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EXPERT ALERTS

The FDA's Double Standard

Six Stressors That Harm Your Health

Five Deadly Barriers Impeding Timely Development of Treatments and Cures

Life Hacks from a Broadway Star

7 Steps to a New You This New Year

Emotions Can Be Inherited

5 Tips for Living Mindfully with Children

How to Eliminate Holiday Relationship Drama

How Individuals Can Mentally Process a Shock Firing of a Beloved Co-Worker

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EXPERT ALERTS:

The FDA's Double Standard
Tod Cooperman, M.D.
CEO and Founder
PharmacyChecker.com
"There's an outrageous double standard being applied by the FDA that tells Americans that it's categorically dangerous to personally import their prescription medications when so many medications sold here at home are imported but often cost two to five times more."
Based in New York, Dr. Cooperman is a nationally recognized and respected researcher, writer, and speaker on consumer healthcare issues. He has testified on health and nutrition issues before subcommittees of the Senate and House of Representatives and has been an invited lecturer at the National Institutes of Health. In addition to founding PharmacyChecker.com, Dr. Cooperman founded ConsumerLab.com, the leading independent evaluator of dietary supplements (vitamin, mineral, herbal, and non-herbal) and nutrition products. Dr. Cooperman also founded CareData Reports, Inc., an evaluator of consumer satisfaction with managed care (now a division of J.D. Power and Associates). Dr. Cooperman is a graduate of the Boston University School of Medicine and received his B.A. in medical science and economics from Boston University. He is a blogger for the Huffington Post's Healthy Living section.
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Six Stressors That Harm Your Health
Jonathan Glass, L.Ac., M.Ac., CHT
Ayurvedic Practitioner
"It is helpful to know the stressors in life that can cause the greatest consequences to our health. Even better is identifying those stressors that are unique to ourselves. Doing so empowers us to take actions that have the greatest impact on our well-being. These stressors can be broken down into the following six categories: 1) Mental and Emotional Stressors: Chronic mental and emotional stress causes biochemical and physiological changes in the body, with detrimental long-term effects. It especially impacts the adrenal, thyroid, and pancreas glands, which secrete essential hormones relating not just to stress response, but also to energy production, blood sugar, metabolism, fertility, and mood. 2) Dietary Stressors: Junk food requires more of our energy to digest than it provides in nutrition; we end up with an energy deficit in both body and mind. Food sensitivities (intolerances) and allergies are also common sources of dietary stress. 3) Immune Stressors: Immune challenges classically come from chronic viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections. Chronic autoimmune issues occur when pathogens, such as viruses, burrow their way into the tissues and organs of the body. Due to various factors such as poor diet, nutritional imbalances, immune suppression, toxic exposure, and stress, the immune system is unable to fully handle the pathogens. 4) Chemicals: Chemicals cause problems due to their toxicity or because we have an allergic response to them. Chemicals particularly stress the liver and kidneys and cause a great deal of oxidative damage to the body. 5) Heavy Metals: Heavy metals are high-density metallic elements that are toxic and poisonous, even at low concentrations. They are found everywhere in the environment and can enter the body through water, air, food, and skin contact. 6) Scars: Energy pathways called meridians run throughout the entire body, each one relating to a specific organ system. Scars from injuries and surgical procedures can disrupt the healthy flow of bioelectric energy, or chi. Treating scars with acupuncture, liniments, and moxibustion (herbal heat therapy) has been part of Chinese medicine for hundreds of years. Eliminating energy blocks caused by scars is often a missing link to regaining health and vitality."
Glass is a Licensed Master Acupuncturist, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Reconnective Healer, Energy Healer, Certified Hypnotherapist, Herbalist, Muscle Response Tester and Natural Health Educator. He is on the faculty of The Dharma Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda and has served on the faculty of the New England School of Acupuncture. He presently teaches at numerous yoga schools locally and throughout the U.S. He is the author of the upcoming book, "Total Life Cleanse: A 28-Day Program to Detoxify and Nourish the Body, Mind, and Soul Paperback" (Jan. 30, 2018).
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Five Deadly Barriers Impeding Timely Development of Treatments and Cures
Robert Martin
Founder
Bridge to a Cure
"Every day, 42 families in the United States learn that their child has cancer. Every week, 38 children will lose the fight.Recent breakthroughs in immunotherapy, gene sequencing and other areas hold great promise. But for many, the clock will run out before they can benefit. We need to find ways to speed up the search for cures by eliminating these five deadly barriers: 1) absence of a robust national database, 2) inability of even the most brilliant scientific minds to digest the millions of pages of research and medical files from which to assess and treat patients, 3) collaboration among the scientific community is far from vigorous, 4) clinical trials are costly, slow and complex, and 5) opposition to alternative treatments."
Martin, a children's advocate and author, writes books with his granddaughter Keira Ely, including the bestsellers "The Case of the Missing Crown Jewels" and "SuperClara – a Young Girl's Story of Cancer, Bravery and Courage." Martin founded the nonprofit Bridge to a Cure Foundation totear down the deadly barriers impeding the timely development of pediatric cancer treatments and cures.
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Life Hacks from a Broadway Star
Sandra Joseph
Author
