by Jessica Kisiel | Mar 28, 2013 | Personal Wellness
The Stress-Response and Relaxation Response are opposite pathways of our autonomic nervous system. When one is engaged the other is inhibited. The Stress-Response activates the sympathetic nervous system while the Relaxation Response empowers the parasympathetic...
by Jessica Kisiel | Mar 6, 2013 | Personal Wellness
Although this book review is of the women’s version of the book it is applicable to men as well. Men will enjoy the first book, Younger Next Year. Co-written by internist Dr. Henry (Harry) S. Lodge, M.D. and his patient, 73 year old Chris Crowley, Younger Next...
by Jessica Kisiel | Feb 11, 2013 | Personal Wellness
“What looks like laziness may actually be exhaustion.” This was one of the lessons from the book Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard. I listened to this book last year and recently attended a Wellcoaches class on the book which prompted...
by Jessica Kisiel | Jan 7, 2013 | Personal Wellness
The month of January is a time of natural transition where we say goodbye to the previous year and excitedly enter into the new year. It is the one time on our calendar that as a society we vow to make positive changes and take action. If the timing is right and...
by Jessica Kisiel | Dec 14, 2012 | Personal Wellness
During the holidays when the pace of our lives accelerates with more commitments and longer to do lists the first sacrifice we often make is ourselves. Many of my clients have difficulty exercising regularly, eating healthy, and managing stress at this time of year....
by Jessica Kisiel | Dec 3, 2012 | Personal Wellness
In case you missed my article in the Los Alamos Daily Post it is reprinted below. Every April in New Mexico I observe hundreds of people walking many miles on Good Friday before Easter to El Santuario de Chimayo Shrine. As I scan the crowd it is clear...
