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Fourth Trimester: Emotional Realities
by Patty Haman, MA, NBCC Once you are home with your first baby, you will be experiencing many situations and internal emotions and reactions that may feel incredibly isolating and stressful. Having a baby can trigger many physical, emotional and mental reactions that...
Healing Touch is One of the Best in Energy Medicine Therapy
by Barbara McAnany, Healing Touch Certified Practitioner, HTCP, Owner of Barbara’s Healing Touch I first learned of Energy Medicine back when my sons were teens-rocking the boat and I didn’t know whether I was floating or sinking! A Yoga Instructor inspired me as...
Turning Inward During Winter
by Anna Marie Trotman, Director of Integrative Services at The Birth Center We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the...
Holiday Wellness
by Anna Marie Trotman, Your Wellness Coach for the Holidays A New You I got to thinking about hibernation after the “Delabear” recently went cruising through my neighborhood. I live in the Trolley Square area of Wilmington and it never occurred to me that a 200...
What is Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy?
by Melanie Fajardo, PT, DPT Do you accidentally leak when you sneeze or cough? Do you know the exact location of every bathroom in every store? Do you feel a sudden urge immediately when you walk in your front door or when you hear the water running? Do you go to the...
What Triggers Your Eating Habits?
By Anna Marie Trotman, Director of Integrative Services/Integrative Nutrition Coach at The Birth Center The other day I had lunch with a friend who I’ve known since elementary school. Catching up was fun, however, the discussion soon turned to our food choices. We...
How Gratitude Affects the Heart and the Brain
by Anna Marie Trotman, Director of Integrative Services at The Birth Center Recently I had a hypnosis session with one of the Integrative Practitioners at The Birth Center. The session was amazingly relaxing, but one of the biggest surprises, was the incredible...
Simple Strategies to Winterize Your Body, Mind, and Spirit to Stay Fit and Healthy in the Cold Months Ahead
Cider Fest 2019 Everyone is familiar with the benefits of winterizing things, car tires, window panes, sprinkler systems. We change our curtains and pull out our winter comforters, but we often overlook ourselves. Even though we are experiencing beautiful Autumn...
Breast Health: An Integrative Approach
by Anna Marie Trotman, Integrative Nutrition and Health Coach When my mom was diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer, it was a shock. Surgery, chemo and radiation were not easy for an 86 year old women, but my mom, being my mom, took it in stride and was compliant...