artist Paul Arsenault Joins the Campaign for Clean Water

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uoting a Cheyenne proverb, “Our first teacher is our heart”, artist Paul Arsenault turns his eyes to look fondly upon his latest series of work, The Impressionist’s Garden: Plein Air Paintings, on display at the Naples Botanical Garden through November 8. A decade in the making, Arsenault’s heart and passion for the beauty of Southwest Florida’s natural environment are evident to the eyes of any beholder in the exhibit that celebrates not only the botanical garden’s evolution from a community dream to a worldclass establishment, but also the maturation of Arsenault’s artistry in transforming blank canvases into detailed, intricate colorful renderings dense with shapes, textures and shadows.

“The exhibit, with some of my never-before-seen works, shows my artful progression and my response to the lush landscape that amazed me when I moved to Naples from Massachusetts more than 40 years ago. My passion for botanical gardens has led me to trek the globe in order to paint many of them. The spark for painting contemporary life in coastal communities was ignited in my homeport of Hingham, known for its colonial history and location on Boston Harbor. My love for history and telling stories through my paintings enhances all of my work,” explains Arsenault.

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Arsenault’s deep love of the environment also set the stage for his collaboration with Joseph Bonasia, director of education for Lee County Rights of Nature (LeeRON), which is part of the Florida Rights of Nature Network, as well as the Rights of Nature worldwide movement to legally recognize the entitlement of ecosystems to exist, flourish and evolve naturally; the inalienable rights of human beings to clean air, clean water and healthy ecosystems; and the constitutional authority of local governments to declare and defend these rights.

“LeeRON is also about recognizing that our current regulatory system, highly subject to corporate influence and changing political systems, is failing us and Earth,” says John Cassani, a Calusa waterkeeper and member of the international Waterkeeper Alliance.

The Power of Art to Illuminate, Educate, Inspire and Motivate

Against the colorful backdrop of Arsenault’s art, Bonasia gave a LeeRON fundraising presentation at The Collaboratory, in Fort Myers. “I connected immediately with Paul’s vibrant art, which not only captures the essence of a place, but also beautifully and persuasively affirms what our hearts know better than our brains—that nature is infinitely more than mere property. Paul’s loving relationship with nature, Paul Arsenault visible on every canvas, evokes in viewers his same sense of nature’s intrinsic value beyond that of mere property, as well as a more intuitive understanding of nature.

“Paul resonated with our LeeRON efforts to assist and support citizens in amending their local city/county charter to create constitutionally framed environmental protections in their community. Paul and I had planned to do more coordinated presentations at his future shows, but COVID-19 temporarily changed that,” advises Bonasia. He is presently working with Chuck O’Neal, president of Florida Rights of Nature Network, Inc. (FRONN), to pass a Right to Clean Water charter amendment. Also known as the Wekiva River and Econlockhatchee River Bill of Rights (WEBOR), the proposed

Arsenault’s deep love of the environment led to collaborating with Joseph Bonasia, director of education for Lee County Rights of Nature, which is part of the Florida Rights of Nature Network, and Rights of Nature worldwide movement.... amendment to the Orange County Charter appears on the Orange County November ballot as Charter Question #1.

Home Rule Under Attack

FRONN is a grassroots collaboration of local initiatives across Florida, working in charter counties to protect nature’s rights, people’s rights to a healthy environment and home rule.

O’Neal notes that community self-governance is under attack. “Corporate interests help fund political campaigns and in return, get the laws they want. Increasingly these are state laws expressly meant to preempt local laws, gutting the powers of municipal governments and defying the will of the people. The game is rigged in favor of corporations and against citizens and the home rule powers of local governments. The failure of plastic bag and sunscreen bans in Coral Gables and Key West due to preemptive state laws are glaring examples,” advises O’Neal.

Failure of the Regulatory System

The current regulatory system regards nature as mere property, therefore anyone with a title to property has the legal right to harm it. “Human and natural communities who don’t have title to or a financial interest in the land lack legal standing to argue in court for protection. However, the individual or corporation that holds title of ownership does have standing. Their title or lease trumps the health, safety and welfare of the community, both human and natural. Granting legal rights to nature provides it and its human guardians the standing to defend the natural world in court. Rights provide the highest level of protection under law,” remarks O’Neal.

A Significant First for Florida and the Nation

In March, the Orange County Charter Review Commission voted to place the Wekiva River and Econlockhatchee River Bill of Rights on the county ballot. This is a first for Florida and the nation. Once approved by voters, this amendment will establish the right of these rivers to exist and be protected from pollution, as well as the right of residents to clean water.

“Nature has no means to defend itself from municipal and corporate economic actors that view themselves above nature.

No longer can we afford to view nature as an endless resource to be exploited for human wants, profit and greed. RON lets “we, the people” become the voice for nature. RON laws are an expedient method to bring change to stop and reverse destructive impacts. It gives we, the people the legal right to bring the biggest polluters to task and hold them accountable,” advises Karl Deigert, LeeRON treasurer.

Visit Paul Arsenault’s paintings of the Naples Botanical Gardens on display at the Gardens through November.

The Importance of Wekiva and Econlockhatchee Rivers Bill of Rights

“While our entire state is dependent on its hydrology, all rivers in Orange County and 75 percent of our largest lakes are listed as impaired. Clean water in our lakes, rivers, canals, wetlands and Gulf of Mexico is vital to Florida’s tourism, its number one economic driver. We have reached a crucial point with polluted rivers and lakes suffering algae blooms, the over consumption of water and the destruction of wetlands. Now is the time for we, the people, to save our state from what appears be this new but unacceptable normal,” advises O’Neal.

This Right to Clean Water Charter Amendment is also crucial to Lee county because the Orange county’s southern point is the high point from which the polluted water flows south into the Kissimmee River Basin and into Lake Okeechobee. When the water level in Lake Okeechobee is too high, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers opens the locks and releases the water which flows into the Caloosahatchee River and the St. Lucie canal.

“While the Clean Water Act maintains that the solution to pollution is diluting discharges, we believe it is to stop polluting.

FRONN is in six Florida cities that are actively putting the Right to Clean Water amendment into play. When we are successful in Orange county with our ordinance, which does not violate Florida’s recently passed Senate Bill 712 increasing the signature threshold for citizen’s initiatives, we will be the template for any Florida municipality or city. Though there have been about three dozen cities and townships passing rights of nature ordinances, Orange will be the first county in the nation to do so,” enthuses O’Neal, who along with Bonasia, looks forward to realizing the impact of Arsenault’s art on the movement for clean water.

For more information, visit RightToCleanWater2020.com, Facebook.com/leeron2019, Fight4Zero.org/RightsOfNature and TheRightsOfNature.org.

Visit the Arsenault Studio at 1199 Third St. South, Naples.

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Vinegars are one of Bellebuono’s go-to methods to incorporate herbs into a diet, infusing fresh or dried herbs into red wine or apple cider vinegar for salad dressings and other uses. “Vinegar is great at extracting minerals from herbs and making them more bioavailable,” she says.

Drying herbs does not diminish their medicinal properties, but rather concentrates their essence, as it removes excess water, according to Bellebuono.

“Dried and powdered herbs are a great way to preserve the garden harvest and add herbs into everyday dishes. You can throw a teaspoon of turmeric, a wonderful anti-inflammatory herb, in spaghetti sauce or oatmeal, and you won’t even notice it,” she says.

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SPICE UP HEALTH Using Herbs for Flavor and Medicine

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erbs add lush flavor to all kinds of dishes, and they are culinary friends that bring the benefits of helping to restore and maintain health. “Food is medicine, and herbs bring out the medicinal properties of food,” says Kami McBride, of Sebastopol, California, author of The Herbal Kitchen: Bring Lasting Health to You and Your Family with 50 Easy-to-Find Common Herbs and Over 250 Recipes. “The spice rack is a relic from another time when we knew how to use herbs and spices to optimize health and to digest our food.”

