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“A healer does not heal you. A healer is someone who holds space for you while you awaken your inner healer, so that you can heal yourself.”
-Maryam Hasnaa
MISSION STATEMENT
DrDWellnessAddict.com was established to help YOU achieve wellness by learning to make behavioral changes that are accessible, feasible, and enjoyable – all you need to begin is internet access.
We provide information on research supported self-care practices from both Eastern and Western wellness traditions. You will learn to develop and rely on your own intuition and to incorporate self-care to support treatment of disease states in your journey towards wellness. After reviewing the information on this site, you will become empowered to improve your health as well as sustain wellness long term. You will come to learn the data- but get to know your body.
Despite the advancements of Western Medicine, we are the richest yet sickest nation. The Western medical model is excellent at treating acute conditions – think antibiotics to treat infection, or surgery to fix a broken bone! But it too often fails to address the ninety-five percent of disease that is impacted by unhealthy lifestyle choices, poor or misinformed eating habits, inactivity, and unmanaged stress.
After more than a decade of clinical practice and teaching, as well as facing my own need to improve my well-being, I decided to create a FREE site and share information so you, too, can learn how to take back your health!
Whether you are struggling with a chronic condition, a symptom mistakenly associated with aging, or trying to recover from a lifestyle that is no longer serving you, this site will empower you to take back your health.
RESOURCE TOPICS
“Sometimes the only thing that changes a situation is you.
And that is enough to change everything.”
The concept of tapping is used in both Eastern and Western medicine. I will explore this more in future posts, including a variety of ways to employ tapping, but for this post, I want to share a tap I try to do daily in order to strengthen my immune system – the thymus tap!
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When someone says to me – “I don’t believe in acupuncture” – it sparks one of my favorite conversations to have about health, wellness, and medicine! Like many practices in Eastern medicine, acupuncture is a treatment modality that has been practiced for over 5,000 years.
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“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place, you think you’ve been buried… but you’ve actually been planted.”
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It’s OK to not be OK. The key is how you respond. Do you choose to stay buried… or do you grow by turning your pain into your purpose? Your mess into your message? Do you let unwanted circumstances break you… or make you?
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Be kind to yourself. Evolving through struggle isn’t easy. But it IS a choice we all have, which is why if you’re struggling, reach out. Connect. Ask for help. Work your tools. Radically explore your healing options, taking what works and leaving what doesn’t. And if this all seems impossible, focus only on the current moment, your next decision. Remember… you don’t need to see the whole staircase to take that first step. 💚
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#addiction #recovery #addictionrecovery #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #dharma #divineguidance #spirituality #spiritualawakening #trusttheprocess #change #changeyourmindset #lawofattraction #manifestation #trauma #traumarecovery #healing #healingjourney #yourenotalone #thistooshallpass
Photo creds: @planetfalcon @ecstaticlove_content
Made a dance music video!! Why? Because creativity is intelligence having fun 🥰💃🏼💚
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*last few seconds cut off due to reel time limit, but trust - he nailed the editing at the end ☺️
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Choreography & video editing: @velanse
Filming: @santalucia28
Outfit: @dans_air
Music: @sashaeslamidj
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#dance #dancer #dancelife #dancevideo #danceheals #dancereels #dancersofinstagram #dancers #latindance #bachata #bachatadancing #bachatasensual #republicadominicana #bachatera #dancelover #danceislife #dancelove #dancephotography #recovery #recoveryrocks #danceismydrug #sober #soberlife #soberliving #sobermovement #mentalhealth #dowhatyoulove #dowhatmakesyouhappy #namastesober
When you nail the musicality to a song you’ve never heard before 💃🏼💥🤩
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Thank you @djcatbachata for this sick remix that I can’t stop dancing to 😎
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#dance #danceheals #dancer #dancelife #dancevideo #dancelover #bachata #bachatadance
#bachatasensual #bachatadancing #danceislife #latindance #dominicanrepublic #cabarete #republicadominicana
I honor my fear… but my love is fiercer. 💚
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#divine #divinefeminine #divineguidance #innerpeace #innerguidance #shakti #goddess #truelove #selflove #highvibrations #higherconsciousness #higherself #soulpurpose #sacredfeminine #goddessvibes #spiritualawakening #consciousness #manifestation #manifest #deliberatecreator #lawofattraction #addiction #recovery #mentalhealth #dominicanrepublic
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Photo creds: @planetfalcon @ecstaticlove_content
Beauty is in the way you hold yourself. It’s how you treat people. The way you love. It’s self-acceptance. Beauty is in your SOUL!
