Doctor Nicola’s Healing Blog
Weekly Invitation #1 Take distance from your cell phone!!
We have been having so much fun with these weekly explorations and invitations. Thanks for playing along and for all the great feedback! This week we focus on creating space. In these uncertain times where your schedule can change on a dime, it’s important to find...
Staying Wet When It’s Dry
We are in the middle of a very cold and dry winter. Even though we live indoors, the climate around us has such a huge effect on our physical, emotional and mental bodies. But because we’re used to living indoors, we can often disregard how much impact the weather is...
Feeling Congested? Try this at home!
This winter has been so cold and dry, my nose has been especially vulnerable to feeling congested. Waking up in the morning, I was blowing my nose every day and feeling a little discomfort. Then I discovered Nasal oiling, an old Ayurvedic tradition, and it has really...
Back to Basics
As we approach the new year, resolutions are typically on everyone’s minds. Especially after a particularly challenging 2020, we are looking for ways to ensure that 2021 will be different. The clean slate of a new year is often a springboard to create new goals and...
How to Celebrate Every Day, Healthfully
Coming into the third month of quarantine has many people feeling restless, down, and antsy. Some of the activities we might be indulging in are having a negative impact on health and well-being, but it can be hard to know what’s a good substitute for freshly...
Nourish Immunity Through Your Nervous System
There is so much mistaken or confusing information being circulated in the media, I wanted to breakdown some immune physiology to give you more tools to receive messages of hope that are rooted in basic science. It is important to recognize our bodies as a complex...
How Will You MOVE YOUR ENERGY?
This is your invitation to MOVE SOME ENERGY!! With so much swirling around, it is important to move your energy throughout the day. This week, for me, it looked like dancing in my living room (and ignoring some of the instruction from my online teacher NiaTV to...
Feeling Extra Emotional Right Now?
I've been hearing from many people that there are huge emotions coming through during this time of social isolation. Old patterns, thoughts and memories from childhood causing a lot of heavy emotions that seem to have limited connection to the anxiety and overwhelm of...
Allergies vs. COVID-19
We are fully in April, and for many that means the return of allergy season. Here in Durango, it’s been incredibly windy, so that always creates more dust and spreads pollen. Not to mention that the spring winds can often be irritating to our mental outlook… Because...
Resources for COVID-19
As we enter another week of being home and in a very different world scenario, I wanted to offer a bunch of other resources to help you through this next phase. After speaking with many patients via telemedicine (Zoom webinar or phone) this week, I noticed a theme of...
Checking in During Social Isolation and COVID-19
How are you? I really want to know. Please know there is no distance between us - this event is bringing us more and more into unity consciousness! I know it can seem dark at times, and there are moments where our minds simply won’t rest or allow any of the major...
Clarifying Questions about COVID-19
My last blog about best practices to prevent and/or treat COVID-19 came back with a few questions, so I wanted to take a moment to clarify a few points and answer the 2 most commonly asked questions. Please! It’s important you understand what you’re taking, why,...
Facing our dragons. Love is really all you need.
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a...
How to Boost Your Immune System
There has been so much concern about the Coronavirus in the last number of weeks, and many people have been asking about how to boost their immune system. The truth about the Coronavirus is that it is a virus. It is similar to the flu. All winter long, many of us...
Herbs to Support the Energy of the Heart
I love plant medicine - probably because plants are so synergistic when they are working with our systems to restore balance. They don’t push certain pathways but rather create more harmony and alignment on every level of our being. I was formulating an herbal...
A Love Note For You
Self-care and self-love are definite “buzz words” these days, but what meaning do they have for you? Is this a “pie in the sky” concept or have you been able to dial in what that looks like for you? I have definitely been evolving in my understanding of what self-care...
What To Do To Prevent (or Heal) Colds and Flu
This season, some folks are getting hit hard with coughs and colds that just won’t quit. Here are some ideas about what you can do (at home!) to take care of yourself: 1. Best Prevention is How You Take Care of Yourself BEFORE You Get Sick Just because you are...
The Meaning of the Season
I was fortunate enough to get to attend a winter solstice workshop years ago led by Deb Buck (a very talented herbalist and yogi) and was reminded of the lessons that rise organically during this time of year. My hope is by sharing the traditional associations with...
