Tag Archives: Fatigue

Are you Type A for Anxiety?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Dr Aoife

Good morn­ing my Type A friends. You know who you are. You are the per­son oth­ers rely upon to get the job done. You show up. You give good sup­port and advice. You’re a good friend. You are read­ing this blog right … Continue read­ing →

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Handling stress when things don’t go according to plan — Deepak Chopra– draoife.com

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Dr Aoife

Hello to all! I have been absent in my blog­ging as of late, but some­times what is ger­min­at­ing is more import­ant than a lot of idle chat­ter :) The health mod­er­a­tion series will be con­tinu­ing this week, but there are some inter­est­ing … Continue read­ing →

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Health moderation: Coffee consumption conundrum

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Dr Aoife

As prom­ised, health mod­er­a­tion series is off to a start, filled with sar­casm and just enough research and data to appease even the most crit­ical of indi­vidu­als and hope­fully less para­noia sprinkled in. Coffee is the topic of this con­ver­sa­tion, and … Continue read­ing →

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Preventing brain drain: Back-​to-​school fatigue

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Dr Aoife

For some, going back to school is a great thing. New and old friends, a new out­fit or two, learn­ing new things and grow­ing as a per­son. For oth­ers, school can be scary. Especially if you are start­ing a new school, are mak­ing new … Continue read­ing →

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NMW Day 4: The “magic” of herbal medicine

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Dr Aoife

As natur­o­pathic doc­tors we are very lucky to be trained in mul­tiple meth­ods of phys­ical (and emo­tional sup­port). One of these is herbal medi­cine, and herbal medi­cine is a dis­cip­line that can help with so many con­di­tions… it makes me very … Continue read­ing →

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Feeling down? Vitamin D levels and seasonal affective disorder

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Dr Aoife

Before dis­cuss­ing an indi­vidual vit­amin, I want to be very clear: Our body needs a mul­ti­tude of vit­am­ins at the right (optimal) levels on a con­tinu­ous basis. One vit­amin is rarely the answer for our best health, but many are vital to con­tin­ued health. As … Continue read­ing →

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How to improve your energy with Ashwagandha

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Dr Aoife

I’ll be talk­ing about some of the fab­ulous things you can do to replen­ish your adrenal gland stores to restore energy and vital­ity. Those of you who are feel­ing tired and wired at the same time should be pay­ing atten­tion … Continue read­ing →

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Why B12 is great, but is not doing what you think it should

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Dr Aoife

I will start off by say­ing that B12 is a fant­astic vit­amin. B12 is also known as hydroxy­co­bal­amin, cyano­co­bal­amin, and methyl­co­bal­amin. It is absorbed primar­ily through our gastrointest­inal tract when we eat the fol­low­ing foods: lean red meats poultry (chicken, tur­key) fish dairy products … Continue read­ing →

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Getting a good night’s sleep

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Dr Aoife

Lack of sleep, or insom­nia, is very com­mon but the reas­ons why people do not sleep are unique to their bod­ies and their lives. The mind-​body con­nec­tion is very much alive when sleep­ing is not occur­ring; either our minds have … Continue read­ing →

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I don’t have ANY time…

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Dr Aoife

This is a com­mon theme, both behind the closed door in my office and out­side of it. No one seems to “ have time ” to fol­low through with their per­sonal needs or goals, nor to get the “ me ” time they deserve. We’re … Continue read­ing →

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