A Lifestyle of Wellness with Alternative Medicine

Evie has been passionate about health and vitality and began studying the elements of a healthy lifestyle, plus alternative and complementary modalities in the 1980s. Certified as a Healing Touch Practitioner, Evie founded Live Well Healing, Inc. offering clients coaching, stress and pain management, accelerated recovery from illness, injury or surgery and she addresses chronic issues.

30 October 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Bach Flower Essences Heal Negative Emotions

Dr. Edward Bach (September 24, 1886 – November 27, 1936) was born in a village called Moseley, near Birmingham, England.  After receiving degree in public health,  he became house surgeon and a casualty medical officer at University College Hospital. He worked at the National Temperance Hospital and practiced for over twenty years in London as [...]

17 August 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Homeopathy: Like Cures Like

Homeopathy  Like cures like.  What does that mean?  Homeopathy triggers your immune system into action.  Experts suggest it works by introducing minute amounts of highly diluted substances that in larger doses would create that illness or its symptoms.   Wow, that just doesn’t make sense.  Not to how we’ve been raised in America, anyway. Christian Friedrich [...]

11 August 2011 ~ 0 Comments

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is funded through the National Institutes of Health and is the lead agency for scientific research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).  (www.nccam.nih.gov).    According to NCCAM, “complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine such as aromatherapy (a [...]

25 July 2011 ~ 2 Comments

Taking a new path

Your body can heal itself.  Sound unbelievable?  If it were true, why would anyone be ill or have disease?  What is true is that your body is always trying to get back into balance.  And once in balance…physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually….it will begin to recover and initiate healing.  A River of Slime and Sludge [...]

19 July 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Was the protocol for asthma the answer?

But was that it?  In reviewing his medical records, he did receive his first hit of antibiotics when he was 16 months old.  But was that the only cause of asthma?  I feel it played a role, just as if he was exposed to molds, or animal dander  but was of course, not  the only [...]

05 July 2011 ~ 0 Comments

A new type of medical exam

 Now I understand why we waited four hours.  This medical doctor with a specialty in alternative medicine was with us for more than two.  I listened to her with rapt attention and a critical eye.  She appealed to my desire to be open to new possibilities, but she also jump-started my caution radar as she [...]

26 June 2011 ~ 2 Comments

The first ‘new’ doctor’s appointment

I started an event and public relations firm when I was 26 years old, and have been an entrepreneur ever since.  For all of my events, I would develop a theme based on the client’s goals, hire corporate decorators, use rental companies and supervise staff much like a general contractor.   One of my long-term vendors [...]

15 June 2011 ~ 0 Comments

The Next Few Months Turns into Two Years

For the next few months, we try to adjust to life with our new family member:  the nebulizer.  Every time our son would cough or sneeze, my husband and I (okay mostly me), would freeze in time anxiously watching his every move with the intensity of an eagle watching his next meal, ready to pounce. [...]

12 June 2011 ~ 0 Comments

The Drugs Begin…

As I continue my story on how blending western and eastern medicine helped my son eliinate any future asthma issues….We have taken our son to the emergency room – The doctor has the nurses give our son prednisone, a powerful anti-inflammatory drug in another nebulizer treatment.  This course of action takes place every four hours [...]

07 June 2011 ~ 0 Comments

The Emergency Room?

My story continues on how I turned around the health of my asthmatic son….. After sitting on the examination room table for about 15 minutes with the nebulizer machine emitting lawn mower-like sounds and pumping medicine into his lungs, he doesn’t seem to be breathing any easier.  The doctor returns to the room, looks at [...]