Is More Sexual Intimacy the Secret Ingredient for Staying Young?
Razi Berry Regular sexual intimacy increases telomere length There’s nothing like the feeling of sharing moments of intimacy with someone you feel close, vulnerable and safe with. Someone you can really connect with. While sex as a purely physical act has its health benefits, when coupled with emotional intimacy and trust, there are further benefits […]
The Fatherhood Rx: How Dad’s Presence or Absence Affects Our Mind and Body
Razi Berry This is my third fatherless Father’s Day Though gone, my father still impacts who I am every day. The example he set, the way he moved through the world wanting everyone he met to feel welcome and important, his sense of humor, the way he was always focusing on the possibilities………. and of […]
The Power of Yes
Razi Berry Self-talk to Bring More of What You Want Into Your Life Yes. YESSSSSSSS! There is a lot of support out there for saying No. Saying no prevents you from over giving, overextending yourself. Saying no allows you to put yourself first. I’ve begun to look at it another way. I’ve started saying YES. […]
What Memories Can You Trust? All of them and None of them
Razi Berry What memories can you trust? “Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.” – Oscar Wilde I have a hard time letting go of things. But I prefer to frame it this way: I like to hold on. Not in an unhealthy way, I’ve worked through that, but I love […]
Touch Your Fears
Razi Berry My practice of embodiment Part of my practice of embodiment is to bring more touch into my daily experience. I used to live so much in my head, which is where anxiety and worry live. Fear is different from anxiety in that fear protects you when processed in healthy ways. Anxiety is fear […]
Love Is The Drug
Razi Berry I’d been in relationships continuously since I fell hard for my first love at age 14. Four beautiful years of tenderness, and angst. Coming of age. Then, a series of long-term missing the mark, hanging on too long, and giving up too soon relationships. When I faced divorce, I first thought… When I […]
The Secret Life Of Negative Emotions
Razi Berry Is your heart heavy? Like this heart of stone. Do you feel weighed down by holding such betrayal or unrequited love? Or is it frozen solid in fear? That one tug of your heartstrings will unravel everything you keep sacred. That if you get too close to love’s light you might melt through […]
Relationship Conflict Causes Disease?
Razi Berry It felt like someone had taken hold of my heart and was trying to wring it like a wet rag I hadn’t felt this discomfort since years earlier as a young teenager when I suffered heart problems from an eating disorder and nearly died. I’d somehow trudge through the workday by applying pressure […]
How we are Loved Early on Impacts us for a Lifetime
Razi Berry Time Well Spent is Time Spent in the Present, Offering True Connection Some of my earliest and most profound memories of my father are of him simply looking at me. He worked a lot when I was young, and his one day off was in the middle of the week, so when I […]
Love/Domestic Violence is in the Air
Dr. Kelsey Asplin, ND What is it? During the month of February, it’s nearly impossible to ignore the onslaught of reminders about St. Valentine and Cupid’s pesky little arrows. Whether you view it as an obligatory Hallmark holiday or find yourself blissfully knee-deep in red and pink chocolate boxes and sappy Rom-Coms, February is still widely […]