"In our distracted, celebrity-obsessed culture, 'compare despair' is rampant. We are addicted to doing, climbing and achieving, failing to realize that the journey upward won't lead us to what we're truly seeking. What matters most comes from the journey inward. To go after our dreams, we must start with a foundation of inherent self-worth so we aren't seeking outside of ourselves to know that we matter."
Joseph holds the record for the longest-running leading lady in the longest-running Broadway show of all time, spending nearly a decade playing Christine Daaé in "The Phantom of the Opera." Today, she is on a mission to empower other people's voices through her work as an author, speaker and workshop facilitator. Joseph has been seen on numerous national broadcasts, including "The Oprah Winfrey Show," CNN, "The Today Show," "Dateline," "The Early Show," "The View" and "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" She also coauthored "Your Creative Soul: Expressing Your Authentic Voice," with five-time New York Times best-selling author Caroline Myss. Joseph's new book, "Unmasking What Matters: 10 Life Lessons from 10 Years on Broadway," launches on Jan. 23, 2018, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of "Phantom." Joseph is married to her "Phantom" costar, actor Ron Bohmer. They live in San Diego.
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7 Steps to a New You This New Year
Ilona Selke
CEO and Co-founder
Living from Vision
"1) Sit or stand and close your eyes. Think of your current reality and notice what feelings come up about your current state and situation. Get in touch with any feelings of pain, anger and dissatisfaction. This need not be a lengthy first step; just spend enough time here to become deeply aware of your feelings. 2) Now, find the place in your body where you are most strongly carrying the sensations of these negative feelings. The body does not lie. You can fool your mind, but you can't fool your body. Once you've located the feeling in your body, you have found the secret door to a new universe, a new way of being. 3) Notice the color, shape and form of the energy that you feel in this place in your body, then allow yourself to take this color, shape and form outside of your body so you can step back and look at it. 4) Seeing this energy as something now outside of yourself, ask it what it really wants. Be open to allowing yourself to sense or visualize whatever answer comes to you. Embedded in all negativity we will find a positive intention for our well-being. 5) Now allow yourself to become aware of what you really want for yourself and your life. Take an imaginary journey into your own fulfillment. This is the first step to informing the energy within us and the world around us of our desired state. 6) See what color, shape and form this new energy would have. Imagine what that would feel like if that fulfilled feeling filled every cell of your being. 7) Thank the old energy for wanting something so beautiful for you. In honoring the old energy, you allow it to transform into the new fulfilled state that was its true intention all along."
Selke is an international bestselling author, seminar leader, lecturer and musician, as well as CEO and cofounder of Living from Vision. Over 30+ years, she has inspired thousands of people worldwide to discover the power of their consciousness and create a successful life. She has written four books, produced 25 music and meditation CDs and coauthored two books, one with Brian Tracy and one with Jack Canfield. Her new book "Dream Big: The Universe Is Listening" offers real-life stories of transformation as well as practical tips anyone can use to shapeshift their lives from the inside out. Selke has a weekly TV program called "Quantum Living," has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows, and has been interviewed and quoted in a variety of books and films. With her husband, Don Paris, Ph.D., she has supported new research into quantum physics through a tool called the SE-5 1000. The couple also built the Shambala Oceanside Retreat Center in 2007.
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Emotions Can Be Inherited
Dr. Bradley Nelson
Holistic Physician and Author
"We are usually able to determine the origin of the emotion, beginning with which parent this emotional energy came from. Going deeper, we may inquire if the emotion came from a grandparent orgreat-grandparent.Most often, we find that inherited trapped emotions come from a mother, father or grandparents.Sometimes, however, we find the emotions go back many generations."
Dr. Nelson is a holistic chiropractic physician, a medical intuitive, and one of the world's foremost experts in the emerging fields of bioenergetic medicine and energy psychology. His bestselling book, "The Emotion Code," is helping people all over the world to improve their lives easily and quickly. Users of "The Emotion Code" have found freedom from emotional problems such as depression and anxiety, as well as physical problems including fatigue, pain and disease. A key element of "The Emotion Code" is removing emotional energies that have clustered around the heart, interfering with one's ability to find love and success. Dr. Nelson has coined this cluster of emotions the "Heart-Wall," and it has been called "the most important discovery in the history of energy medicine." He has trained thousands of practitioners worldwide to help people overcome unresolved anger, depression, anxiety, loneliness and other negative emotions and the physical symptoms associated with them.
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5 Tips for Living Mindfully with Children
Michelle Gale
Author, Mindfulness Educator
"Do you know what the hardest part of parenting is? The real challenge for me isn't dealing with the naughty or inconvenient things my children sometimes do or say. The truly difficult aspect of being an effective parent is getting myself under control. And there's no better place to learn this discipline than in the chaos and confusion of everyday family life. This is good news because we all have plenty of messiness to work with! With that in mind, here are five ways you can experiment with reigning yourself in through mindfulness, even amidst the beautiful chaos that is family: 1) five-minute meditations; 2) mindful breathing; 3) their quiet time is yours, too; 4) mindful meals; and 5) family mindfulness moments."