To get a medicinal dose of an herb, consider making teas, vinegar extracts or pestos, says Brittany Wood Nickerson, the Conway, Massachusetts, author of The Herbalist’s Kitchen: Delicious, Nourishing Food for Lifelong Health and Well-Being. “Parsley, for example, is a nutrient- and vitamin-rich herb. If you garnish with parsley, you won’t get a significant amount of vitamin C, as you would if you make a pesto from it.”

Salads can also pack a healthy dose of herbs into a meal, says Martha’s Vineyard resident Holly Bellebuono, an herbalist and author of The Healing Kitchen: Cooking with Nourishing Herbs for Health, Wellness, and Vitality. “So many herbs, including violets, mints and red clover, can just be tossed fresh into a salad, offering both fiber and minerals.”

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While Mediterranean herbs like oregano and basil are often at the front of the spice rack, Nickerson also suggests lesser-used herbs such as sour sumac, anise-accented tarragon and versatile, yet often discarded orange peels, which can be added to soups along with fennel seed and bay leaves for a complex flavor. Thyme is another of Nickerson’s favorites, a hearty herb for fall dishes that’s also a powerful antifungal and aids with digestion, lung health and detoxification.

While some may think of parsley as a garnish, “It offers incredible freshness and livens up almost anything,” says Nickerson. “I use it as a vegetable and make a salad of its leaves or add handfuls of it into a quiche. Parsley is loaded with vitamins and minerals, and has detoxification properties.” Adding it near the end of cooking maintains its vibrant flavor and color, she notes.

McBride loves versatile herbs like mint and coriander that can be used in sweet and savory dishes with antimicrobial properties that help fight colds and flu. She also keeps salt shakers on the table filled with spices like cardamom, an antibacterial, anti-spasmotic and expectorant, to sprinkle onto beverages and dishes. Bellebuono also recommends infusing honey with herbs such as sage or oregano that support the immune system.

Herbal-Aided Digestion

All herbs, whether leafy, green culinary herbs or spices like coriander and clove, are carminative, meaning they help digest food, McBride says. “Digestion can use up to 40 percent of your day’s energy, which is why you often get a nap attack after a big meal. Every meal needs a carminative, even if it’s just black pepper, which is one of the problems with most fast food.”

Pungent and bitter herbs, in particular, support digestion and absorption of nutrients and make them more bioavailable, says Nickerson: “Activating the taste buds dedicated to sensing bitter stimulates the digestive system.” A salad of bitter greens, for example, can help prepare digestion of a heavier meal to come, whereas a post-meal aperitif can help with digesting the food afterward.

“It absolutely adds up when you add small doses of herbs to your meals every day,” McBride advises. “Many Americans suffer from gastrointestinal inflammation from modern diets and lifestyles, and herbs can help reverse that. Your gut gets a little healing every day.”

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Leave the sections whole or cut them into bite-size pieces.

Toast the pumpkin seeds in a skillet over medium heat, stirring often, until they are lightly browned, have puffed up and begin to pop—4 to 7 minutes.

Combine the oil, lemon juice, vinegar, mustard, shallot, tarragon and salt in a bowl and whisk together. Stir in any grapefruit juice that may have puddled on the cutting board while sectioning the fruit.

Pour the dressing over the spinach. If any dressing is left over, it will keep in the fridge for up to a week. Toss the spinach well, then add the grapefruit and pumpkin seeds and toss gently again to combine.

Spinach & Grapefruit Salad with Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Recipe and photo from Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen by Brittany Wood Nickerson.

The floral notes of tarragon in the dressing and the juicy, sour grapefruit invigorate the senses and wake up the digestive processes.

Yields: 4 to 6 servings

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8 oz spinach (about 4 packed cups) 1 large or 2 medium-size grapefruits ½ cup pumpkin seeds Dressing ½ cup olive oil 1 Tbsp lemon juice 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 Tbsp finely minced shallot 1 tsp finely chopped tarragon Pinch of salt

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Tear the spinach into bite-size pieces, if necessary, and place in a large bowl.

Cut the top and bottom off the grapefruit so that the flesh of the fruit is exposed so it sits flat on a cutting board. Cut the peel and pith from the fruit using a sharp knife or vegetable peeler.

Set the grapefruit on one of its flat ends on a cutting board. The sections of the fruit will face up. Cut out the sections, slicing from the outside toward the center

Mint and Feta Bruschetta with Chive Blossoms Yields: 4 servings as an appetizer ½ cup fresh chive blossoms (can be substituted with other edible flowers or left out) 1 French baguette ½ lb feta cheese, crumbled, or a vegan alternative 1 cup chopped fresh mint ½ cup minced chives (can be substituted with scallions) 2-4 Tbsp olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper September 2020

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Preheat the oven to 325° F. While the oven is heating, pull apart the chive blossoms, removing the central stem and plucking the tiny purple florets.

Set the baguette in the hot oven and bake for 7 to 10 minutes, until the edges are crispy, but not browned.

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Remove the baguette from the oven and slice along the diagonal. Arrange on a platter with 1 to 2 tablespoons of the bruschetta mixture on each slice. Drizzle with a little more oil and serve.

Note: For the bread to be crisp throughout rather than soft on the inside and crispy on the outside, slice it on the diagonal to start with, brush each piece with olive oil and bake on a baking sheet at 325° F for 5 to 7 minutes until crispy.

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Taste and adjust the seasonings as necessary. The pesto will keep for 5 to 7 days in the fridge or for 6 months or more in the freezer.

Recipe and photo from Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen by Brittany Wood Nickerson.

Natural Awakenings recommends using organic, non-GMO (genetically modified) and non-bromated ingredients whenever possible.

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Sandra Marinella on the Healing Power of Writing Our Stories

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n awardwinning teacher and author of The Story You Need to Tell: Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, or Loss, Sandra Marinella has empowered thousands of people to use stories, poems and journal writing to find greater wellbeing and resilience in their lives.

Prompted by a breast cancer diagnosis and her own journal, she helps people connect with their truth and move beyond entrenched negative emotions and thoughts.

What is the power of story and personal writing?

We all have stories in our minds that play over and over again. They define who we are. In recent years, neuroscience has led us to this powerful understanding that we are quite flexible as human beings. After we become conscious of our stories and how we’re using them in our lives, we can rework and reframe them, and choose to see them in a positive or better light. We can change and grow our stories to become better people with greater well-being.

How do we get unstuck from playing out stories in our minds?

A story that keeps looping, one that you

are obsessed with, is generally being replayed in the emotional centers, or right side, of your brain, and you don’t have much control over it. To get unstuck, you need to voice this story and complete it. Writing it down and sifting through it later can help. Once you do this, you can be logical and choose how you’re going to interpret, frame and live with it.

In the book, I talk about Chris, whose sister was homeless and died.

He was struggling with that story. It was going around in his mind, over and over, all the time. He was in pain and grieving from the loss of his sister.

It took him a while before he decided to rewrite the story as fiction, telling it in the way he wished it had come out.

In the process, he was able to better understand his loss, make peace with it and set it free.

How do we edit our stories while remaining grounded in reality?

We do not want to lie to ourselves. We want to know our truth, but there is so much wisdom in what we call “positive illusions”. If we can choose to take a hard story and see it in a very positive way, we can find threads of it that we can weave through our truth, and let

that help us grow and make our vision of our story better.

If we don’t tell others or write our stories, can they harm us?

Yes. I think they can, but I don’t want to underestimate the value of silence. When we are facing trauma, we need space and time and silence to be able to wrap our heads around the hard things that are happening to us. But then, breaking the silence is cathartic. It releases the pain. It helps us establish not only that we have the pain, but how we can bear it. Later, we can come back to those words and reflect on them—that’s when we come to understand more about where we are, what we think, what we feel and how we can move forward and rewrite and regrow our stories in positive ways.

