Author: ESS_Naples

Resolve to Detox Your Finances in 2021
I admit it. I sipped many virtual happy hour drinks and binged on comfort foods to initially cope with COVID-19. I regularly rationalized my choices. [...]

Challenging Our Modern Food Systems
Growing up on an organic, small family farm in rural Kauai, Hawaii during the 80s/90s; eating fresh, clean, and locally/seasonally grown was just a pa [...]

Never Fear Breast Cancer Again!
It was a typical midweek morning and I was getting ready for work. I jumped in the shower and did my breast self-exam as I routinely did every month. [...]

Are You at a Greater Risk with Mercury Fillings?
Dental amalgams, or “silver fillings,” have been used to restore cavities since World War II and is still taught in dental schools around the world. C [...]

Beating Type 2 Diabetes: Give Your Pancreas a Break!
Millions are in search of improved ways to manage type 2 diabetes. Medication and insulin products are continually being brought to the market. Howeve [...]

How Dis-ease is Created in the Body
I have pondered on the word “resilient” this year, never thinking how it would become a word with so much meaning and power. We have all witnessed an [...]

Masking Knee Joint Pain? Discover Treatments That Work
One of the common complaints among patients is finding an effective treatment for their knee and joint pain. Standard medicine often only masks pain a [...]

Anti-Viral Nasal Spray May Prevent COVID-19 Infection
We wear masks to protect others from our exhaled droplets. These droplets may contain virus. It is a considerate gesture and quite helpful. However, w [...]

Time to Think Big
If the past few months have given you more time for introspection, use it to improve your financial plan in a big-picture way. Even for the privileged [...]

Treating Hormonal Imbalance with Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
Hormonal imbalance can be successfully treated with acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). We will start the conversation with “liver sta [...]

Saving Your Brain from Anxiety and ADHD
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) impacts 1 in 10 children now in the United States according to the CDC. It is the most prevalent menta [...]

We Have to Stop Living in Fear
People are recognizing that we can’t believe everything we are told anymore. Government agendas, hospitals getting money for COVID cases, social media [...]

One Hypnosis Session Ended a 20-Year Sugar Addiction
Imagine struggling with extreme sugar addiction for over 20 years. Imagine waking up and immediately craving candy, having to hide your sugary sweets [...]

Recharge the Energy in Your Body at the Cellular Level
In 1949, a Scalar researcher named Galen T. Hieronymus received patents in three countries for a scalar device that could detect and measure elements [...]

Radio Frequency: A Non-Surgical Alternative to Skin Tightening
Losing elasticity and seeing some laxity in your skin? You aren’t alone. In our lower to mid 30’s the quantity and quality of collagen production in o [...]

The Toughest Lesson I Learned as a Single Woman
At age 40, single and heartbroken, I wondered if the pieces of my life would ever be put back together again. Questions of what my future would look l [...]

Help Build Your Immune System with Floating
As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, it’s more important now than ever to make certain your immune system is at its peak. There’s one par [...]

Salt Therapy Improves Respiratory & Immune Function
Dry salt therapy, also known as Halotherapy, is very beneficial for overall wellness as it removes toxicity from the respiratory system, improves the [...]

Ask Dana: A Column Where Personal Finance & Life Intersect
“Dana, I’ve recently lost a spouse. On top of an overall feeling of mourning and loss, I find myself overwhelmed with the estate and financial matters [...]

Sh*t Happens: Paradox, Perspective and Healing
When a client, an artist, came to me suffering from PTSD after a terrible car accident, his life was shattered. To make matters worse, the experience [...]

Should You Cheat to Bring Back Excitement in Your Relationship?
I was listening to this amazing TED talk by Esther Perel – just her accent is enough to keep you interested in what she has to say – about her researc [...]

The 5 Points of Wellness That Are Essential for Longevity and Optimal Health
Born in Sri Lanka, I grew up in a family that considered natural medicine a way of life.
Whenever I had a test in school my grandmother would make [...]

Harvest & Wisdom: Organic Restaurant at the Shangri-La Springs – A Locavore’s Dream
The farm-to-table buzzword has been tossed around so much it’s almost become cliché, not to mention the fact that there are many variations on the def [...]

Age Like a Rotisserie Chicken: Slow, Juicy and Hot
As people age they dry up - skin, eyes, mouth and private parts! Their bones become fragile and their brains shrink in their skulls. We’ve all seen it [...]