Hold on to your hat, dear one, because undoubtedly, this interview with Mary Moeller, the author of Fibromyalgia Cookbook: A Daily Guide to Becoming Healthy Again (revised) is one of the most powerful, thought-provoking interviews I’ve ever done for the Health Matters Show! Mary really shares some truly great information.
(Note: This is actually the second part of our longer, extended interview. You can catch the first part from last week’s interview by accessing the link here, but please do it later. I don’t want you to miss what’s coming up next.)
(This audio file is 29 minutes and 44 seconds long, and it contains dynamite stuff! Either listen here or download for later. Just be sure to catch it all.) [click to continue…]
During this interview and the previous one with Dr. Mike Funicello, DC, he explains why you may be sick with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, what happens during the illness process, what you can do at a physical level to relieve the trauma your body has stored, plus he offers a tantalizing opinion of where health comes from. By all means, take time to listen to the whole Health Matters Show today!
(Then when you get a chance, go back and review the previous interview, if you haven’t already heard it.)
When energy is stored in your body after a traumatic event, it has the capacity to influence your health very negatively and for a very long time.
(This whopping interview is 23 minutes long and includes information that could potentially help you. Listen here on the website by clicking the right-facing arrow on the left of the blue bar. To download this interview to your computer, iPod or telephone, right click your mouse directly over the hyperlink that says, “Download MP3″. Then left click it to save the file where you can find it on your device. Enjoy. ) [click to continue…]
I constantly strive to get you the best information about Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and this week I sought out a great guest to interview, Dr. Mike Funicello, DC. He and I talked about how to get well from Fibro and CFS. We could hardly stop talking once we began!
During the interview I wrote down a few of his words and phrases like passionate and the people you serve.
I could hear the passion in his voice and I believe that he truly feels the need to serve his patients. That led me to a conclusion: someone with that kind of attitude is a great asset to the Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome communities.
He would actually be glad to see you coming in the door and he’d want to know how he could help you get well!
It’s not always the big things that get us, so managing life stress effectively can be as important as knowing which vitamin to take or who is the best doctor in your community. Today’s objective: Reduce Stress.
Click on the 7 minute 10 second audio, download it -or- catch it in iTunes [click to continue…]
Have you heard about some of the alternatives to expensive, high-priced prescription drugs to relieve Fibromyalgia pain symptoms? To help with some of the other awful symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Well, I say don’t be blinded or stick your fingers in your ears any longer because today we’re discussing two great choices, plus the second choice will be discussed in detail during the audio/ podcast version of today’s Health Matters Show. It includes specific information about products to help you feel better and help to improve the quality of your health.
LET’S GET STARTED.
ANSWER #1, of course, is not the brand new prescription drugs that get all the media hype, press attention and advertising dollars. Certainly those new drugs are out there and may be worth investigating if what you’re doing isn’t working, but you’ll pay a lot of money out of pocket if you make this choice. For those people who are absolutely determined to find less expensive answers that are highly effective, you’re in the right place today.
Note: When you completely finish reading the post and listening to the audio podcast for the Health Matters Show, come back here and click on this link at About.com, but don’t do it yet. Hang in here with me for a few minutes. This is important and you don’t want to miss anything or get side-tracked.
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*Today’s Health Matters Show podcast is whoppingly big and super packed with information. That’s why it’s 41 minutes and 50 seconds. Don’t miss even one single, itty-bitty second. You just won’t find such quality “how to heal” information on the Internet anywhere else!
Even though I work in the healing business of helping people heal, I shy away from calling myself a healer. I believe that God is the ultimate healer. You and I are capable of little without His help.
Still, every once in awhile, people will tell me that what I do is nothing short of incredible. I guess that’s because SCH is so different and the process works well.
Decide for yourself with the following 3 truisms, plus something I’ve discovered… the fact that I’m not the only person who thinks this way or is saying these things:
Listen to the 10 minute 9 second audio podcast by pressing the small right-facing arrow on the bar. (Or, feel free to download it.) [click to continue…]
Almost everyone who suffers with Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome wonders about stopping muscle pain quickly. How do you do it? Today on the Health Matters Show, I’ll give you 3 tricks that work for me and some examples of how to do them yourself.
Since I’ve healed, I don’t have the tremendous, ongoing volume of muscle pain like I used to experience. Thank God, it’s not there anymore.
That does not mean that I don’t have pain. Because I’m still a bit physically de-conditioned, I am overweight for my body size, I have two slightly bulging spinal discs and I don’t have all the energy that I need when I get ready to do something really physical, I still experience some pain.
