Living Well – The Integrative Lifestyle Medicine Blog is where Dr. Garner curates research, resources, and shares her experience as a longtime physical therapist, athletic trainer, Lifestyle Medicine practitioner, and professional yoga therapist. As a mother of 3 who is self-employed & self-made, Dr. Garner shares what she has learned about how to stay fit on a budget, how to eat well, sleep better, and manage stress. Ginger practices what she preaches, and her blog is a true reflection of that. Having gone through several surgergies, injuries, and hardships, Ginger’s story is a raw and real portrait that many of us share – one of overcoming big obstacles to build resilience, strength, and find eudemonia. Eudemonia translated means, a place beyond happiness. The Living Well blog, and Ginger’s clinical practice, EudeMOMia, an Integrative PT & Lifestyle Medicine practice for women, are a testament to Ginger’s ability to persist through difficult circumstances, overcome burnout & the threat of poverty, to speak to her passion – Living Well.
Every mother wants the healthiest start for her unborn baby. Though not often considered, “interviewing” your health care provider is perhaps the best first step you can take toward having the birth that you desire for you and your unborn child. One way mothers can “reclaim birth”, as Dr. Christiane Northrup discusses, is to interview…
As a collective planet, our greatest concern should be our children. Confusion from the Traffic Jam on the Super-Highway of Information From parents to extended family to school administrators and teachers, everyone needs to be a living example for the next generation’s healthy habits. As type II diabetes, obesity, and other diseases that used to…
I hope your Thanksgiving was full of gratitude, no matter how it was spent. Ours began like any other. My husband and I were in the kitchen, cooking up something great. This year’s sweet goody – Barefoot Contessa’s recipe for Pumpkin Roulade. (note on the roulade: we put less cream and make a thinner, but…
Recently, a well known childbirth magazine published a question about birth in America and invited feedback from health care professionals and readers. The question: Why do women in America fear birth? I immediately responded to this question because I believe we are in danger of losing the birth experience in America today.Medical intervention during birth…
Below is a poem, newly penned by a young Afghan woman* and dear friend of mine. Her life and the life of her family is in constant danger because of her gender, nationality, and her family’s support of her education. Yet this brave young woman fights fearlessly for the liberation of all fellow Afghan women….
The days pass slowly, the years fly quickly by. If I had a nickel for every time someone has said this to me, I might be out of debt by now. I actually do not dread hearing those words, and I appreciate hearing them each time a well meaning older parent says them. For those…
Eleanor Roosevelt said, “everyday do one thing that you fear.” Well said sister. So, I am taking to the roof to conquer my fears. In an act of solidarity with other women who follow Eleanor’s advice, on most days at least, I decided that my fear of heights (despite my high school days as a…
The wisdom gleaned from motherhood, and parenthood, truly permeates the soul and holds eternal value. Now as Friday’s go, people are usually relieved to reach a week’s end. Last Friday was no different, as the week had been particularly stressful as week’s go. So last Friday my 3.5 year old son was sharing a moment…
Citing My Weaknesses 2008 – Conjoining motherhood with being a business owner is hard. I would maybe insert an expletive adjective prior to “hard” – truth be known. However, this site is rated “G.” Yesterday morning I could have preempted disaster if I could have cited (aka admitted and controlled) my usual weaknesses. The Backstory…
Last week I was able to go and speak with The Initiative to Educate Afghan Women (IEAW) 2009-10 class of incoming freshmen. If you have not been reading my blog, or have not heard of IEAW, then you are in for Great News.Since Breathing In This Life is for me, a kind of good news…
Just this past week Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her 7 country trip to Africa, has made statements which suggest she will make women’s rights one of her signature platforms. I am joyous about this move, as women all over the globe, and right here in America, suffer horrendously and unjustly. Click here…
A friend of mine recently confided to me what she truly wanted to pursue in her life – which was not her current job she had since she graduated from college. She was not sure if she could yet be “good” at her true passion, but she was sure she loved it and wanted to…