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Achieving optimal health is not merely a destination but an ongoing journey—one that requires dedication, knowledge, and a commitment to self-care. Whether you're embarking on your wellness journey for the first time or seeking to deepen your understanding of holistic health practices, you've come to the right place. Each week I post new, easily implemented insights for better health and wellness. If you would like these insights sent to your inbox, sign up for my weekly newsletter below.

From hormones to specific nutrients, search the Library for specific topics.

Angie Dawn Palmer 11/28/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 11/28/25

Daylight, Depression and Your Diet

f you hate this time of year for how you feel, you’re not alone. Many people struggle between the end of October, when the days are shorter, …

Angie Dawn Palmer 11/21/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 11/21/25

Osteoporosis and Bone Density

A little known fact about your bones, is that you can rebuild them like a house—within reason, and if you don’t wait too long.

Angie Dawn Palmer 11/14/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 11/14/25

Gratitude and Health

Have you noticed certain friends or family choose the month of November to share daily gratitude lists on their social media?

Angie Dawn Palmer 11/7/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 11/7/25

Setting Back the Clock

Here we go again! Leaving out the politics of whether or not falling back and springing forward is “good for society,” this one little hour wreaks havoc on your health. You aren’t imagining feeling lousy!

Angie Dawn Palmer 10/31/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 10/31/25

Seasonal Allergies

It’s that time of year again! Light is ending earlier, and the temperature drops. During the day around this time of year, I often have to have a change of clothes with me…

Angie Dawn Palmer 10/24/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 10/24/25

Finding Your Health Team

I wanted to talk a little bit about having a multifaceted health team. It frustrates me how our “health care” system is set up in silos. What we really need is a team of experts that share the load of a healing journey.

Angie Dawn Palmer 10/17/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 10/17/25

Fixing Cravings

When we want chocolate badly, is that a real need or a craving for some inner need for happy chemicals in the brain, a hug, vitamins, protein or water? Why do we have these cravings?

Angie Dawn Palmer 10/10/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 10/10/25

Cutting Down Cravings

Cravings, sigh. We all have them from time to time. I am finding as my life gets busier and I’m sleep less to fit it all in, I’m craving more things to make up for the lack of sleep.

Angie Dawn Palmer 10/3/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 10/3/25

Using Semiglutide

When it comes to problems with weight and processed food and the peptides helping people lose weight, it’s complicated.

Angie Dawn Palmer 9/26/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 9/26/25

Weight Gain You’re Missing

Sleep is the MOST IMPORTANT habit to change on ANY health journey. When it comes to weight management, most people think about diet and exercise first.

Angie Dawn Palmer 9/19/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 9/19/25

Fixing Your Taste Buds

I remember when I thought I was being healthy for choosing sugar-free vanilla syrup in my coffee and having a lunch with Coke Zero. I was totally addicted to the sweetness.

Angie Dawn Palmer 9/12/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 9/12/25

It’s Not Your Fault

Beginning in the 70s when the cigarette companies finally had to be transparent and could no longer market Americans in the predatory way they had, they moved their business into Big Food.

Angie Dawn Palmer 9/5/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 9/5/25

Nature’s Antibiotic

Every time I went to the doctor in my 20s, I was sick with a virus or cold and wanted them to give me an antibiotic.

Angie Dawn Palmer 8/29/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 8/29/25

Pain and the Limbic System

I want to share with you THE BEST hack for Improving the level of pain I suffer.

Angie Dawn Palmer 8/22/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 8/22/25

Talking Weight Loss

This little hack really works for me both for weight loss and gain. Your thoughts play a surprisingly big role in weight loss…

Angie Dawn Palmer 8/15/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 8/15/25

Swaps for the Kitchen

I have been working with people with the goal of losing weight for some time.

Angie Dawn Palmer 8/8/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 8/8/25

Fat Cells and Detox

Fat cells get a bad rap. The truth is our fat cells do more to protect our organs than anyone talks about in our diet culture.

Angie Dawn Palmer 8/1/25 Angie Dawn Palmer 8/1/25

Feeding Your Hormones Well

In the US, we are heavily marketed to daily, forgetting how much personal power we have over our own health and wellness. THAT IS BY DESIGN.