Most of us make New Years resolutions. Promises to make changes... lose weight, make more money, get organized, be happier. Many of us make the same resolutions every year. And for a couple of months, we are committed. And most of us fail to keep our resolutions....
As an Intuitive Integrative Nurse Practitioner, I do more than help my patients get their hormones in balance. I also do a lot of counseling.
The gift of menopause is that we become the embodiment of wisdom. Not just the loss of periods or the worry of pregnancy.
Now more than ever, we are experiencing the growing pains of change. Yet we hang onto the old like a worn-out lifeline. It is human nature to fear change, yet change is part of life. What makes us sick oftentimes are old habits, old paradigms, old storylines that no...
I encourage my patients to literally clean out their closets. When they have felt stuck, reliving old issues over and over again. Seemingly making no progress. I encourage them to see this stuckness as a sign. Therefore, it’s time to clean their dwelling place. Start...
Sometimes it seems like life just happens to you. Yet quantum physics has proven that You happen to Life. What do I mean? Well, everything you think, what you believe, even that which is in your subconscious, affects your world. You’ve seen this happen. When you’re in...
Mind-body medicine is becoming mainstream. We know our beliefs affect our health. That’s the placebo effect, right? But did you know that you have the power to heal yourself. Yes! It’s just a matter of knowing the right formula for healing. Healing is an innate power...
You may know what you need to do, but do you do it? Really? Let's talk about what may be getting in the way of taking care of you. When I first began my intuitive integrative family practice, I asked my mother to help me manage it. She was always surprised when my...
Have you ever smelled cookies baking and are transported back to grandma’s house? Our sense of smell is key to our memories. In the ancient centers of our brain, our lives are encoded by odors. Our sense of smell, more so than any other sense, is linked to the part of...
In the wee hours before the dawn of Memorial Day, I was awakened by a sick dog. I jumped out of bed to remedy the situation. Sitting down in a pose I’ve done a thousand times, I leaned slightly forward to assess the poor pooch and…a searing pain shot through my left...
My mother called me her precious daughter until the day she died. My father treats me as if I am a precious gift. My grandparents beheld me with preciousness in their gaze. And I have always felt life is precious. That my relationship with my husband is precious. That...
Nina was sent to me for a psycho-spiritual healing. She had advanced stage IV head and neck cancer and there was nothing medicine could do for her. A lovely blond woman in her late forties, Nina sat quietly before me, a cupcake-sized tumor protruding from her neck. I...
After nine years of working as an employee first at an urgent care then with an ob-gyn, I had a dream... to start my own holistic health care practice. So I left a private practice seeing 27 or more patients a day as an employee to slow down and spend quality time...
As much as we seek healing including soul growth, it seems like our family drama gets in the way. Or does it? Early in August, I woke up elated from an amazing dream: I was outside with my husband and Mom (always good to see my dead mother) We’re standing outside of a...
Life is stressful. So many pressures on you. From work. Family. Friends. Perhaps you're worried about things beyond your control. No matter what life serves you, it's how you react that creates the rhythm of your existence. After I returned from a business trip to...
Deborah Maragopoulos FNP
Intuitive Integrative Medicine
