Relief from Grief
Relief from Grief Having someone close to me die recently, I have been surprised at how powerfully grief effects my mood and my physical body. I try to think things like, “Death is a natural part of life." or "They had a good life, and it was a gift anyway.", but [...]
Insurance Reinsurance
Insurance Reassurance I call insurance companies almost every day, and I have to admit that it is confusing. Seventy seven percent of Americans have insurance coverage either through the state, their employers, or self-funded avenues, but few people fully understand their policy. I only understand insurance as it applies [...]
Summer Brain Gains not Brain Drains
Summer Brain Gains not Brain Drains Summer: the days are long, alarm clocks are turned off, watermelon is on sale, everything kids learned over the course of the school year is slowly being forgotten… It’s true. Since 1906 educators have noticed the pattern and recent studies show that over the [...]
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Lasting Effects into Adulthood Identifying beliefs are developed in our youth, and some of these beliefs from childhood are never outgrown. These early beliefs become the pillars of our lives, some of which are beneficial and some of which are not. One of my [...]
Adore the Outdoors
Adore the Outdoors The Benefits of Being Outside This weekend while at Mother’s Day Brunch, a dad of three boys all under the age of five told me, “I am so excited for summer. I’m going to try to take them hiking a lot more, they just do so much [...]
Spring Reflections: What Matters Most and Last Longest
Spring is in the air! As a person active in the agricultural community, Spring is a time for new life and beginnings. I've spent the last few weeks helping with lambing season. Watching the first moments of a lambs life is an incredible experience, the instinct a mother Eue has [...]
The Nutrition Scoop
nCenter: Neurofeedback, Nutrition, and Counseling “You are what you eat.” It’s a saying we’ve all likely heard. I get it. If you eat healthy likely you’re going to be healthy. If you eat not great food, you are probably going to feel… not great. But what do I eat if [...]
The Complexities of Love
The Complexities of Love “A complex neurobiological phenomenon” is how research conducted by the Neuroscience Research Institute defines love. In other words, the actual science behind love is complex. Why we fall in love, how it benefits us as both individuals and as a species, and what exactly love is, [...]
The Science of Willpower
The Science of Willpower: 5 Scientific Ways to Succeed By: Katlian Afton New Year's Resolutions:I think we all make them consciously or unconsciously. January rolls around, and it’s automatically time to change. But now that we are a week into January, if you’re like me, you’re slipping. So what is [...]
An FYI on TBIs
Remember the “old man that bumped his head, went to bed, and didn’t wake up in the morning”? Clearly the protagonist of the that slightly dark nursery rhyme suffered a traumatic brain injury. Did you know that Montana has the second highest rate of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) in the [...]
