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Your Heart, Your Health: How HeartMath Helps You Turn Holiday Stress into Strength
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A Patient-Centered Guide to the Science Behind HeartMath From mid-November to early January—those eight glittering, sugar-dusted, emotion- packed weeks—we often run on equal parts joy… and cortisol. If you’ve ever noticed that your body remembers holiday stress long after the decorations are boxed up, you’re not wrong. Science now shows what ancient wisdom always hinted…
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Beyond the Scale: Loving Your Body Through Change
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Growing up in a world that places so much value on outward appearance can be hard to navigate. From the time we’re little, we’re surrounded by messages about beauty and body ideals long before we can even understand what they mean. Over time, these messages quietly seep in and start to shape how we see…
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The Gift of Good Health
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The UltraWellness Center Offers the Gift of Good Health to One Berkshire Neighbor As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting the well-being of the Berkshire community, The UltraWellness Center is offering a complimentary health assessment to one local resident through its annual Gift of Good Health initiative. For more than 20 years, the team…
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The Heart of the Table: Finding Balance Between Celebration and Nourishment
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The holidays are coming — a time to gather, connect, and enjoy good food. As I start planning menus filled with my kids’ favorite dishes, I’m reminded that food is so much more than fuel. It’s comfort, tradition, and the thread that ties our stories together. Each recipe holds a memory — the soup that…
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Arugula Salad with Roasted Delicata, Pomegranate, and Pecans
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Written by Eileen Boté, RD, LDN, IFNCP This arugula salad is a celebration of fall flavors, pairing peppery greens with caramelized roasted delicata squash, bursts of jewel-toned pomegranate, and buttery toasted pecans. Its colors are stunning on the plate—vibrant greens, golden arcs of squash, and bright ruby seeds, all accented with warm, earthy nuts. Packed…
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Infant Feeding – Approaches to Introducing Solid Foods
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As a new parent, introducing your baby to solid food can feel scary. The second you nail down your bottle or breastfeeding schedule, things change again. In my first year of parenthood, I learned that the only certainty in raising small humans is rapid change – this is joyful but also overwhelming. In this blog,…
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What In The World Does Gut Health Have To Do With Mental Health Anyway?
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Have you ever felt “butterflies” in your stomach before a big moment, or noticed that stress makes your digestion go haywire, your mouth becomes a sea of cotton and your breathing gets shorter and more rapid? Then you’ve already experienced the gut–brain connection firsthand. But what many people don’t realize is that this connection runs…
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Think Gut: Helping Kids Build Strong Minds from the Inside Out
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Why the Gut–Brain Connection Matters Did you know your child’s gut health could be directly shaping their mood, focus, and ability to thrive in school? The gut and brain are deeply connected through what’s called the gut–brain axis — a two-way communication system where digestion, nutrient absorption, and the microbiome directly influence learning, behavior, and…
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A Pediatric Autism Story: How Digging Deep Transformed Our Treatment
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When Caden was born, he faced challenges starting in the hospital. His mother had a fever, so he needed antibiotics and spent a few days in the NICU. He struggled with sleep early on and was later diagnosed as mild obstructive sleep apnea. By 15 months of age, he faced more stress at home with…
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Hot Days, Cold Drinks, and the Fight to Stay Focused
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As beautiful as summer is, summer living can mess with our most well-intentioned plans. The days stretch out like the sun and suddenly dinner happens at 8:30 p.m. with a side of s’mores, ice cream or anything else that beckons, because, why not—it’s summer! My regular rhythm of morning routines, meal prep, and reasonable bedtimes goes out the window…