Health & Wealth for Humans and Their Animals

Category: Health & Healing

What Makes A Good Riding Instructor?

Heels down!!!   Head up!!!  Soft hands!!!!   Toes forward!!!   No, no, NO — MAKE him do what you want, don’t just ASK!!! This is what you’re hearing and trying to make sense of . . . but meanwhile you’re just going in circles on some […]

Is Your Horse Balking? Consider This!

FOR ALL US HORSE LOVERS:     I think this particular blog post by my dear friend and holistic equine vet in Texas, Dr. Madalyn Ward, is very important to read and keep in mind. Thank you, Madalyn! Have you ever heard the phrase: “Life […]

Horse Sarcoid Treatment: Excuse Me, Did You Say TOOTHPASTE?!

I’m going to be a guinea pig. Or rather, Lopeh, my little Quarter Horse mare, is going to be a guinea pig. Lopeh has what I am pretty sure is a sarcoid on her jaw and I’m going to experiment with a remedy I heard […]

Are You A Victim of Brain Fog? Try This.

Me . . . in a mindless brain fog. I told my daughter and son-in-law the other day that I felt really lucky I wasn’t a street person. The fact that my life is fairly well organized and successful is truly a miracle — and […]

Hanging Out With Matthew Wood

My herb teacher, mentor, and old friend Matthew Wood has been in town this past weekend to teach an advanced class in herbology. Matt is a well-known and gifted Western herbalist who has many published books under his belt as well as countless workshops and […]

Growing a Garden: Are 30 Leeks Worth It?

Everyone growing a garden probably has their own standard for measuring success. Mine is 30 leeks. Here they are. I picked these last few vestiges of last year’s vegetable garden 3 days ago and took this picture after they were washed and cleaned. So what […]

Help for Those Winter ‘Blahs’! (Or: How to Stop Being a Couch Potato – Take Coenzyme Q10)

For many people winter is the season of depression, low energy, or what some people euphemistically refer to as “the blue meanies” or “the winter blahs.” In other words, they have succumbed to the couch potato syndrome. Ugh. We’ve all been there. Waking up to […]

Fighting Healing – Oh Let Me Count the Ways

This is about me. And it’s personal. But maybe some of you can relate, so I’m going on record and exposing one of my greatest weaknesses. And if it helps just one person not do what I’ve done, it’ll be worth it. I haven’t been […]

How Do Vaccines Really Work?

Maybe not quite like you think. With permission, I am including in this blog post excerpts from the book Holistic Horsekeeping, by Madalyn Ward, D.V.M.  Over the last 20 years, Dr. Ward has been a pioneer in her research and re-education in alternative modalities in […]

How Do We Really Heal? Grace Tells Us.

How do we really heal? From living a good life? Eating the right foods? Getting enough healthy exercise for our physical bodies? Embracing spirituality? Following the Golden Rule? There are lots of theories that address this question, and, as you well know if you follow […]