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Articles Featuring All Things Allergy, Autoimmunity, & Anti-inflammatory Living


Written by Dr. Kara Wada

Nose-brain connection: The surprising link between allergies and mental health revealed allergy & immunology May 30, 2023

Artificially separating the body from the mind has been one of the biggest missteps of modern medicine. Over the last few years, we have increasingly read studies confirming the mind-body connection, the gut-brain axis, and now we are learning more about the nose-brain connection.

Given the direct ...

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Do you comment or just read the comments? non-toxic without the nonsense May 17, 2023

Generally, I try to avoid contributing to the comments on social media…


But today I did...

 

The gist of the post: scare tactics are commonly used to get new parents to buy products when in reality prioritizing activity and time in nature should take priority over avoiding a long list of chemical...

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Celebrating YOU and here to help you re-fill your cup. advocacy & empowerment May 15, 2023

To any and all that fulfill a mothering role in someone’s life…

 

Using our intuition, creativity, empathy, and emotional intelligence to serve as 

Caregivers. Nurturers. Educators. Protectors. 

Today we celebrate you. 

 

It is so hard when we are the nurturers, to remember to take time for ou...

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Want to learn the key strategies that provided clarity and confidence for me? nutrition & recipes Apr 28, 2023

FREE VIRTUAL TRAINING: APRIL 30, 2023, SUNDAY AT 8PM EST.

 

Nourishing our bodies is primal. 

Eating is tied so much to our culture. 

Our identity. 

 

We learn so many lesson watching our moms or grandmas in the kitchen. 

Observing techniques. 

Listening. Absorbing. 

Little sponges. 

Perce...

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Aiming to live a #nofilter life advocacy & empowerment Apr 26, 2023

And it isn’t always easy... 

 

One of my key values is transparency. 

You will notice I very rarely use filters on social media. 

I tend to share my good days and the s*** days too. 

I tend to rant about the lack of transparency in our medical system and the supplement and alternative health sp...

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What the hell did you do to your hair? Apr 25, 2023

16 years later it still hits hard. 

 My bright confident smile immediately faded. 

My heart sank into an aching pit in my stomach.

 

We had just wrapped up finals. 

First year of med school complete.

Halle-freaking-lujah.

 

After failing my first anatomy practical exam, I had gone from optim...

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From Straight As to Authenticity & Audacity and back again advocacy & empowerment Apr 25, 2023

Unlearning, Rediscovering & Reconciling.

 

2nd grade.I just got off the big yellow school bus.

Walking down our long street with Rachel* & Brittany*

They were 1 and 2 years older-respectively.

It was report card day.

 

I was BEAMING, thrilled to share out how I got straight As...again. My str...

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Earth Day 2023 events & announcements Apr 23, 2023

It’s Earth Day!! 

How are you celebrating Mother Earth

We don’t have anything specific planned for today but over the past few years, we have been making changes- in many ways inspired by our children.


Slowly but surely, we have been making strides at decreasing our footprint and impact on the plan
...

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