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A Mother’s Love Capable of Helping to Protect Your Health As An Adult

Female Health, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

In honor of Mother’s Day this weekend, I want to share with you one of my all time favorite medical studies. It shows how a little TLC from your mom may actually help protect your health, well into adulthood. Published in 2005 in Dialoges in Clinical Neuroscience, researchers found that the how much affection a mommy rat showed to her babies in their first week of life protected them from future stress later on in life — decreasing their stress response and even lowering stress hormone production. Researchers compared two different types of mom rats, separating them …

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May 15 2023

Here’s Why I Left Conventional Medicine (I Spill It All In This Interview)

Grounding, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Today I’m sharing an interview with you that I recently had with Kids Who Explore. started by an amazing mama Adrianna Skori who resides in Alberta, Canada. She created Kids Who Explore as a fabulous resource for parents all over the world who want to incorporate nature into their child’s life. I highly recommend exploring her website! There are lots of upcoming events, both locally and virtually, along with a blog and podcast that are both filled with inspirational ideas and tips to get your kids connecting with nature. The company has the mission of “allowing nature …

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Nov 8 2021

A Sincere Thank You To Mothers & Caretakers Everywhere

Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

It was Mother’s Day weekend and mine, like all mom’s everywhere, was totally hectic and full of activity and slightly organized chaos. And I loved it. My firstborn child, my daughter, love of my life, is headed off to college at the end of this summer… so you better believe I am just soaking in every second. Today, in honor of mothers, parents, grandparents, stepparents, guardians and caretakers everywhere, I want to share with you 9 things you can do to boost the health of your children… protecting their wellness for a lifetime. 9 Ways …

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May 13 2019

Poor Sleep Equals Weight Gain, Even For Children

Healthy Weight, Medical Reports, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Continuing my focus of supporting the health of our children during this back-to-schoool month… …today’s article is a reminder about just how crucial it is for children to get good sleep. Just published in The Journal Of Pediatrics, a new study finds that an earlier bedtime for young children reduces their risk of obesity as a teenager. As we’ve already touched on, sleep helps with focus and concentration in children, as evidenced by this study on the relationship between ADHD and sleep. And we also know that sleep is absolutely required for the long term function of our brain, …

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Aug 22 2016

Good Moods Are Contagious In Teens (And Prevents Depression)

Healthy Mindframe, Medical Reports, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

As I blogged about last week… mood is not just something that colors our day. Our moods actually make a huge difference in our projected lifespan… this is now a medical fact! On the heels of that study, yet another study was published just last month (August 19, 2015 in the Proc Biol Science) revealing that a positive mood among teens is not only “contagious” and spreads among peers… … but is also associated with enhanced recovery from depression and decreased future risk of depression. And even better, the reverse is not true: depressed mood does not appear to …

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Oct 5 2015

Sneak a peek into the world’s first Earthing children’s book!

Grounding, Healing Artwork, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Whew! This is a corner of my crazy office right now… between patient care and painting my children’s book illustrations I’m feeling quite busy, but joyfully so. I’m painting the final pages of my third children’s picture book… this one’s all about how to support your child’s natural healing powers through earthing. As I talked about on Monday, earthing can do some awesome things! You are sure to be hearing a LOT more about earthing in the upcoming year — more studies coming out on it’s ability to heal a variety of illnesses and chronic conditions, as well as …

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Sep 26 2012

A Mother’s Love Capable of Helping to Protect Your Health As An Adult

Here’s Why I Left Conventional Medicine (I Spill It All In This Interview)

A Sincere Thank You To Mothers & Caretakers Everywhere

Poor Sleep Equals Weight Gain, Even For Children

Good Moods Are Contagious In Teens (And Prevents Depression)

Sneak a peek into the world’s first Earthing children’s book!

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