Gale is a mindfulness educator, corporate trainer, executive coach, podcast host and author of the book "Mindful Parenting in a Messy World." She is on a mission to support parents in staying meaningfully connected to themselves and their families, even as the demands and complexity of contemporary life and work are accelerated. She works in schools, communities, and corporations teaching mindfulness and speaking to parents. Gale was previously the head of learning and leadership development at Twitter and spent most of her career working in high growth technology start-ups. In addition to her board work with the Holistic Life Foundation, she is currently an advisor to the Mindful Schools, Wisdom 2.0 and Tilt365. She is also a strategic partner with The Trium Group and WisdomLabs. Gale received her M.A in psychology from Meridian University and her undergraduate degree from Florida State University, where she studied child development. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two sons, who are by far her greatest life teachers.
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How to Eliminate Holiday Relationship Drama
Ava Miles
International Bestselling Author
"You know which person in your family tends to trigger unhappiness or negative reactions in you. It's probably been this way for some time. How about giving the situation a new approach? We've all heard the following phrase countless times: 'You can't change someone; you can only change how you respond to them.' This season, try not engaging with them as much. Perhaps don't sit next to them at dinner when you know they're going to say or mutter something unpleasant. Perhaps decide you're only going to stay for a couple hours instead of all day, or only go over for dessert and not a full meal. You can still be kind and bless them, but there's no reason to feel guilty about limiting your interaction with them. You deserve to be happy during the holidays."
Miles calls herself a divine rockstar -- something she believes everyone is deep down. With a B.A. in rhetoric and technical writing and Spanish, and two graduate degrees, one in international peace studies and another in political science, Miles spent many years traveling the world and sharing her gifts with women and men in war-torn countries, helping them to rebuild and reintegrate their communities amidst intense struggle. She has managed multi-million-dollar projects and multi-national teams of people in the private sector, in non-profits and in domestic and international agencies, as well as multilateral organizations such as the United Nations. Now, she brings that experience together with her passion for sparking joy and personal success in people's lives, launching an all-new series of life-fulfillment books called "The Goddess Guides to Being A Woman." With seven books in total, "The Goddess Guides" invite us all to reimagine what it means to be a modern woman -- on our own terms.
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How Individuals Can Mentally Process a Shock Firing of a Beloved Co-Worker
Dr. John Huber
Clinical Forensic Psychologist
"When people whom we love, admire, and respect are fired because they have been found to be engaging in inappropriate behavior or because of poor work performance - the revelation can be mentally taxing. It can cause people to not only question their fellow peers but, even themselves about their past & present actions.When a shock firing happens, the first thing individuals should do is be thankful for everything they have (including their job). As bad as they feel for the person whose employment was terminated, they should not immerse themselves so deep in that person's situation. Doing so can be mentally draining and all of us are ultimately responsible for our own lives and our own actions. Firings can be positive in some ways. The other people who are still employed will more than likely learn from the mistakes of their ex-colleague so they too won't find themselves in the same predicament. When a powerful person gets fired especially for inappropriate behavior, it sends a loud and clear message to all employees as to what is and is not tolerable and what is and is not to be expected of all. For a beloved colleague who has gotten fired, you should do whatever you feel necessary to console them and wish them well. While employment tenures can end abruptly, strong friendships can last the test of time."
Based in Texas, Dr. Huber is the chairman for Mainstream Mental Health, a non-profit organization that brings lasting and positive change to the lives of individuals that suffer from mental health issues. A mental health professional for more than 20 years, Dr. Huber is a clinical forensic psychologist and a practitioner with privileges at two long-term acute care hospitals. In addition, Dr. John Huber is a professor and teaches undergraduate and graduate psychology at Texas State University.
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5 QUESTIONS WITH THE LILY. The first U.S. newspaper for, and run by, women was established in 1849. The Washington Post is bringing it back to life with its new experimental site for millennial women, The Lily. Launched in June 2017, the site's mission is to empower and inform on of-the-moment stories that are important for its audience, calling attention to a diverse set of perspectives. We chatted over email with The Lily's editor-in-chief and creative director, Amy King, who pitched the site concept. Here's what she had to say about The Post's pop-up publication for women:

5 APPS THAT BOOST YOUR PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY. When it comes to capturing that "Kodak moment," people likely reach for their cellphones rather than a digital camera. Smartphone apps like Instagram make it simple for users to edit and share cellphone photography. For experienced photographers, there are plenty of apps that simulate the settings on a DSLR camera. Here's a look at five must-have smartphone apps for photographers:

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