Do you have any recommendations for those suffering in these trying times?

I’ve interviewed many war veterans, and they said that when they were out in the midst of warfare, they had to put their thoughts and emotions on hold so that they could move forward and be strong.

That’s why many of them were falling apart with PTSD afterwards. I also interviewed a few soldiers who carried journals into war and found it extremely helpful to be able to scream, yell and release their words into them. We should be giving all healthcare workers journals and online support on how to write and how to take care of themselves. Counseling and therapy are wonderful, and I wish we could provide it to everybody all the time, but we can’t; and journal writing, or any kind of therapeutic writing, is such a wonderful backup for a human being to have when they are struggling. Keeping a pandemic journal might prove to be not only a healthy choice for our times, but a treasure historically for our grandchildren.

Sandra Yeyati, J.D., is a freelance writer.

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s the pandemic ravages our country, we are engulfed by a sea of challenging emotions, including fear, loss, anger, disappointment and grief.

Compounding the suffering, past emotional traumas and pent-up desires are surfacing and crying for attention. One way to navigate these treacherous waters is by first enveloping ourselves in self-compassion.

Next, we can gather the courage to face our fears and experience unpleasant feelings in order to heal them and let them go. Then, we search for and internalize positive emotional states to rewire our brains for positivity. This noble voyage promises immense rewards along the way.

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The Cocoon of Self-Compassion

Some of us chase self-esteem like the Holy Grail, yet it eludes us when we need it most.

Faced with a failing grade or cruel insult, our self-worth withers. We can’t understand why we lost it or how to get it back. When we attach our self-worth to achievements or comparisons with other people, self-esteem becomes unstable and unreliable.

Enter self-compassion, the life-changing perspective of showing kindness to ourselves in any and all situations—a supportive best friend that lives within us and can be accessed any time, every day. A pioneer and expert in this topic, Kristin Neff believes that

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self-compassion has three components: a decision to be kind to ourselves, a mindful awareness when we are in pain so that we can seek some relief and a sense of common humanity or connectedness.

We already know how to be compassionate, says Neff, an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and co-author of The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook. “It’s linked to the parasympathetic nervous system, which is a natural part of our organism. We’re tapping into this way of feeling safe, which is through care, bonding and connectedness.”

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Finding Confidence Through Unpleasant Feelings

Nobody likes to feel sad or embarrassed.

We’d rather have an ice cream cone or turn on the TV. But for Dr. Joan Rosenberg, a prominent psychologist and speaker, uncomfortable feelings present an invaluable opportunity for people to transform into confident individuals that relate to the world around them with authenticity and resilience.

In her book 90 Seconds to a Life You Love, Rosenberg offers a formula—one choice, eight feelings, 90 seconds—to experience and move through eight of the most common unpleasant feelings: sadness, shame, helplessness, anger, embarrassment, disappointment, frustration and vulnerability.

“The choice is to stay aware of and in touch with as much of your moment-to-

moment experience as possible and not get lost in avoidance,” she explains, adding that there are more than 30 behaviors, thoughts and emotions that we employ as distractions, including substance abuse, social media, pornography, exercise, obsessive thoughts about body image, humor and denial.

“Be aware of what you’re aware of,” she advises. “If we know that we don’t like feelings, and we know we’ve been engaged in using ways to distract ourselves, then our challenge is to be more awake and aware of those times we do it, and as soon as we start to do the thing and become aware, that’s when we make the decision to stop and ask, ‘What’s really going on?’”

Discoveries in neuroscience suggest that most of us come to know what we’re feeling emotionally through bodily sensations. We might feel heat in the neck and face when embarrassed or a sinking feeling in the chest when disappointed. As feelings get triggered in the body, a rush of biochemicals in the bloodstream activate these sensations and are flushed out of the bloodstream in roughly 90 seconds.

“Most people have the impression that feelings linger a whole lot longer and that they’re going to be overwhelmed by it and never come out of it if they start.

But when they understand that what they’re trying to avoid are uncomfortable bodily sensations that help you know what you’re feeling emotionally, and that these are short-lived, most people will start to lean into them, and once they do,

their life changes,” Rosenberg says.

To move through bodily sensations, which may come in multiple waves, take deep, slow breaths. Try not to tighten up or clench the jaw and swallow. Notice the location and nature of the bodily sensations to help identify which of the eight unpleasant feelings it might be, and be curious as to what might have triggered it.

All of this will take a few moments. With practice, identification will become faster, easier and more accurate.

“If I have more time, then I can think about whether this is connected to anything else. Is it just one thing that triggered it, or is it like something else that’s happened before?” Rosenberg says. This level of awareness leads to a calming effect, clearer

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morning is hardwired into us. When we decide to be kind to ourselves, it’s easy to think of what we would say: “I’m sorry you failed that test. You’ll do better next time.

How can I help you?” To lend perspective, add a statement about our common humanity, counsels Neff. “This is hard for everybody. You’re not alone.”

We must be aware of our pain before we can comfort it, and many of us try to suppress or resist pain, choosing to numb it with distractions like alcohol addiction or compulsive shopping. Others may get lost in the storyline of what’s happening and succumb to suffering with no apparent way to obtain relief. Self-pity or self-criticism may creep in.

Mindful awareness is the antidote to these emotional extremes, because it helps us become aware that we are experiencing pain and to stay with that pain long enough to make a conscious decision to take care of ourselves. “One easy thing is physical touch,” says Neff. “The first few years of life you have no words, so the body is programmed to respond to touch as a signal of care. Put your hand on your heart or your stomach, or hold your hand. This changes your physiology, activates your parasympathetic nervous system, helps you calm down and helps you feel physically supported. Sometimes, that’s an entryway for people.”

Making Courage a Habit In her book The Courage Habit, life coach Kate Swoboda presents a four-part method for people to face their fears, release the past and live their most courageous life.

Access the body. Practice any body-centric activity like mindful meditation, exercise or dancing every single day to release stress and anxiety, become centered and more present, and clear the mind.

Listen without attachment. When your self-critic offers a warning or criticism, hear the words, understanding that this is fear trying to protect you and deciding that it’s misguided and not true.

Reframe limiting stories or beliefs.

Amend your internalized self-critic’s messages to be more respectful and supportive.

If it says, “You’re stupid to try that,” revise it to, “I’m smart because I’m willing to try.”

Create community. Reach out to likeminded individuals that are supportive of the changes you are trying to make.

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Building Up Our Happiness Quotient These exercises are recommended by psychologist Rick Hanson: Slow down, breathe and see the big picture. This simple practice brings us into the present moment, reduces the stress activation in the body, disengages us from verbal chatter and negative reactivity, and buys us time to see more clearly.

Take three breaths, making the exhalation longer than the inhalation.

Five-Minute Challenge Take in the good. It could be a flower blooming, birds singing or a nice exchange with another person. Slow down, take a few breaths and let it sink in for a minute or two.

Focus on something to cultivate. Perhaps it’s patience or gratitude. Look for opportunities to have an experience of this quality and internalize it for another minute.

Marinate in pleasant feelings. Cultivate a sense of calm, contentment or warmheartedness for a couple of minutes.

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thinking, improved decision making and, perhaps most importantly, an ability to speak authentically.

“If we don’t handle the eight feelings, we don’t feel capable in the world,” she says.

The ability to speak adds to that empowerment. “From asking someone to stop a behavior so that you feel safer to telling someone you love them, asking your boss for a raise or letting people know about yourself and your work to garner opportunities and desired experiences—it cuts across every aspect of our lives and is absolutely crucial to our sense of well-being.”

Rewiring the Brain for Positivity

Discoveries in neuroplasticity have revealed that the brain changes throughout life well into adulthood. It’s designed to learn not just ideas and information, but skills, attitudes, feelings and moods. Rick Hanson, a clinical psychologist and author of several books, including Hardwiring Happiness and Resilient, contends that we can develop greater happiness, just like we can develop greater depression.

