Kerry Loeb Health Trainings Blog

Do you remember in the last blog post I wrote about the lack of Mojo that we may experience this time of year? That feeling of moving through a swamp, with little motivation in our lives? This season of Late Summer is related to the internal organs, the Spleen and Stomach, and if they are not functioning optimally then we may experience one or more of the following conditions: Anxiety and insomnia Lowered immunity Fatigue and sluggishness Constipation Diarrhea IBS Bloating Water retention Weight gain Fibroid tumors and stones Candida Chronic fatigue syndrome Arthritis Cold hands and feet  For me, doing a daily Self-Massage routine helps much to keep the energy moving through the organs of digestion so that my Mojo is strong. But diet and nutrition are also very important. So what can we do from a nutritional perspective to avoid the various physical and emotional conditions listed above? Well, here's just a few ideas .  According to Chinese medicine, Sweet is the flavor that ...

Increase Your Mojo Through Proper Nutrition Do you ever feel like you need more Mojo in your life? Just not feeling the energy you used to? Like you're moving through a swamp, perhaps feeling ungrounded, with confused thinking, spiciness, and brain fog? We are just now transitioning to the time of year, Late Summer according to Eastern medicine, where these sorts of feelings can be more prevalent. This season of Late Summer is related to the internal organs the Spleen and Stomach, and if they are not functioning optimally then we may experience one or more of the following conditions: Anxiety and insomnia, fatigue and sluggishness, constipation, diarrhea, IBS, bloating, water retention, weight gain, fibroid tumors and stones, candida, chronic fatigue syndrome, arthritis, cold hands, and feet, etc. This is the time of year that is all about digestion and proper nutrition. The digestive system processes the food we eat, but also the thoughts and emotions we internalize, hence this i...

Take Action To Increase Motivation! Isn’t it the case that this is more true than the opposite, that motivation leads to action? How many times have you not wanted to do something that needs to be done, but you just took one baby step in that direction and before you knew it the task was completed?   This happens to me on a daily basis. Sometimes I’m not really feeling motivated to do something but I force myself to just start, maybe making a deal with myself that I will only do it for 5 minutes, and before I know it motivation has kicked in, and I am rolling right through it until its completion.   This can apply to meditation, exercise, doing the dishes, sometimes writing e-newsletters 😎, addressing a personal situation that I have don’t want to confront, etc.   Action vs Procrastination - Which One Wins? Action beats procrastination every time. And don’t we all feel better about ourselves, more liberated when we have moved through any mental/physical sluggishness an...