brain health – Laurel Holmes, ABs, LMHC

Learning about Meditation

I’ve just returned from Dr. John Preston’s Brain Conference on Positive Emotions. He shared research on brain health–linking it to foods, medicinals, and what else? Meditation. He suggests 10-15 minutes a day. Why meditate? Stimulating the front lobes suppresses activity in the amygdala. The amygdala is impulsive, reactive, prone to false alarms, and loves toContinue reading “Learning about Meditation”

Your Kitchen is a Pharmacy

A letter to friends, family and community: I recently spent a day at a medicinal foods conference, and learned tons about current research on foods and amino acids and supplements that can deeply heal cells, tissues, blood, and the overall biome we walk around in. I got tons of information on medicinal foods targeting: brainContinue reading “Your Kitchen is a Pharmacy”