“There’s a lot of research that shows that through deliberate little practices spread out through the day or sometimes more formal practices like psychotherapy or meditation, we can actually produce

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physical changes in the brain that are now measurable with things like MRIs,” he remarks.

Hardwiring happiness is easy, pleasurable and doesn’t take a lot of time. “If you take care of the minutes, the years will take care of themselves,” says Hanson. “Little steps gradually move us forward a breath at a time, a minute at a time, a synapse at a time. Bit by bit, we grow the good inside while gradually releasing the bad.”

“Our power to positively influence who we are in small, genuine ways every day is really important to compensate for the brain’s negativity bias, which makes it like Velcro for bad experiences, but Teflon for good ones,” he says. “We evolved a negativity bias over the 600-million-year evolution of the nervous system. Learning from negative experiences and mistakes was a critical survival skill, so we have a brain that is designed to scan for bad news, overreact to it and fast-track it into memory. It’s not our fault, but it is our responsibility to deal with it by first, feeling the negative without reinforcing it and second, focusing on the positive and taking it in. Gradually, you can give yourself a brain that’s like Velcro for the good and Teflon for the bad.”

Sandra Yeyati, J.D., is a professional writer.

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n these sobering times, we must use every weapon in our arsenal against invasive viruses, including often-overlooked natural remedies with antiviral properties. As is also the case with pharmaceutical agents, natural approaches have not been shown to stop an aggressive virus in its tracks, but they may ameliorate symptoms. “Nutrition and supplementation are unlikely to prevent an infection, but they may help prevent the infection from becoming symptomatic or severe,” explains Leo Galland, M.D., a global leader in functional medicine and author of Power Healing: Use the New Integrated Medicine to Heal Yourself.

Eating healthy foods, sleeping seven to nine hours a night and exercising at least 150 minutes a week are also key in fortifying our natural defenses against viruses. Steps still necessary for COVID-19 protection include hand-washing, mask-wearing, social distancing and sterilizing objects and surfaces.

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Scientists report that some vitamin and mineral deficiencies appear to be linked to poor COVID-19 outcomes, while adequate levels help combat other viruses. ConsumerLab.com, which provides comprehensive research overviews and information on nutritional products, lists these natural supplements as potential aids against COVID-19, although at this early stage, none have been proven to work: Vitamin D: According to Galland, vitamin D “stimulates your immune system to produce factors called defensins and cathelicidins that kill viruses.” People with levels below 30 nanograms per milliliter (ng/ mL) were 45 percent more likely to test positive for the coronavirus and 95 percent more likely to be hospitalized, Israeli researchers found. Getting three 30-minute sessions of sun exposure a week and eating D-fortified foods raise levels, and supplementing with up to 2,000 international units daily is generally considered safe.

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Zinc: “Zinc throws a wrench in the viral replication machine and helps fight infections by boosting the production of antibodies,” says Nicole DeMasi, an integrative dietitian nutritionist in Los Angeles. Zinc lozenges may ward off the coronavirus in the upper respiratory tract. The recommended dosage is 15 to 30 milligrams (mg) a day for up to two weeks.

Vitamin C: A cup of orange juice, tomato juice or a kiwi supplies most of the minimum recommended intake of vitamin C, a vital supplement for white blood cells that fight viral infections. Supplementing with 1,000 mg daily is also safe.

Intravenous megadoses are being studied for critically ill COVID-19 patients, but no evidence exists so far that higher levels prevent infections, reports ConsumerLab.com.

Potassium: A critical antiviral mineral and electrolyte, low levels of potassium were found in 61 percent of 175 Chinese patients hospitalized with COVID-19, making them more prone to heart damage, reports the Journal of the American Medical Association. Foods that boost levels include potatoes, squash, lentils, spinach, avocados, bananas and raisins.

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When choosing supplements proven to be effective, “Much of what we know and can apply is based on our previous research on viruses of the past,” says Monisha Bhanote, M.D., an integrative physician in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Here are some good choices.

Melatonin: Known best as the hormone that regulates sleep, melatonin also supports antiviral immunity and helps control inflammation in viral infections. A study of 11,672 people tested for COVID-19 found that those taking supplemental melatonin were less likely to test positive, and a clinical study is underway to see if 2 mg a day helps protect healthcare workers. Typical dosages range from 0.3 to 3 mg.

Licorice Root Extract: This herb contains a substance called glycyrrhizin that makes it hard for a virus to attach to and invade a cell and hinders its ability to replicate, slowing the spread from one cell to another. Chinese doctors used it with other traditional herbs to combat COVID-19, and studies have shown it effective against an earlier coronavirus, as well as against HIV, herpes, viral hepatitis and respiratory infections. For dosage, follow package directions.

People with high blood pressure, congestive heart

failure, kidney disease or low potassium levels are advised against its use.

Astragalus: Known as huang qi, astragalus “is one of the most powerful herbs used in Chinese medicine for people with weakened immune systems,” says Tsao-Lin Moy, a New York City acupuncturist and herbalist. It’s best taken as a hot or cold tea using tea bags or the root itself.

Andrographis: This herb has long been used for colds and throat infections in China and India, and may prevent flu viruses from binding to cells. In a Swedish study, flu patients that took an andrographis extract along with Siberian ginseng recovered more quickly with fewer complications than those given a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved flu medication. Because of its potency, it’s best to consult a health practitioner to avoid interactions. The recommended dosage is 400 mg twice a day.

Fightin’ Foods

To lower the inflammation linked to poor viral outcomes, integrative physician Monisha Bhanote, M.D., recommends a predominantly whole foods diet with at least five to seven servings of vegetables and two to three servings of fruit a day.

Quercetin-rich foods, such as apples, onions, broccoli, raspberries, parsley and celery are especially important, she says, because the bioflavonoid enhances zinc’s antiviral actions: “It functions as a zinc ionophore, chelating zinc and transporting it into the cell cytoplasm.” Quercetin can also be taken as a supplement in doses ranging between 500 and 1,000 mg daily.

Garlic has potent antiviral and antibacterial properties, and can be cooked into food, eaten raw in salads and dressings or obtained from capsules of allicin, the active component.

Green tea has epigallocatechin gallate, a compound with “a wide range of antiviral activity, especially in the early stages of infection, by preventing viral attachment and entry into the cell,” says Bhanote. Aim for three to five cups a day.

Ronica O’Hara is a Denver-based health writer. Connect at OHaraRonica@gmail.com.

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For thousands of years, the work of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners has followed the philosophy that qi, the body’s energy, and blood must continuously flow to prevent stress and disease. Today, practitioners of traditional Chinese healing arts at Miracle Massage Therapy manipulate the meridian system (inner energy points and pathways), encouraging the flow of qi and blood throughout the body, clearing energy pathways and creating the potential to eliminate the root cause of pain and disease. Identifying pathways with limited flow and using hand pressure to restore balance and energy circulation, practitioners focus on the therapeutic benefits by balancing an individual’s overall health, rather than just addressing symptoms.

Life Energy Balance (LEB) Healing Therapy

Co-owner of Miracle Massage Therapy Maggie Wang’s LEB treatments combine quantum healing, TCM principles of trigger points, meridians and related therapies, in addition to Western reflexology and bioelectrical technology, as well as herbal detoxification. The device she uses generates a microcurrent at frequencies ranging from five to eight Hertz (the proper frequency) that flow through her body from foot to fingers and into the body of the individual. Wang, who researched and developed the treatment, created a way of identifying and clearing an individual’s blockages in order to stimulate and open meridians, thus clearing

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trigger points, restoring the flow of qi, improving blood circulation and releasing turbid (obscured)air, all of which help adjust the body’s pH level.

