Tag: Wellness

By Kim EL Several years ago I realized that the onset of my low self- esteem was rooted in my environmental upbringing as a young child. It was the early 60’s and I grew up in a family full of love in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. I lived in a house...

Felicia Savage Friedman Founder and CEO YogaRoots On Location, LLC How many years have you been in your industry?  I have been practicing Raja Yoga, the 8-Limbed Path for over 29 years. I have been teaching Raja Yoga for over 22 years in different community venues, across the country and in Haiti....

Perimenopause arrived and my world changed. I put on 30lbs over the course of 3 years. Due to previous health issues, my primary physician and my OBGYN refused to give my anything to balance my hormones. The weight kept coming, in addition to the hot flashes, body odor, fatigue,...

  You Don't Want to Miss This Empowerment Forum Spend the day with us as we educate and provide you with information that focuses on the issues women must address to become informed evolving women. Whether you want to start a business, focus on your finances, or need to learn more about self-care, the At...

Incidences of trauma are making daily headlines in our country. Many inhumane occurrences, whether it is mass shootings, domestic violence, sexual assault and its response to the #Me-Too movement, the loss of a young life due to gun violence, and the traumatic impacts of racism are bringing trauma and...

Some of us take on so much that there aren’t enough hours in the day to handle it all. And because of this, more people suffer from a lack of sleep. The mind is always racing. You toss and turn and before you know it, the alarm clock is...

By Ola Jackson What's a busy mom to do when she has to run her business, run her kids to the soccer game and run mom to the doctor's office?  It can be a balancing act that can make a mom feel defeated. Mom has got to prioritize. Yes, ya gotta...

Dianne Hart Pettis, MS, FNP-BC Owner, Dianne Hart Wellness, LLC Educator, Speaker, Coach, Author Family Nurse Practitioner Dianne is a native of Aliquippa Pennsylvania.  She loves being back home after so many years away.  She received her Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981, and began her career at...

This month's book review by Daryl E. Jackson My husband ,Daryl E. Jackson, is an avid reader. He probably reads about one to two books per month. During a recent trip to Arizona we met the author Julie Castro. My husband got hold of her book and could not seem...

Many of us have spent a lot of time aiming to acquire things that we thought would help us look as if we live the good life. The Good Life is relative. How and if you live the good life is relative to how you define, "The Good Life" Some...

  I'm not wasting any time waiting for the new year to make resolutions. For a healthy life you need a healthy lifestyle. There are no secrets. The same rules apply to anything you want to accomplish. You just do it. You hang in there and stay focused. You make a plan,...