Sedate the Future

Living A Balanced Life, Editor's Pick, Dealing With SymptomsKaren ClicknerJune 12, 2013

Is There Nothing Left That Doesn't Use a Battery?

Over the past couple of years I have been spending more time with my friend's children. It reminds me of my grandfather's stories about walking 400 miles to school each day through the snow in the same pair of shoes for 18 years. What brings up those reminiscences are the sheer tsunami-size flood of toys that require batteries.

Go Ahead and Let Them Eat Dirt

Part of a parent's job description is constant control over their young child's eating of the world around them.

Immune Illness, Living A Balanced LifeKaren ClicknerJune 12, 2013Children Immunity

Are You on the Verge of the Insulin Cliff?

The Herb Garden, How the Body Works, Living A Balanced Life, All About Food, Dealing With SymptomsKaren ClicknerJune 6, 2013

May the Ground Rise Up To Meet You

Natural Therapies, Living A Balanced Life, Dealing With SymptomsKaren ClicknerMay 30, 2013

Coffee Anyone?

Living A Balanced Life, All About FoodKaren ClicknerMay 29, 2013

The Specter of Separation

This weekend is Mother's Day and I'm spending it with my mother. Now it may be the fact that it gives my mother lots of time to think, or it may be the grey Maine rain, but she is haunted by the fear of Alzheimer's Disease or dementia.

The Quickening

I loved the movie Highlander. Not just because I love Sean Connery when his brogue is broader than the Corrieshalloch Gorge. But because demonstrates one of the most basic concepts in life, literature and the pursuit of happiness… absorbing the energy of things around us.

Commitmentphobe

Now we have all known commitmentphobes. Usually men, usually the great-looking men with flashing smiles who smell great and say all the right things. But we are all commitmentphobes of one sort or another.

A Drop of the Creature

Many years ago I had the most wonderful old salty client. His name was Tom and he was a grizzly old Irish guy from Southie. He used to swear that a drop of the creature (a bit of imbibing) was the cure for every ill.

Is It Nutritional or Medicinal?

Each of us has developed a routine. We eat the same things, do the same things, use the same things. This includes taking pharmaceutical drugs, herbs, supplements, cannabis, patches, etc. What we need to look at is that there is a distinct difference between finding a problem and providing therapy and treatment to resolve the problem and simply feeding the body's normal, daily function. Feeding is a daily need, while treatment is not.

The Inner Voice

Recently I had a difficult experience with a client. It took me a while to realize that all her protests were attempts to drown out her inner voice. She had blocked her ability to heal.

The Herbal Advisor Magazine is the research and information by Certified Clinical Herbalist Karen S. Clickner, with 35 years of experience through her clinical history in Massachusetts.