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Dec 111 min read

A Holiday Salute to Caregivers

Stand up if you are a Caregiver! Let me, let all of us, applaud you! Family caregivers, those unpaid folks who are on 24/7 caring for...

Rhyena Halpern

Dec 32 min read

You May Not Need that Colonoscopy

53,000 Americans are expected to die from colon or rectal cancer this year . I usually write here on topics of death and dying. I don't...

Did you know that we are more microbial than we are human?Reversing the Alzheimer’s epidemic!

Rhyena Halpern

Mar 21, 20222 min read

Did you know that we are more microbial than we are human?Reversing the Alzheimer’s epidemic!

As per ScienceFocus.com: “In any human body there are around 30 trillion human cells, but our microbiome is an estimated 39 trillion...

How a Punch to the Face caused Hashimoto’s Disease!

Rhyena Halpern

Feb 9, 20221 min read

How a Punch to the Face caused Hashimoto’s Disease!

And How You Too Can Find the Root Cause of Your Chronic Illness Please click here to read the story: https://rhyhalpern.medium.com/how-a-...

Rhyena Halpern

Jan 1, 20222 min read

The Tattoo that Heals

The Power of the Semicolon to Help You Pause and Connect to Your Tribe ; ; It is no wonder to me why the gorgeous, subtle, sultry image...

Can You Gain 5 Pounds from a Glass of Wine?

Rhyena Halpern

Dec 23, 20212 min read

Can You Gain 5 Pounds from a Glass of Wine?

I have an autoimmune disease, that was finally correctly diagnosed after twenty five years of symptoms. I worked for more than a decade...

I Had the Flu for 25 Years! LDN Saved Me Again!

Rhyena Halpern

May 27, 20214 min read

I Had the Flu for 25 Years! LDN Saved Me Again!

Two months ago, I had a huge autoimmune flare. First, it started with my bladder getting really hot and uncomfortable and super...

Are Hyper-Palatable Foods Wreaking Havoc on Your Health & Making You Gain Weight? Part 1

Rhyena Halpern

Nov 10, 20204 min read

Are Hyper-Palatable Foods Wreaking Havoc on Your Health & Making You Gain Weight? Part 1

Photo by Ashley Green on Unsplash If you are carrying weight on your body that feels extra, and perhaps struggle a little or a lot with...

Can Therapy Help You Overcome Your Adverse Childhood Experience?

Rhyena Halpern

Oct 30, 20205 min read

Can Therapy Help You Overcome Your Adverse Childhood Experience?

The Sins of the Father are Still With Us Photo by Tammy Gann on Unsplash One. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) The domestic violence...

Are You Food Compatible with Your Partner?

Rhyena Halpern

Oct 16, 20204 min read

Are You Food Compatible with Your Partner?

You may feel easily compatible with your new partner about the big things that matter, like a shared world view, your professional goals,...

If exposed to COVID-19, will you get sick?

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20205 min read

If exposed to COVID-19, will you get sick?

Strengthening your immune system can help you fight Covid.

Losing Weight if You Can't Lose Weight (Or What Your Pregnancy Test Really Tests)

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20205 min read

Losing Weight if You Can't Lose Weight (Or What Your Pregnancy Test Really Tests)

Are you like me? One of those women who can’t lose weight despite severe caloric restriction? Have you shamed yourself enough yet? Have...

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20206 min read

Becoming an Under Eater

My fear of over eating has left me. My fear of being over weight has left me. My shame is ready to follow close behind my fear, in a bold...

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20203 min read

PTSD and Covid

Dr. Lorna M. Breen.Credit…Chris Leary Photography I can’t stop thinking about the well-respected, bright and warm NYC Emergency Room...

Got the Sheltering-at-Home Pandemic Blues?

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20205 min read

Got the Sheltering-at-Home Pandemic Blues?

Today begins Day 9 of 21 of the Bay Area’s official Sheltering-In-Place edict. It feels like Day 493. Right? When I get ahead of myself...

Are you Freezing Cold When Everyone Else is Warm? LDN to the Rescue!!

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20203 min read

Are you Freezing Cold When Everyone Else is Warm? LDN to the Rescue!!

When I go to Pilates class, every other woman in the class is in yoga pants and a sleeveless workout top. I too am in yoga pants, but...

If your Depression was a symptom and not a root cause, would you stop your meds?

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20203 min read

If your Depression was a symptom and not a root cause, would you stop your meds?

I began using anti-depressants when my first marriage unceremoniously exploded. I couldn’t eat or sleep or concentrate and this went on...

He was silenced and killed himself: Feminist musings on unanticipated consequences of misogyny

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20204 min read

He was silenced and killed himself: Feminist musings on unanticipated consequences of misogyny

I read recently in the NYT about a Dartmouth professor, David Bucci, who as chair of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences,...

How Many Inflamed Cells Does It Take to Screw In A Lightbulb?

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20204 min read

How Many Inflamed Cells Does It Take to Screw In A Lightbulb?

I am not a scientist but I am a wellness person who spends a few hours each day devoted to learning about how our bodies function, so...

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20204 min read

Are your Cells Inflamed?

I have Hashimoto’s disease. So do about 30,000,000 other Americans, give or take a few million. I wonder if you might have it? It’s the...