Miracle Massage Therapy is the hybrid healing center’s signature massage, addressing an individual’s needs with a customized combination of therapeutic, Swedish, deep tissue, hot stone and sports massage, essential oils and trigger point therapies.

Chinese fire cupping is the ancient practice of attaching special jars to the skin’s surface by means of negative pressure created by the therapist warming the air inside them. The treatment promotes energy and blood circulation, expelling pathogens, detoxifying the body and dispersing swelling and pain.

Chinese meridian brush therapy stimulates the meridians, helping to revitalize the entire body. Stimulating the lymphatic system, it aids detoxification, reduces stagnant fat deposits (cellulite) beneath the skin, stimulates the nervous system and activates muscle fibers, improving muscle tone and relieving stress.

Chinese gua sha therapy increases blood flow to the surface of the skin, increasing microcirculation, clearing inflammation and increasing immunity. It helps disperse toxins by increasing circulation and aiding the lymphatic and immune systems, promoting an enzymatic, anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting response.

Lymphatic drainage therapy helps the delicate lymph system to work more efficiently and circulate lymph fluids which can assist the body in clearing sluggish tissues of waste and reduce swelling.

Ashiatsu is a barefoot massage technique using deep strokes from the massage therapist’s feet. This Western version of an ancient form of bodywork has roots dating back thousands of years from cultures across Asia, India and Africa.

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“Lakhovsky and Tesla achieved amazing results using highfrequency oscillators and vortex antennas on a large number of patients with a variety of health problems, as well as cosmetic issues such as facial imperfections,” says Dino Tomic, M.D. “I was fascinated by this story, so along with a few of my fellow doctors and engineers, I managed to procure and make the most of the equipment and devices Lakhovsky and Tesla once used. We found that we could support our patients with problems they had struggled with for years—problems that weren’t helped by conventional medical treatment.”

Tomic says that as a gynecological physician practicing conventional medicine, he had been frustrated by his limited ability to help patients. Searching for complementary ways of healing, he completed training in quantum medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, magnetic resonance therapy, energy methods such as Reiki, and some consciousness-based technologies.

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Here are some steps we can take to teach ourselves to look for the positive more often.

Eventually, the brain can get into the habit of doing this without any prodding.

Compliment at least one person every day. Maybe we can begin the day

by sending a short email or text telling someone why we appreciate them. Besides reshaping how we see the world, we might make someone’s day.

Keep a gratitude journal. Every

night, write down three things to be grateful for. Researchers have found that people that regularly keep track of what they’re grateful for are happier. We can also have a nightly family discussion about what happened that day that we’re thankful for.

Perform a daily act of kindness.

When we perform a kind act every day, we start noticing other opportunities to be kind, creating a cycle of positivity in our minds. Think small—a thank-you note or letting someone cut in front of us in traffic.

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Train the brain for positivity. Here is a simple 10-minute exercise that can train the mind to think differently: • Get a pen and paper. Take only three seconds to look around the room and remember everything that’s red. Then take only a few seconds to write a list of everything you remember that’s red. Finish this step before continuing.

• Now write down everything that is blue. Chances are that like most

people, we won’t remember the blue things nearly as well because we weren’t looking for them. We see what we look for, and that’s as much an asset as a shortcoming.

Training the brain to be more positive takes time, but it’s a priceless opportunity to change our perspective and become happier.

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The environmental impact of producing leather, foam and other materials is being replaced in some instances by alternatives that are becoming more readily available to environmentally conscious consumers.

The Toyota Prius line uses Sof-Tex synthetic leather or other synthetic cloth upholstery which bolsters its reputation as a sustainable automaker. Mercedes Benz and BMW are offering customers plantbased alternatives and Tesla has been dropping leather from its upholstery choices for a while now, with the Model 3 and Model Y already sporting vegan-only interiors.

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Vegan “leather” is being produced from cork, glazed cotton and even bark cloth, so it’s not just a matter of replacing animalbased products with unsustainable plastic.

With funding from Honda and Ford, Bharat Bhushan, Ph.D., director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs of Ohio State University, Columbus, developed a faux leather that has the potential to be used on both seats and dashboards.

“I work in technology to repel water and oil from a variety of surfaces,” Bhushan says. “Leather gets very sticky when it is hot, so we thought it would be great to repel water or any other contaminant to avoid that stickiness and help it remain clean.” The side benefit, he further notes, is that it’s an alternative to animal hide.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) made a major push in the past few years to increase production of vegan-based car interiors. In 2016, PETA conducted an investigation into JBS, the world’s largest leather supplier, which sells to car companies from GM to VW and more. “What it found was that the supplier severely mistreats the cattle being raised for the leather with hot irons on the face, electrocution, beatings and cutting their throats while they are still conscious,” says Jennifer Behr, corporate responsibility officer for PETA. “When consumers are shopping, they should take that into consideration.

Those interiors came from a cow that lived a miserable life and died a painful one.”

Beyond that, cattle represent a climate risk. The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health published a study showing that knowledge of the environmental ramifications from cattle is not well known by the average consumer. “The livestock industry is the source of a broad spectrum of environmental impacts,” the study states. “The first and most important is climate change.” It’s estimated that 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the livestock industry. Enlightened consumers are using that information to determine what they purchase, from food to cars.

BMW spokesperson Oleg Satanovsky says vegan options are not new for his company; they’ve been around for decades, but options have been updated. BMW uses a material called SensaTec, a new brand name for its non-animal-sourced upholstery “to reflect the more upscale design and feel of the materials,” he contends.

“We look to nature for clues” to develop alternatives, Bhushan says. His research was based on the lotus leaf and its resiliency—it’s both water and oil repellant. “A single species like that can be used for many things,” with little or no environmental impact.

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of modification I do with them is endless,” says Ramat, who underscores the importance of listening to the body. “I learned the hard way 17 years ago when I first became a teacher. I am gentle with myself if I am unable to do a pose and embrace the modification. I go deeper in my poses now than when I was younger.”

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aming chronic pain, restoring energy reserves, improving heart health and relieving symptoms of depression and anxiety are only a few of the science-backed perks of spending time on a yoga mat. However, misconceptions about this ancient practice can make yoga seem intimidating for individuals that could benefit the most from it.

Adaptive yoga, designed for people challenged by injury, chronic pain, autoimmune disease or debilitating conditions like multiple sclerosis, can foster perhaps unexpected gains through the use of props, chairs, wall space and even countertops.

From wheelchair-bound veterans to seniors with compromised balance, adaptive yoga offers new horizons for achieving wellbeing.

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Empowerment, Not Perfection “Yoga is for any body, no matter the size, shape or color. It’s not about designer clothing, athletic ability, talents or perfection in the pose. Adaptive yoga is a movement to change this misconception and mitigate the anxiety to try yoga,” says Mindy Eisenberg, a Detroit-area certified yoga therapist and author of Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body: Created for Individuals with MS and Neuromuscular Condition and the accompanying Adaptive Yoga Cards. For Eisenberg, the focus is about the internal experience, healing and most of all, “the sense of joy that comes from a regular practice.”

Ora Ramat, owner of the Wagging Tail Yoga Studio, in Bethel, New York, witnesses remarkable, everyday mastery in her students through adapted poses. “Many of my students are 40 to 95 years young, and the range

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“Our students have a wide range of health conditions including spina bifida, arthritis, MS, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, fibromyalgia, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, paraplegia, epiphyseal dysplasia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, chronic back pain and more,” says Miranda McCarthy, CEO of Wavelength VR (WavelengthVR.com), a healthcare company that produces a library of sciencesupported content for pain management without medication. The London-based creator of Adaptive Yoga LIVE, which offers seated online classes, knows firsthand how yoga can change lives.

“Until I found adaptive yoga, I felt like I was constantly at war with my body,” she says. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 2 and the youngest recipient of bilateral hip replacement surgery in the U.S., McCarthy thought she knew her body inside and out. After 40 surgeries and decades of rehabilitation and medication, she went through a radical shift in perspective.

