Zenlama Holistic Wellness and Healthy Living for Body, Mind and Spirit

Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers ~ Garth Brooks We’ve all been there at some point in our life. Everything seems to be moving along smoothly when something suddenly happens; a challenge, a barrier, a crisis. These events can range anywhere from being mildly inconvenient to downright terrible and sometimes devastating. When situations like this arise, we all ... Read More »

Yesterday I thought something was a problem. Today I see it as a divine opportunity to stretch myself and progress While I was writing the post “What To Do When Times Get Tough” I looked for some additional resources to help illustrate the idea of how to find and create opportunity out of adversity. I came across these videos about ... Read More »

Did you know that more than 100,000 chemical reactions go on in your brain every second! In addition to that, on an average day, trillions of messages are sent and received by your brain every day. They are carried through the brain’s messaging highways (known as Biogenic Amine/Endorphin System). Happy, mood elevating messages are carried throughout the brain by happy ... Read More »

My question is, what is placebo? We hear the word and think it means ‘fake.’ Well, the placebo effect works. ~ Dean Neary So what is the placebo effect? In a nutshell, it is the measurable and observable improvement in a person’s health that is not attributable to a prescription medication or medical treatment. In this fascinating documentary video “Placebo: Cracking ... Read More »

The link between sleep, gaining weight and weight loss explained Recent studies have suggested an association between how much sleep you get and how heavy you are. It seems that sleeping less than five — or more than nine hours — a night is likely to increase the size of your waist line. This is a fascinating video by Michael Lucia, M.D. ... Read More »

Your life is a reflection of how you sleep, and how you sleep is a reflection of your life. ~ Dr. Rafael Pelayo Doctors and sleep experts now agree that getting a good night’s sleep is vital to maintain your physical health and mental wellbeing. The problem is that for many of us, getting to sleep and sleeping through the night ... Read More »

Food is one of the great joys in life, but not if it’s harmful to our children, our health , longevity and the planet. On average every America consumes nearly 200 pounds of meat each year, the average Brit 80kg ( 176 pounds). Most of this meat comes from Factory Farming, an industrial meat producing system plagued with a variety ... Read More »

The same stomach microbe that experts believe is responsible for ulcers, gastric cancer, and other health issues could also help control a person’s body weight and glucose tolerance, researchers from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute of Virginia Tech report in a recently-published study. Helicobacter pylori, a microaerophilic bacterium found in the stomach, has been linked to the development of duodenal ulcers and stomach ... Read More »

From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb If you have been diagnosed with a stomach ulcer or suffer with Irritable Bowel Syndrome or experience bouts of abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea and/or constipation and other uncomfortable and embarrassing symptoms your discomfort may be caused by a stomach bacterium called Helicobacter pyloriyou. In this this video ... Read More »

Hurry Sickness is the birthplace of stress. The greatest misery in life is being in a rush. It’s a miserable way to live because when you are driven to catch up with your ever-growing “to do” list you get locked into the mindset of Hurry Sickness. Symptoms include: always having more to do believing that the sky will fall in if you don’t ... Read More »