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#beauty #selflove #innerpeace
Need a reason to smile? Borrow three of mine. 🥰
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Healing is anything but linear, making it important to stop and find those therapeutic moments (puppy love counts :).
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As long as you’re human, life will continue to change - the only thing that’s constant - providing you new opportunities & challenges. That’s why regardless of your path it’s important to be kind to yourself. You can’t get it wrong because you never get it done.
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#puppy #puppies #puppylove #puppytherapy #addiction #recovery #mentalhealth #dominicanrepublic #seaside #serenity #lawofattraction #manifest #manifestation #deliberatecreator #deliberatecreation
No makeup. No fancy heels or flashy outfit. Just sun, sand, sea, & a passion for healing through dance. 💃🏼
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#dance #danceheals #dancephotography #dancers #dancerlife #dancing #dancelife #dancevideo #dancelove #bachata #bachatasensual #bachatadancing #latindance #danceislife #danceheals #dominicanrepublic #cabarete #encuentro #addiction #recovery #mentalhealth #healing
💚💚💚💚 for @manuelturizo - a brilliant artist who makes music that speaks to my soul 💚💚💚💚
There’s no such thing as a geographical cure. Your problems go with you. But there is such thing as creating an environment to support healing.
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And for me… there’s no place like home. 🏄🏼♀️🏝️💃🏼💚 #cabarete #encuentro #surf #bachata #aerial #dominicanrepublic #addiction #recovery #mentalhealth #travel #traveler #traveltoheal #divine #divinefeminine #shakti #homesweethome
Forget happiness. I want to know peace. I want the pendulum of life to swing less towards the extremes, and more towards the balance that is the path of least resistance.
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I want to be so focused on growing my own healthy grass, that I have no time to be concerned if yours is greener.
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I want to feel free, regardless of what happens out of my control… because I know I can control how I respond.
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I want to honor my inner child 24/7 - I don’t care if society says I’m silly.
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I want to radically love myself - no matter what.
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I want to give myself permission to be fallible, to be perfectly imperfect. I even want to learn to love making mistakes - because that’s where the growth opportunities lie.
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But you know what I want the most? Above all… I want ALL of that… for you.
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Photo creds: @nezsrq
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#shakti #feminine #divine #divinefeminine #divineguidance #kundalini #recovery #addiction #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #higherconsciousness #higherself #selflove #sacredlove #sacredfeminine #goddess #ascension #spiritualawakening #spiritualgrowth #spiritualjourney #meditation #energy #goddessenergy #witch #witchesofinstagram #iceland #aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights
“Remembering the love you’ve been craving comes when you sit with your solitude.”
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I was inspired by these beautiful words from one of the people I follow for spiritual uplift (and Ayurveda expertise), @iamsahararose (highly highly recommend her)!
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But I must add, one is never truly alone. When you work on the relationship with yourself through whatever spiritual path works for you, you learn you’re always supported by Spirit. You ARE Spirit, always have been and always will be. This is why religion/spirituality heals when nothing else works. And why, alone in this beautiful rainforest or anywhere else in the world, I know I am a part of one, universal power. One love. One Spirit. And it’s always with me… because we are one in the same. 💚
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#mindfulness #spirit #spritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #nature #naturetherapy #recovery #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #addiction #addictionrecovery #puertorico #yunque #yunquerainforest #travel #traveltheworld #healthroughnature #transformation #divine #divinefeminine #sacredfeminine #expression #purpose #higherself #innerwork #awakening #radicalexpression #dance #witch #goddess