“When I discovered adaptive yoga, I soon realized my relationship with my body had only just begun.”

Eisenberg highlights the internal process that adaptive yoga can catalyze: “The energy and sensation that yoga students feel on the inside is much more important than what the pose looks like on the outside.” Items such as chairs, blocks, straps, blankets and bolsters are used to make traditional postures more accessible to those with physical challenges and to ensure safety. “Using props is not a sign of weakness or inferiority. We even use ambulatory devices such as a cane as a prop.

Those who require assistive devices cease to see them as a hindrance. In fact, they become an accessory,” says Eisenberg.

For McCarthy, the biggest takeaway is simple, yet profound self-acceptance. “I no longer judge myself or compare myself to

able-bodied people. I gained a newfound love for my body and a love for myself.”

Eisenberg affirms, “It’s exciting to realize that our bodies are so much more capable than we thought, and we learn that we are not defined by our individual disease or limitations. As my teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn says, ‘As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than wrong.’”

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any specialized styles of yoga such as chair, restorative, yin, prenatal and adaptive were developed to meet the special needs of individuals, demonstrating just how malleable hatha yoga is. Adapting to today’s COVID-19 social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines, Renee Heil, founder of Renee Heil the Saba Movement Center at AHA! A Holistic Approach Center for Health & Wellness, in Fort Myers, has proven once again the adaptability of yoga.

Heil’s version of adaptive yoga is for yogis that due to COVID restrictions, still yearn for their live group classes with a teacher. “I had to find a way to adapt small group, face-toface classes with simultaneous livestreaming. Many people miss their group classes and don’t enjoy doing solitary yoga at home in front of a computer screen or TV streaming a prerecorded class,” says Heil, founder of the Fort Myers Yoga Project, which she discontinued due to the virus.

Heil has noticed a local phenomenon. “People are social distancing in a cluster. Some individuals that are neighbors living on the same street off of Estero Island don’t leave their street without a mask. However, when they are on their street, they act like a family unit and don’t wear masks. They come to classes in their cluster,” says Heil, who notes that the 900 square feet of the center is shaped like a giant plus sign with four corners.

“Two people can comfortably inhabit each corner nook and easily be six to eight feet apart. Classes are small, with a maximum of eight people. In a four-person class, each person has their own corner nook. Our yoga 101 classes are also small and very interactive. People wear a mask to the center, set up their mat, enjoy their practice and leave wearing a mask. In-between classes there is rigorous cleaning protocol,” explains Heil, whose perspective on adaptive yoga is more about how yogis and their teachers are flexibly functioning and adapting to the current environment in this new world. “Yoga is definitely changing to meet the new normal,” she says.

Saba Movement Center is located at 15971 McGregor Blvd., in Fort Myers. For more information, call 239-433-5995.

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infested neighborhoods where they live,” says Damon Nailer, a Monroe, Louisiana, motivational speaker and author of Living, Loving, Leading. For children in all circumstances, he says, it’s important to “teach them that setbacks, failures, losses and adversity help you to learn, grow and become stronger.”

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Raising Resilient Kids How to Help Them Bounce Back

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n these turbulent times, children need to know how to confidently weather and deal with changes no matter what life hands them, say many psychologists. Studies show that when kids are resilient—having the ability to recover quickly from difficulties—they are less fearful and anxious, more confident and empathetic, and better able to handle cataclysmic events like 9/11.

Resilience can help them deal creatively with everything from cyberbullying to societal change. A Florida Atlantic University study of 1,204 children found that those that agreed with such statements as, “I can deal with whatever comes my way,” “I am not easily discouraged by failure,” and, “Having to cope with stress makes me stronger,” were less likely to be bullied in person or online and better able to cope when it occurred.

Resilience can be taught and learned at any stage in a child’s life, studies suggest. Some useful strategies include:

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Let them know they’re loved and supported. One stable, committed relationship with a supportive adult such as a parent, grandparent, aunt, teacher or coach is what a child needs to be resilient, according to research from Harvard’s Center for the Developing Child. This can be particularly important for children raised in lessthan-ideal circumstances. “It is absolutely critical for African-American children to learn resilience due to the current climate of hostility and racism, the inherent disadvantages in education and household income they are born into and hostile, crime44

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Make resilience a household word.

When San Diego child psychologist Bruce Thiessen’s daughter Kassidy was 4, he’d pretend to be the wolf in The Three Little Pigs, howling, “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down!”

She would reply, “Go ahead! I’ll rebuild it tougher and stronger!”

It was his way of embedding resilience in her, which he and his wife Roxie have reinforced with books, movies and songs. “Making the theme of resilience dominant in multiple activities will make an enduring, indelible impression on your child,” he says.

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Be a good example. “The most important thing to cultivate resilience, mindfulness and any other emotions really, is for parents to practice and model these things themselves,” says Christopher Willard, Ph.D., a Harvard lecturer and author of Raising Resilience: The Wisdom and Science of Happy Families and Thriving Children. Adults need to bounce back from setbacks, whether it’s a social media mistake or a lost job, and find ways to reframe what happened in a positive light.

To convey that attitude to a child, ask at dinner or bedtime, “What was the rose in your day? The thorn? What did you learn? What would you do differently next time?” The parent can model responses to these questions by sharing their own rose and thorn.

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Let them figure things out. “As tempting as it may be to step in every time you see your children struggling, allowing them to figure things out on their own builds resilience,” says Katie Lear, a Davidson, North Carolina, therapist specializing in childhood anxiety. “On the flip side, when a parent

hovers or immediately steps in to solve a child’s problem, the child may interpret that behavior as, ‘I don’t trust you to be able to do this without help.’” Asking a child how they plan to solve a problem rather than questioning why the problem happened in the first place is a way to teach them creative problem-solving, advises Lynn Lyons, a Concord, New Hampshire, psychotherapist and co-author of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents.

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Teach thankfulness. Feelings of gratitude bolster resilience, studies show. For example, college stu-

dents that performed gratitude-inducing exercises reported feeling better able to handle academic challenges. “Teach your child to look for the gift within every problem,” advises C.J. Scarlet, author of Heroic Parenting: An Essential Guide to Raising Safe, Savvy, Confident Kids.

“That’s often hard to do in the midst of challenges, but just knowing there will be a gift found at some point can help your child to ride out the storm with greater patience and confidence.”

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Mindfulness—being in the moment without judgment—has been linked to youthful resilience, numerous studies show, perhaps because it allows a child to take a deep, calming breath in the midst of a trying event. “Mindfulness training really does create new brain connections that boost resilience to stress,” says Christopher Willard, a Harvard lecturer and author of Growing Up Mindful. When children learn mindfulness, he says, they “can better self-regulate their emotions, and stress is less likely to overwhelm them and lead to mental health issues like anxiety or depression.” Getting a child started on mindfulness can be as simple as teaching them a breathing exercise.

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Count breathing: Closing your eyes and sitting quietly, count “one” to yourself as you exhale. With the next exhale, count “two” and so on up to “five,” start back at one again, and repeat for at least five minutes.

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ometimes it takes a little dog to bring about a big truth, as Cheryl Christine, a professional musician and composer in Ridgeland, South Carolina, learned. “I was playing the piano at a party and the owners had a hyper little dog. After a while, I started playing some of the music from my CD and the dog stopped, turned around and came up to me, and just sat there and listened. The owners were shocked.”

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State University researchers found that auditory stimulation with music can be helpful or detrimental. Results of a study in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior suggest that dogs sleep more and bark less when they listen to classical music; and they shake more and rise to their feet when exposed to heavy metal music, possibly from nervousness.

Patricia McConnell, Ph.D., a zoologist and certified applied animal behaviorist in Wisconsin, wrote her dissertation on the effect of different types of sounds upon working domestic animals.

