by April Thompson Kristi Nelson has dedicated her career to leading, funding and strengthening organizations committed to progressive social and spiritual change. Today, at the helm of the Network for Grateful Living, she is helping awaken thousands of people around the world to the life-changing practice of gratefulness. Co-founded by …
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by Martin Miron Joan Bender is a certified health coach, author of the cookbook Gluten Free Alchemy: The Heart & Soul of Creating Gluten Free Goodies and the children’s book The Great Veggie Monster Mystery and owner of Food & Mood Coaching, LLC, in Delmar. She has created New Year, …
Read More »Kelly Noonan-Gores on How We Shape Our Health
by April Thompson After Los Angeles native Kelly Noonan-Gores spent 20 years in front of the camera as an actress, she turned her talents to producing award-winning films like Tooken, Beneath and Take a Seat. She considers her latest, the documentary HEAL, to be her ultimate achievement. “I included as …
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by Erin Lehn Floresca Certified Naturopathic and Biological Dentist Dr. Robert Herzog, Jr., FAGD, is a conventional dentist who uses a biological approach in his practice. With a dental career spanning more than two decades, Herzog has enjoyed continuing his education in holistic and alternative care so he can better …
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by Erin Lehn Floresca Bob Weissberg, M.D., Usui reiki master, and owner of The Reiki Path, LLC, was first aware of reiki in the mid 1980s, when one of his office nurses, recently trained in the practice, asked if she could use reiki on a few patients. Over the next …
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by Erin Lehn Floresca Sarah Stout, a naturopathic doctor, clinical certified nutritionist and owner of Reinventing Wellness, in Ballston Lake, had stomach problems when she was growing up. But it wasn’t until her late 20s that she really got sick. During a bout of undiagnosed Candida, she visited Mexico and …
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by Terry Chriswell For more than four decades, Donna Eden has been teaching people to direct their energies for health and happiness, developing a system that has come to be known as “Eden Energy Medicine” (EEM). EEM is a simple practice that works with energy as a vital, living, moving …
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For 30 years, international bestselling author, teacher and speaker Ilona Selke has inspired thousands of people worldwide to create a more fulfilling life by discovering the power of their consciousness. She’s the author of six books, including Dream Big: The Universe is Listening and The Big Secret, co-authored with Jack Canfield. …
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by Erin Lehn Floresca Denise Healy-Mason, LMT, a shamanic energy worker, certified crystal healer and founder of Balance Massage Studio, in Delmar, always had a compelling desire to heal others. In 1999, she began her career in massage at the Center for Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy, in Albany, …
Read More »Nature Photographer Robert Llewellyn on Moving From Looking to Seeing
by April Thomspon For the past 40 years, Robert Llewellyn has photographed thousands of unique beauties—many of them trees, flowers, seeds and other landscape elements. “For a photographer, anything can be a good subject, even dirt,” he says. “My mission is to move people from merely looking at things to …
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