by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jun 21, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, depression, Happiness, Health Tips, Healthy Habits, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Here I’m going to start with the bad, so I can illustrate the power of something you could call a natural medicine. A study in the 1950s by Dr. Carl Richter involved taking rats and putting them through a forced swim test. Rats can swim, and the rats they used...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Oct 9, 2015 | acupressure, Allergies, depression, Health Tips, Healthy Habits, immune boosting, immune system, Traditional Chinese Medicine
I asked, “What do you want me to write about?” And I received a request for acupressure points to massage for general body tune up/massage for the fall season. Great question! I thought I’d expand on that and offer my top health tips for fall...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Aug 4, 2015 | Acupuncture, brain health, depression, Happiness, Health Tips, Healthy Habits, immune boosting, lung health, mental health, Pain, weight
Still on my monthly habit building, last month I completed #jokeadayJuly. I committed to share a joke (at least one, sometimes more) every day for 31 days. I shared it on my Facebook page (Dr.Melissa Carr) and told it to various people around me throughout the...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Apr 2, 2015 | depression, mental health
Beautiful. Heart opening. Profound. This is the poetry of Shane Koyczan. You might remember him from the Vancouver 2010 Olympics opening ceremony. His is one of the performances I remember most from those memorable couple of weeks, and that’s saying a lot...
