Issue 29

• LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Jeanne Ohm,DC

• THE CONSCIOUS PATH | Creating an Empowering Wellness Community

• FEATURE | Gratitude: Upgrade Your Life

• GRATITUDE | The Sacred Genius of Generosity

• A MOMENT OF TRUTH | Underneath the Noise

• WELLNESS LIFESTYLE | Head Over Heels For Barefooting

• NUTRITION | The Bread Trap

• CHIROPRACTIC FOR LIFE | Onward and Upward: Living a Life Uncommon

• PREGNANCY | Pit of Despair

• BIRTH | All According to Plan

• THE OUTER WOMB | Nighttime Breastfeeding

• PARENTING | Teen Parenting: An Alternative Perspective

• FAMILY LIVING | Playground Pioneers

• INFORMED CHOICE | Beyond the Fields We Know: The Risks of Genetically Modified Foods

• HOLISTIC HEALTHCARE | What a Body Knows

• GREENER PERSPECTIVES | Building a Backyard Food Factory

• NEW EDGE SCIENCE | Cultivating Social Consciousness

• TOUCH THE FUTURE | Understanding and Applying The Intelligence of Play

Letter from the Editor

Jeanne Ohm, DC

• Editorials

Creating an Empowering Wellness Community

Lisa Reagan

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Gratitude: Upgrade Your Life

Marcy Axness, Ph.D.

References:

• Crowley, Chris and Henry Lodge. Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You’re 80 and Beyond. Workman Publishing Company, 2005.

• Emoto, Masaro: www.masaru-emoto.net

• Reivich, Karen: www.goldfishsmiles.com

• “Strategies for handling a stress-filled life,” www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15772952

• “Stressed Out? Stress Affects Both Body and Mind,” www.newsinhealth.nih.gov/2007/January/docs/01features_01.htm

The Sacred Genius of Generosity

Brian Swimme and Chris White

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Underneath the Noise

Madisyn Taylor

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Head Over Heels For Barefooting

Bill Ades

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The Bread Trap

Colleen Huber, N.M.D.

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Onward and Upward: Living a Life Uncommon

Frank Bowling, D.C.

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Pit of Despair

Stephanie Soderblom

References:

• “FDA Approved Obstetric Drugs: Their Effects on Mother and Baby,” www.aimsusa.org/obstetricdrugs.htm

• Ross H., et al. “Characterization of the Oxytocin System Regulating Affiliative Behavior in Female Prairie Voles,” Neuroscience 162(4) (2009): 892–903, doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.05.055

• Science & Sensibility: A Research Blog About Healthy Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond. www.scienceandsensibility.org

• “The Truth About Pitocin,” www.massagetoday.com/archives/2006/03/11.html

All According to Plan

C. Bryan Strother, D.C.

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Nighttime Breastfeeding

Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D., IBCLC

References:

• Blyton, D. M., et al., “Lactation is Associated with an Increase in Slow-wave Sleep in Women”. Journal of Sleep Research 11 (2002): 297-303.

• Doan, T., et al., “Breastfeeding Increases Sleep Duration of New Parents”. Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing 21 (2007): 200-206.

• Dorheim, S. K., et al., “Sleep and Depression in Postpartum Women: A Population-based Study,” Sleep 32 (2009): 847-855.

• Gay, C. L., Lee, et al., “Sleep Patterns and Fatigue in New Mothers and Fathers”. Biological Nursing Research 5 (2004): 311-318.

• Quillin, S. I. M. and L. Glenn, “Interaction between Feeding Method and Co-sleeping on Maternal-newborn Sleep,” Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing 33 (2004): 580-588.

Teen Parenting: An Alternative Perspective

Jeane Rhodes, Ph.D.

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Playground Pioneers

Jeremy Adam Smith

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Beyond the Fields We Know: The Risks of Genetically Modified Foods

Jeffrey M. Smith

(No References)

What a Body Knows

Kimerer LaMothe, Ph.D.

(No References)

Building a Backyard Food Factory

Greg Seaman

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Cultivating Social Consciousness

Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, Ph.D.

(No References)

Understanding and Applying The Intelligence of Play

Michael Mendizza

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