Now, of course, being inspired and motivated to engage in a physical activity helps, so that leads me to explain my first example today about stopping muscle pain quickly. This last Monday night I had my first Tai Chi session in over twenty years. I still remembered some things, but I could tell that my body was older and not in as good a shape as before.
The instructor had us warm up with some energy enhancing stretches, one of which he described as hugging a tree. (Sorry I don’t remember the specific name of the posture… .) We were told to stand tall in a good, straight stance. Imagine a string being attached to the top of my head near the back portion. As that string was gently pulled upward to the ceiling, I was to straighten and lengthen my spine with my shoulders back. As I breathed in deeply, I was to imagine energy coming up from the earth and through my feet, the energy rising to the top of my head and then settling back down into my hands which I held out in front of me hugging that imaginary tree.
Now this exercise was wonderful, exciting, and energizing for about two minutes. As I stood there, my back began to ache and my energy waned. I noticed these symptoms, but instead of panicking, I decided to practice mindfulness and be proactive. I had the intention of stopping my pain before it got worse.
(Audio podcast is 14 minutes 32 seconds)
Here’s what happened… [click to continue…]
Whether you’re searching for information and answers on Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or other chronic health problems, often you can find good health information on the web, if you know where to look and who to pay attention to. That can be a significant fact in your search for meaningful answers.
At the Health Matters Show I try very hard to provide you with great sources of health information to help you re-make yourself into being all that you can be– healthwise and on a mind/body/spirit basis. I believe I’ve demonstrated the “health information” facts this week alone. (Feel free to review the timely announcements about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, if you missed them. See the blog post references that follow and the comments to those posts:
Whether you’ve been hiding in the closet fervently hoping that Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome would go away on its own -or- you’ve been fighting with every last breath, speck of energy and last dime in your pocketbook, it’s still incredibly important not to lose hope because 2010 can be your year to return to better health.
Now don’t turn away. Hang in here with me. Yes, there are only a handful of people who say that it’s possible to get over, get well from, heal from… either illness, yet people are getting well. You may not have realized it, but healing is happening.
Make it your New Year’s Resolution: listen to the rest of this story, as Paul Harvey would say. It is “possible” to heal from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Christmas is a time of wonder, magnificence, peace and hope for all mankind. May you find those attributes in a song, in a prayer, a friend’s tenderness or a special prayer this holiday season. May you find the spirit and reason why all this is so important. May you find the strength to lead brave lives and contribute the best that you have to give to the world. You may not have great talent or you may be busting at the seams with a multitude of gifts, but the key is in how you use your talent.
I pray that you will have the best and merriest Christmas. Please enjoy Andrea Bocelli and the Mormon Tabernacle choir in an outstanding rendition of the Lord’s Prayer.
An endocrine system hormone known as Leptin regulates appetite and feelings of hunger (or satiety), however scientists are now suspecting that low levels of Leptin have links to Alzheimer’s disease, the body’s energy regulation mechanisms, serious weight problems and cognitive dysfunction.
Now I realize that I probably am the first person to bring up this issue in relationship to Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but I’m sitting here thinking… What about us? Is there a connection that hasn’t been made yet? Hopefully my prompting will open some doors and cause inquiring minds to want to know. (Read on for all the info; then forward this post to your friends, send them to the blog, Tweet it or note it on Facebook. Comment here, too, and let’s discuss it.)
Leptin (Greek leptos meaning thin) is a 16 kDa protein hormone that plays a key role in regulating energy intake and energy expenditure, including appetite and metabolism. It is one of the most important adipose derived hormones.[1] The Ob(Lep) gene (Ob for obese, Lep for leptin) is located on chromosome 7 in humans. (from Wikipedia)
Now do these 3 things:
1) To listen to the podcast and more detailed information about this topic, click on the right-facing arrow above; 2) Get access to the news article and website with the link below -and- 3) Consider the following 4 questions specifically designed for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers: [click to continue…]
As I write this blog post today, I have to confess that I’m really stressed, yet trying hard to keep up every commitment and every goal for the approaching holidays and for my self-committed responsibilities to maintaining the Health Matters Show. Why you ask? Because life happens and we never want to “not do” what’s important to us or what we’ve already promised to do.
Case in point, take this week’s subjects: a) being sick all over with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, b) how and why the body gets so confused about how to heal and c) the holistic healing and health answers for improving your health.
This week my husband hurt his back badly. We’ve been to the emergency room twice in four days. He’s on high-powered drugs… and he can’t drive safely. So I’m not only playing nursemaid, but chauffeur. My time and energy have not been my own. Thank goodness I’m well enough now to do that. Way back when I was so sick, that would not have been the case.
