healing Archives - Experience Life

- Success Stories -

Lucy Croft’s Success Story

By Lucy Croft

Discovering a passion for fitness instruction helped one woman better manage her chronic fatigue syndrome.

- Success Stories -

Cynthia Li’s Success Story

By Cynthia Li

Diagnosed with a baffling autoimmune illness, this physician had to question her medical training to find a path to healing.

- General Health -

7 Essential Oils to Try

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

Aromatherapy can be a convenient, portable remedy — many of the best-known therapeutic oils are blended with carrier oils in roll-on form.

Assortment of candles, perfumes, and oils.

- General Health -

The Problem With Fake Scents

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

One in three people report health problems when exposed to synthetic fragrances, according to one study.

- General Health -

Essential-Oils Seasonal Allergy Remedy

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

If you suffer from seasonal allergies, try this hay-fever treatment created by naturopath Rebecca Tanyar-Mead.

- Editor's Note -

A Different Meaning

By Jamie Martin

The holidays aren’t the same in the face of loss. And that’s a good thing.

- General Health -

Why Aromatherapy Is Going Mainstream

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

Plant-based essential oils have long been used in the practice of aromatherapy to help address stress, pain, and other issues. Conventional medicine has begun to take notice.

- Personal Development -

Wendy Welz’s Success Story

By Wendy Welz

After her husband’s diagnosis, one woman’s life changed overnight. Picking up a paintbrush helped her find strength.

- General Health -

Autoimmune Disorders: When Your Body Turns on You

By Catherine Guthrie

There's been a stark rise in autoimmune disorders over the past 50 years, from type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis to celiac disease and asthma. What is autoimmune disorder? The first step toward a cure is understanding and controlling the causes.

A collection of healing herbs and flowers

- Nutrition -

9 Healing Herbs

By Kristin Ohlson

Herbs were our first wonder drugs, and they remain powerful medicine to this day. Learn more about these health-promoting plants.

- video -

Behind the Scenes With Eduardo Garcia (Video)

By Experience Life Staff

Go behind the scenes with chef and outdoorsman Eduardo Garcia and learn how losing his hand taught him to appreciate life even more.

- Food Culture -

Taking Charge: Eduardo Garcia

By Heidi Wachter

A near-death experience left Eduardo Garcia without a left hand, but it taught him the power of self-acceptance, curiosity, and community in healing — and in living life to its fullest.

- Functional Medicine -

How to Find Your Pressure Points

By Catherine Guthrie

Acupressure accesses the body’s subtle energy layers to let health and well-being flow.

- Functional Medicine -

Healing Spaces

By Esther Sternberg, MD

Can the spaces in which we live, work, and recover from illness have an impact on healing and well-being? Integrative-medicine doctor Esther Sternberg says yes.