Posted in Blog, In The Press on Jan 21st, 2010
This article was originally published as Fran’s Holistic Outlook column in The Times Herald Record on January 21, 2010.
If you’re spending long days hunched over a desk or computer, you’re not alone. Here are seven ways to integrate healthier habits into a tough work day.
1. Mom was right.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, just as our mothers told us. Eat a healthy one before you...
Posted in Blog, In The Press on Dec 22nd, 2009
printed in The Times Herald Record October 7. 2009
Why do so many women struggle with weight loss? Our crazy culture puts so much value on being thin, and yet we keep getting fatter, with almost two thirds of women now overweight. As obesity increases, so do a multitude of other health problems, from sleep and digestive issues to heart disease and cancer.
Too often women set a short term goal of losing weight,...
Posted in Blog on Dec 21st, 2009
Are you concerned about Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia? Few of us aren’t, especially as we witness the degeneration of older friends and family members. But did you know that much of that outcome can be significantly influenced by your lifestyle choices now? Here are six steps you can take to keep your brain, and your mind, healthy over the coming years.
Undetected gluten sensitivity has...
Posted in Fran Recommends on Nov 16th, 2009
Short Burst Exercise
Are you too busy or too tired to exercise regularly? Have you exercised and found it didn’t make a difference? Do you feel like you need to do increasingly more exercise to stay in shape?
You are not alone, and it is not your fault.
Here’s an important news flash: more and longer cardio does not work! It can even make you fatter.
High intensity exercise of short duration is better...
Posted in Featured, Programs on Oct 30th, 2009
Don’t let ANYONE tell you these are the “normal” signs of aging! Now is the time to reclaim your life!
Thinning hair?
Tired all the time, and tired of being tired?
Lost your libido?
Weight creeping up more than you’d like,
especially on your belly?
Feel a little foggy?
Too tired to exercise?
Pains in your joints?
In a culture that worships at the altar of youth, what can a woman expect...
Posted in Blog, In The Press on Sep 2nd, 2009
From Fran’s column, Holistic Outlook, in The Times Herald Record.
Is it true that, for women, aging means gaining weight, lost libido, thinning hair and increasing aches, pains and physical woes? Absolutely not! This can be a wonderful time of life, if women learn to take care of themselves as well as they’ve taken care of everyone else in the decades before.
These are the years when lifestyle choices...
Fran Sussman has been in holistic care since 1988 and in private practice since 1993. Apart from one-on-one consulting, Fran is sought after as a speaker, workshop leader and meditation teacher. She writes a column on Holistic Health for The Times Herald Record, and has been featured frequently in Natural Awakenings magazine. Read more »