This video is 11 minutes and 46 seconds. Feel free to download it. Continue on for more great information! [click to continue…]
Both of the resources that I passed along to you yesterday about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, ME/CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), should help you to get informed about the illness and help you manage its affects for your child or in young people.
However both of these resources are inadequate to use alone. Yes, there are books, reports and lots of information on healing mechanisms that you can find, but nothing adds more value and long term help to your young person being sick more than an older relative or friend giving personal time, attention and interest to them in seeing that they live as healthfully (e.g. “full of health”) as possible.
That surely offers them the best chance to get well that you can facilitate happening. Go the extra mile and search for data and resources that take a bit more digging to uncover, but are likely to be the very things that will provide the biggest benefit.
Audio: click the right facing arrow and listen to this week’s Health Matters Show audio podcast file right here on the website -or- download it for later. It is 31 minutes 25 seconds in length and packed full of helpful information! [click to continue…]
Those people who know me know that I think it is ultimately a major task… this keeping the hope of healing alive in our hearts. We must do it. Our health depends on us getting this right and not giving in to the temptation of spending most of our time being negative or feeling terminally sorry for ourselves.
We are the ones who benefit from renewed bodies that once again remember how to be healthy, from minds that function clearly and wisely for the most part, and for spirits that are excited about the prospects of living a life closer to the Creator. Oh, to become a thrill seeker!
Yes, you and I do see the wisdom of keeping hope of healing alive in our hearts. However, the huge questions remain about how to do it.
How do we stay positive? What is there to stay positive about?
Click on the right-facing arrow to begin the 7 minute video or feel free to download it. Enjoy!
When you add up all the facts there’s a lot of positive health news and there are more ways than ever to get healthy.
Enjoy your holiday weekend and Happy Thanksgiving,
Cinda Crawford, your host of the Health Matters Show
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I appreciate any purchases that you make at Amazon.com through my site. Click on my storefront anytime for any type of purchase, not just books. Once you link in through my website to Amazon, they recognize that you came to them through the Health Matters Show. Doing this would be a wonderful kind gesture on your part and it really, really helps me out!
Right now people suffering with allergies are experiencing rapid temperature and weather changes: hot, cold, dry, wet, warm, chilly. Rinse and repeat, until you’re holding your head and running to hide in the corner for some privacy to blow your nose for the 25th time today.
You’re probably being bombarded by the dust from the falling leaves and the last of the fall allergen boogie men, ragweed. If you live somewhere that has already had two good frosts, the damage ragweed is causing you may be over with until next spring. However, if fall winds kick up the ragweed pollen into the air, pollen may continue to aggravate your respiratory system and cause your body to produce more allergy symptoms. (And then there’s the dust from the leaves themselves. Dust particles alone cause a lot of allergies…. .)
Regardless of which elements are present, you may still be suffering with allergies now that fall is ending and the winter season is approaching. Your misery could be significant.
Each of us is different. The dust left over from the year before’s holiday ornaments used to bother my mother when she got them out of storage to decorate the tree. It was pretty much a given… Mom would be sick at Christmas time.
So whether your problems stem from dust, pollen allergies, changing temperatures or any of the bacterial or viral infections going around, you, dear one, can be in for lots of sniffling, sneezing, coughing and general achiness if this is even a normal fall and winter season.
So what does that mean to you if you’re already suffering with a chronic health problem like Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
(15 min 20 seconds. Listen by clicking the right-facing arrow or download now!) [click to continue…]
The objective of the Health Matters Show is to provide great information about Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the symptoms, treatments, and remedies, plus offer you hope of GETTING WELL.
Hint... hint... my goal is to help people who want to get well, actually get well!
You know in your heart of hearts, that what you want more than anything is to get well. You're tired of feeling sick all the time!
1) You want to find someone who really can help you,
2) You need specific help to find out what to do, what to learn, where to go, and more,
3) You're determined to keep searching until you find exactly that help!
Visitors like you to the Health Matters Show get enthused and encouraged about the possibility of improving their health and about the work I'm doing.
If you increase your chances of recovery from Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, you'll get excited and uplifted, too! And that, dear one, is your first step on the road to recovery.
I wish that for you more than anything.
You deserve the opportunity to heal and reclaim your life. At the Health Matters Show you'll find information and Get Well Health services to help you do that and to relieve your suffering once and for all.
People Want Their Lives Back!
And there are ways to do that at the Health Matters Show
Hold on to your hat, dear one, because undoubtedly, this interview with Mary Moeller, the author of Fibromyalgia Cookbook: A Daily Guide to Becoming Healthy Again (revised) is one of the most powerful, thought-provoking interviews I’ve ever done for the Health Matters Show! Mary really shares some truly great information. 
