Ampersand Wellness

08/28/2021

Support local farmers!

Our lychee is back in stock at ChoiceMart! Enjoy the last of this season - Fresh & Farm Direct 🌺

12/17/2018

Good videos on how forming new, healthier habits can help you exercise more, lose weight (and keep it off!) over the long term.

If you’re struggling to meet your health goals or would like to begin 2019 with a new routine to help you feel better & lighter, contact to discover how working with a coach can help!

ABC News Release
https://vimeo.com/289072965

Longer version:
https://vimeo.com/285972124

Dr. Gina Cleo presenting to the ABC about her research into Habit Based Interventions and the development of the Sum Sanos program. Featuring Sum Sanos coaches,…

11/07/2018

Intro to Yoga Worskhop on Wed 11/14 10:30am-12:30pm. Details in attached flyer. Hope you can join! 💗🌺

05/31/2018

Great article on how working with a health coach can help you accelerate your results and help you maintain your health goals...

By KristenGerencher Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — They don’t carry whistles or bench you after a bad night, but health coaches increasingly are helping patients up their game in terms of wellness. Health coaches are typically nurses, dieticians, diabetes educators, social workers or pha...

03/01/2018

Great interview on LAVA 105.3 this morning with Dr. Ameika & April, the program director of Island Heart Care.

Audio file is too large to post to FB, but I can email. PM me if you or someone you love has heart disease, high cholesterol, etc and would like to learn more about how we can help. We take most insurance, including VA & HMSA.

So grateful to be a part of the Ornish team and “helping heal the hearts of Hawai’i”! 💗🙏🏽

02/27/2018

Time Management as a form of Stress Management

Came across this article by a former professor of mine. If your email inbox is controlling your life, read on and click on the link for a simple matrix you can start using RIGHT NOW to help you better manage your time, and your stress. You got this! 🤛🏽💗

We all think we have too much to do, and not enough time to do it. But you’ll never feel on top of things if you don’t have clear priorities in the first place.

Start assessing your priorities by taking inventory of the work you do: Which tasks are more (or less) urgent? Which are the most (or least) important?

This inventory will prepare you to make concrete to-do lists for the tasks that truly need your attention. It will also help you answer the question, “How is my time best spent right now?”

Focus on the tasks that are both urgent and important, and get rid of tasks that are neither by delegating them — or not doing them at all.

And don’t neglect the tasks that are important but less urgent. Be sure these activities move up on your to-do list, or they may never get done.

Adapted from “Stop Letting Email Control Your Work Day,” by Paul A. Argenti

It’s all about having priorities.

02/21/2018

Management Tip of the Day (HBR)

Don’t Let Stress Turn You into a Jerk

When you’re under intense stress, it’s normal to have a short fuse. But don’t take your stress out on whoever happens to be nearby — whether it’s your assistant, family members, or direct reports. Making them bear the brunt of your frustrations will strain your relationships and hinder your resilience. Even if what’s stressing you out is out of your control — intense workload, changing regulatory requirements, a market slowdown — how you treat other people isn’t.

Next time you’re under pressure, and you’re tempted to raise your voice, take a deep breath and remember not to direct your frustrations at people who don’t deserve it. See your colleagues and family members as the allies they’re trying to be.

Adapted from “The Better You Know Yourself, the More Resilient You’ll Be,” by Ron Carucci

02/21/2018

If sitting in meditation isn’t your thing, why not try a walking meditation along the beach or in the forest? 🌺

The mind-calming effect of meditation can help reduce the risk of heart disease, according to research. A regular practice can lower heart rate, improve blood flow, and reduce and manage stress. It also can help create a positive outlook on life and ...

02/19/2018

Yoga can help! 💗

Do you spend your day hunched over a laptop or with your head bent at an unnatural angle while texting or checking email or Facebook updates on your smartphone? If so, pause for a second, sit up straight, and take notice: you may be setting yourself up for chronic neck pain and even spine damage.

02/12/2018

A little Monday encouragement for those of you have the hardest job in the world. 💗😊

All parents know how difficult it is to find time for themselves, and probably feel guilty about it when they do, but it’s important to take a break from your responsibilities, even if it’s for only a few minutes a day.

12/05/2017

Research reveals the heart to be a command center of formidable intelligence and intuitive knowledge that is tied into every system and every cell of your body.

But perhaps the most profound revelations about heart intelligence involve the concept of internal coherence.

Coherence is the state of being highly ordered, organized, and efficient. In a coherent system, all the individual parts are operating in harmony and virtually no energy is lost. It is a state of least effort and maximum benefit because all the individual components are working together rather than against each other.

When the rhythms of the heart become coherent, the heart’s electromagnetic field becomes equally more coherent. This strengthened coherence transmits waves of healing and transformation throughout your entire system, including your brain. 💗

The heart is critical to life, continuously circulating blood around your body. But it’s more than simply a pump—there are three steps you can take to ensure your heart is aligned with your brain.

11/20/2017

Great ideas for a healthier take on Thanksgiving classics. Which one will you try this year?

We've rounded up 20 plant-based Thanksgiving recipes you can prepare in 30 minutes so you can spend more time with family and friends around the table.