“What is important is not whether the music is ‘classical’ or ‘heavy metal’, but whether it includes a set of acoustic features that appear to be universally associated with soothing or stimulating internal states,” states McConnell in her blog, TheOtherEndOfTheLeash.com.

McConnell explains that, “Pure tones and regular rhythms are associated with positive states.” On the other hand, harsh, noisy tones and irregular rhythms are linked with negative ones. She adds, “A tempo matching an animal’s resting heart rate (or respiration) tends to be calming.”

Composers and musicians are currently writing music specifically for animals with the aim of reducing stress from noise or separation, assisting with healing, controlling overeating and soothing irritability.

Compositions for Cats Christine was volunteering at a local animal shelter that played country music for the cats. “I wondered what their reaction would be if I wrote some meditative music with different tones—beta/alpha waves—to present to them alternative sounds,” she says. She composed some music and experimented with it in the cat room, noticing that the animals reacted positively to certain tones. That eventually led to a CD for cats, and then one for dogs, with the proceeds donated to the ASPCA and the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, in New York City.

Harmonies for Hounds The Rescue Animal MP3 Project, an organization that has donated free MP3 players filled with music to more than 1,420 animal shelters and sanctuaries,

was founded by Pamela Fisher, a holistic veterinarian in North Canton, Ohio.

Calmer animals are more likely to be adopted, and the music is designed to provide a relaxed environment for animals so they can better cope with stressful housing conditions. The MP3s contain a variety of music and artists, including selections like Canine Lullabies, by Terry Woodford, therapeutic music expert; Pet Calm, Pet Healing, by hypnotherapist Rick Collingwood; and Harp Music to Soothe the Savage Beast, by Alianna Boone, who states, “The structure of the harp is considered to be the most healing instrument next to the human voice.”

Pet owners may need to listen more closely. “We so often focus on other aspects of their environment—Is their dog bed comfy? Does it look pretty to us?—and fail to attend to the impact of sound on our dog’s environment (not to mention our own),” writes McConnell about new animal-music studies.

There are many melodic medleys for pet parents, but buyer beware. “If you’re to spend your money on this, make sure you are looking at music backed by research,” advises Christine.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Virtual Reiki Share by Zoom – 6:30-8pm. 1st Tue. Join Pattie Carney, Usui and Holy Fire master reiki teacher and others. Open to the general public, whether you have reiki experience or not. Begins with group guided meditation and moves to distance reiki in private chat rooms. Join online a few minutes before 6:30pm. Free. Visit Lotus Blossom Clinic on Facebook. Register: Pattie@pcarney.net.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 The Medicine and Messages in Food – 6:307:30pm. Also Sept 10 & 17. Virtual Zoom workshops with Deb Martin, medicinal foods consultant, and Robin Joy, certified health coach and holistic chef, for three meet-up style Zooms. Explore medicines in our foods to enhance your health and well-

Put Your Dream to the Test – Master Mind Group – Sept 8-Nov 17. 6:30-7:30pm. What Do You Need to Make Your Dreams Come True? In this 10-week Zoom Master Mind Group Jeanne Comeau coaches you from Dr. John C. Maxwell’s Put Your Dream to the Test program. This program is sure to deliver a life-changing experience as you crystallize your vision, galvanize your commitment and uncover the path needed to make your dream come true.

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The Holistic Chamber of Commerce Fort Myers and Cape Coral Monthly Meeting – 6:30-8pm.

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being. Focus on building immunity to support the immune system and include new foods in attendees’ personal “medicine bags” of practical knowledge. $60. Register: 277-1399. LotusBlossomClinic.com.

Crystal Bowls Meditation – 6:45-7:45pm. Also Sept 10, 17, 24. With Jenny Hong. Experience the healing power of sound vibration with quartz crystal singing bowls. Participants will comfortably lie down or sit while the frequencies reverberate throughout the body, bringing it back into a state of harmonic resonance and promoting deep relaxation

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Evening Psychic Fair – 5-8pm. Mini-readings with some of Naples’ most experienced psychics and healers. Services include: mediumship, tarot, reiki, angel, past-life, chakra balancing, intuitive, body scanning, oracle and more. $30/20 minutes.

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transformational readings. $25/20 minutes. Call and schedule an appointment in advance for in store or Zoom readings to ensure that your wait time is kept to a minimum. The Path of Being, 15248 S Tamiami Tr, Ste 300, Ft Myers. 437-5141. ThePathOfBeing. com/apps/book-an-appointment/appointments/new.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Divination 101 – 6-8pm. Learn palmistry, tea reading, cartomancy, flame reading, etc. Gain insight into the true nature of “fortunetelling” and discover the timeless art of divination. Plus the nature of these practices and how to perform each one. Bring a notepad. $50. Goddess I AM, 600 Goodlette Rd N, Naples. 228-6949. GoddessIAM.com.

Universe Within Crystal Bowl Meditation – 6-7pm. 2nd Fri. BYO mat, blanket and pillow to lie on as you gaze up at a planetary star show all in air-conditioned comfort while feeling the healing frequencies of crystal singing bowls. Brought to you by Firefly Within Foundation. Free; donations accepted. Our Yoga Place, 8002 Mediterranean Dr, Estero. Preregistration required: 360-2730.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Light Code Activations – 9-10:30am. Join for channeled energy, activations and messages. These activations can be shortcuts to ease and grace, healing and prosperity. $22. Goddess I AM, 600 Goodlette Rd N, Naples. 228-6949. GoddessIAM.com.

Finding Love Through Theta Healing – 1:304:30pm. Also Sept 20 & 27. A Virtual Zoom Workshop. This three-week workshop with spiritual coach and theta healer Patti Wilson will offer you an opportunity to master the secrets of attracting and creating your ideal partner relationship. Through energy healings (Theta Healing), guided meditations, skill development exercises and discussions, you will release the obstacles to finding love in order to manifest your most compatible and complementary love relationship. $197. Register: 270-1876.

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Also Sept 22 & 29. Are you ready to work with an annoying, frustrating behavior and create the change you wish to see? Includes a private animal communication session with Pattie and a distance reiki session for your animal friend. $140. Register: 774-209-9393 or Pattie@pcarney.net.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 New Moon Circle – 6-8pm. Sacred new moon gathering to support, listen, love, laugh and heal with each other. We may dance, cry, howl, drum, meditate and more. Bring a small, healthy dish to share and connect with our tribe. $20. Goddess I AM, 600 Goodlette Rd N, Naples. 228-6949, GoddessIAM.com.

Live Your Life Fully: Healing Old Patterns and Revealing Your Authentic Self – Sept 18-19.

6-9pm, Fri; 10am-6pm, Sat. A Virtual Retreat (via Zoom), Reiki Masters, Pattie Carney and Leena Mazid, will host this life-changing retreat to assist you in releasing old patterns, find clarity, and rediscover your authentic self. This weekend is dedicated to you, knowing your life purpose is to live from your authentic self. Reiki will be infused throughout the retreat. Registrants will receive one week of Sleep Reiki sessions. $199. Register: RediscoverReiki@ gmail.com.

Awaken the Divine Feminine Within – 7-8:30pm.

The divine feminine is an energy that has been with us since ancient times. In this class will discuss the idea of the divine feminine and how it effects our lives. We will look at the conflicting ideas between submission and personal power; different female archetypes, goddess, to establish the many faces of the divine feminine. $10. Zoom meeting. Register: 437-5141 or Theresa@ThePathOfBeing.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Psychic Fair – 11am-4pm. Mini-readings with some of Naples’ most experienced psychics and healers. Services include: mediumship, tarot, reiki, angel, past-life, chakra balancing, intuitive, body scanning, oracle and more. $30/20 minutes. Goddess I AM, 600 Goodlette Rd N, Naples. 228-6949.

