Food is one important way we can balance ourselves holistically. Eating seasonally and via our specific energy composition is a means to that end. In Ayurvedic Seasonal Eating, balancing our doshas and the joys of summer foods can be healing not only for us as individuals, but for the planet as a whole. Eating locally-sourced foods whenever possible is critically healthful at this time.
 
Personalized nutrition, including all-important gut health, is aptly covered in Nourish Skin from Within, with Nutrition Scientist Deanna Minich proffering up the idea of “full-spectrum” sustenance. With regards to the $180 billion dollar topical skincare industry, Dr. Mark Tager, author of Feed Your Skin Right and integrative healthcare synergist, shares, “For the most part, these approaches pale in comparison with the power of an inside approach to skin health and beauty.”
 
Keeping your cool all summer-long can be made more fun with a little foresight, ensuring where your pet swims is safe and free of pollutants and chemicals. Pre- and post-swim care tips for just such successful outcomes are featured in Taking Dogs for a Swim.
 
Maya Whitman opens with “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.” A quote from the Dalai Lama, there’s much more to it. In The Kindness Cure, we are reminded that being kind to one another IS mental health.
 
With an open Heart and mind, please read on.