by Dr. Melissa Carr | Oct 3, 2024 | anxiety, Happiness, Health Tips, Healthy Habits, holistic health, Inspiration, mental health, Stress
Do you remember Stuart Smalley (funny, I remembered his name as Smiley) from the Saturday Night Live skip? He used to host a mock self-help show and he would stand in front of a mirror and say positive affirmations to himself. It was meant to be funny–and...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Aug 2, 2023 | Digestion, Food, Health Tips, Healthy Habits
August might otherwise be known as BBQ month. In TCM, we have 5 seasons, not 4. The 5th season is called late summer and August is a mix of summer and late summer, so the organ systems that are most active are the Heart and Small Intestines and the Spleen and Stomach....
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Oct 27, 2022 | acupressure, Digestion, Health Tips, Healthy Habits
Whether you suffer from digestive issues or simply want to support your overall health, taking steps to improve your digestive system is key. In this video blog, I mention at the start that I am not going to cover nutrition here because it is such a big topic and I...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jan 20, 2022 | Exercise, headache, Health Tips, Healthy Habits, How-to, neck pain
Sometimes you wake up with a kink in your neck and you don’t have a treatment booked to address it right away. This happened to me the other day, so I decided to create a video showing how you can be prepared and treat yourself at home in just a few minutes....
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Dec 19, 2021 | Health Tips, Healthy Habits
What a year, what a year. I was interviewed recently to find out what I think were the health highlights (and lowlights) of 2021 and what I think we can expect for 2022. One thing that the last two years has emphasized for me to work on is to try to go with the flow....
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jun 15, 2021 | Acupuncture, Health Tips, Healthy Habits, Stress
You may think you don’t know any Japanese words, outside of, perhaps, konichiwa (hello), arigato (thank you), and sushi (well, um, sushi), but you actually probably know quite a few: futon, kimono, koi, tsunami, typhoon, karaoke, karate, sensei, samurai, ninja,...