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PHYLLIS C. WEBER, AP

Acupuncture/Oriental Medicine 6249 Presidential Ct, Ste E, Ft Myers 33919 239-841-6611 • GulfCoastAcupuncture.com Specializing in pain, chronic disorders, overall wellness, allergy treatments (NAET) and kinesiology.

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ASTROLOGY COSMIC MOTHER DIANE DALPE, MPA-LRM

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AYURVEDA CHRISTINA CARLIN, AYURVEDIC PRACTITIONER

Ayurveda Clinic, Massage & Yoga Therapy 501 Goodlette-Frank Rd N, Ste A107, Naples 34102 • 239-450-6903 Practicing holistic medicine since 1987. Professional Member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association, specializing in highly personalized Ayurvedic treatments and lifestyle consultations, Massage and individual Yoga sessions for chronic and acute problems. Pancha Karma, Shirodhara and skin care. Ayurveda and Yoga Study program available.

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BIOFEEDBACK FIREFLY WITHIN, LLC

Karin S Wolfe, CBS Bonita Springs • 239-980-3257 FireflyWithin.com • Info@FireflyWithin.com Certified Biofeedback Specialist by the Natural Therapies Certification Board. Testing nearly 7,000 patterns in your body, mind and spirit, and providing energy to the most imbalanced areas creating a space for healing. A consultation and report is provided with each session. CBS#5563.

BODYWORK ART OF HOLISTIC MASSAGE Est. 1991 Alvina Quatrano, LMT FL MA 50896 For Info or Appt: 732-266-5276 AOHMassage.com

Remote sessions by donation during COVID-19 call or Zoom.

Zero Balancing, Process Acupressure, Reiki. Webinar classes all discounted; call for registration. Reflexology, SEVA Stress Release, Insomnia, MT’s get CEs. Free self-massage video at AOHMassage.com.

PAULA TERRY, LMT

239-821-3088, by appt. (Collier & Lee) Trained at the Upledger Institute, Paula utilizes CranioSacral Therapy combined with Heart-Centered Therapy, Somato Emotional Release™, Lymphatic Drainage, love and nurturement to foster the healing your body needs. Doula services.

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STUART WRIGHT, ND

Certified Advanced Rolfer Advanced Cranial Therapist Advanced Visceral Therapist Certified Movement Educator Naturopathic Wellness Consulting

By Appointment: 239-272-6443 Over 30 years excelling in quick pain relief. Specializing in back pain, structural integration & alignment, all joint-pain-related issues, mobility improvement, sports injuries, non-chiropractic spinal release. MA36890.

CHIROPRACTOR NETWORK CHIROPRACTOR Dr. Michele Pelletiere 3411 Bonita Beach Rd, Ste 302, Bonita Springs • 239-949-1222

N.S.A. Practitioner level III. “Healing waves” release tension throughout the body, increasing wellness and quality of life, promoting new strategies for a healthy spine and nervous system.

COLON THERAPY RB INSTITUTE, INC.

C. Robyn Berry, LMT, CRR, CCT, CLDT 13550 Reflections Pkwy, 5-502 & 5-503, Ft Myers • 239-939-4646 • RobynBerry.com Since 1994, gravity-enclosed UV/ Oxygen/Ozone sterilized medicalgrade water colonics, therapeutic, relaxing, chair, sports, prenatal massage, Craniosacral/SER, Heart Centered therapy, manual lymph drainage & XP2 System, visceral manipulation, HALO Photonic Blue-Violet Laser Botanical System, Asyra/Quest4 MSA Bio Meridian Stress Analysis, ear candling, Lakota YLEO Raindrop Therapy, Tuning Fork/Crystal/Bowls Therapy, reflexology, MPS, cupping, ozone steam cabinet and applied ozone therapies, infrared sauna, ionic foot detox by AMD, BEMER sessions, Power Plate, Hyperbaric Chamber, PER 2000 PEMF and notary. MM7376. See ad, page 19.

DENTAL HEALTH ROGER J. PINT, MPH, DMD

9200 Bonita Beach Rd, Ste 111 Bonita Springs, 34135 • 239-676-8730 BonitaDentalStudio.com Dr. Pint can join your health journey and play a role in minimizing toxicity; this includes protection while removing dental materials plus consultation. All X-rays are digital and minimal. See ad, page 51.

DENTISTRY LASER DENTISTRY

Mark Corke, DDS 1550 Matthew Dr, Ft Myers 33907 239-936-5442 • FortMyersLaserDentist.com Dr. Corke enjoys working with holistic patients and practitioners on the journey to wellness. His practice “gets it” and is worth the trip to Fort Myers to experience his many services. From dental lasers to ozone he has many tools and a sympathetic ear. See ad, page 14.

ENERGY HEALING REV. KAREN CORATELLI-SMITH

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FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE NAPLES CENTER FOR FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE

Carol L. Roberts, MD 800 Goodlette Rd, Ste 270, Naples 34102 239-649-7400 • HughesCenterNaples.com Carol L. Roberts, M.D. has practiced functional/integrative/holistic medicine for 25 years. She provides patients with testing to uncover causes of chronic illness, guidance in resolving health issues and education to assist the patient in her own healing. She is Medical Director at the Naples Center for Functional Medicine, formerly the Hughes Center. See ad, page 55.

WELLBRIDGES, INC

9200 Bonita Beach Rd, Ste 213, Bonita Springs 239-481-5600 • 239-481-5603 fax DebPost.com Comprehensive, fully integrated health care individualized for adults and children. Chronic fatigue, male and female hormone imbalance. Digestive disorders, women’s health care, autism, ADHD and related issues. See ad, page 51.

HEALTHY DINING FOOD & THOUGHT ORGANIC FARM MARKET & CAFÉ

2132 Tamiami Trl N, Naples 239-213-2222 • FoodAndThought.com Open Mon-Sat 7am-8pm.

Florida’s only 100% organic market and café. Fresh produce delivered daily. Homemade breakfast, lunch and dinner. See ad, page 10.

HOLISTIC CENTER ACCESS HOLISTIC HEALING & HYPNOSIS

9853 Tamiami Trl N, Ste 215, Naples 239-776-2211 • AccessHolisticHealing.com Info@AccessHolisticHealing.com Certified. Now offering online-hypnosis sessions. Call for free consultation. Offering wellness coaching.

Light and sound therapy to heal stress, change behaviors and relieve pain from arthritis, neuropathy, etc.

Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique. Reiki and more! See ad, page 14.

ZORAYDA “JIJI” TORRES, MD, ABIHM, IFMCP

Internal Medicine, Functional Medicine Office: 239-444-5636 • UpstreamMD.com Dr. Torres is a board-certified internist with over 17 years of experience and knows the limitations of conventional internal medicine. She is among the few Certified Practitioner M.D.s, trained by the Institute For Functional Medicine. See ad, page 12.

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AHA! A HOLISTIC APPROACH CENTER 15971 McGregor, Ft Myers • 239-433-5995 AHolisticApproachCenter.com

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EYES WIDE OPEN

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MEDIA PRODUCTIONS IN2UITIVE WISDOM MEDIA 239-785-0809 facebook.com/in2uitivewisdom

In2uitive Wisdom Media offers professional video and radio commercial productions and promo videos for your business’s greater visibility. Get noticed!

NATURAL & ORGANIC MARKET ADA’S NATURAL MARKET

7070 College Pkwy, Ft Myers 33907 Mon-Sat: 9am-8pm, Sun: 9am-7pm Ph: 239-939-9600 • Fax: 239-288-6210 AdasMarket.com Natural and organic produce and grocery items. Vitamins and supplements. Organic juice and smoothie bar. New Green Leaf Café. Market-prepared foods.

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NATURAL AND ORGANIC PRODUCTS ANATTA

447 Broadway, Ste 204 New York City, NY 10013 347-762-1268 • AnattaMarket.com Anatta is a global online marketplace for natural, organic and raw products from farmers worldwide.

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NUTRITION D-SIGNED NUTRITION, LLC

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