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Light Therapy Quickly Improves Libido

Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so today’s medical study reveals a simple tip for boosting libido! Woot! New research (presented at the 29th European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Congress on September 19, 2016) shows that the same light therapy recommendation to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) can significantly improve sexual satisfaction in people with low desire after only 2 weeks of treatment! While this study was on men, because light therapy is incredibly effective for females too, I truly believe that this would work for women with low sex drive and should be first line therapy for anyone with …

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Feb 13 2017

10 Things I’m Doing Now To Prepare For Fall

Healthy Mindframe, Intuitive Medicine, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Ahhh… fall. How I love you!!! The cooler mornings. The walks outside. Leaves swirling through the air. My children laughing as they spend more time outside than ever before. Oh, but how you hold a dark secret inside of you. You don’t fool me for one instant… I know that the cooler mornings and campfire evenings are possible because of your tilt away from the sun… and how the days become shorter than the nights until they are so brief we wake up to darkness and eat dinner in darkness. And for me… shorter days and more darkness …

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Sep 16 2013

Winter Checklist — are you pooping, sleeping, eating, hibernating enough?

Grounding, Healthy Weight, Intuitive Medicine / By Laura Koniver, MD

Here are all the things I have pulled together over the years to keep me feeling my best during the darkest month of the year. And with Winter Solstice coming at the end of the week, this is the perfect time to make sure we are doing all we can to feel our best and slow down and care for our inner spark while the world sleeps on around us. It’s okay to take these winter months slower, to tend to our inner needs more, and to make sure we are getting lots and lots of sleep. It’s not …

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Dec 17 2012

10 Things I’m Doing Right Now To Prepare For Fall

Intuitive Medicine / By Laura Koniver, MD

Ahhh… fall. How I love you. The cooler mornings. The walks outside. Leaves swirling through the air. Loading up on firewood for the winter. My children laughing as they swing, run, play, spend more time outside than ever before. Oh, but how you hold a dark secret inside of you. You don’t fool me for one instant… I know that the cooler mornings and campfire evenings are possible because of your tilt away from the sun… and how the days are now shorter than the nights, until they are so brief we wake up to darkness and eat dinner in …

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