Ellen Potthoff, DC
Specializing in Stress Management and Hormone Health through Chiropractic and Functional Medicine
Helpful Links
Schools
Institute for Functional Medicine
Bauman College aims to create a sustainable culture of wellness in individuals, in the community, and in our health care delivery systems by promoting a comprehensive and integrative approach to Holistic Nutrition and the Culinary Arts.
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University of Western States (UWS) offers a world-class, integrated health care education and provides an evidence-informed approach to health and wellness.
Healing Modalities & Flower Essence Resources
Functional Medicine – website of the Functional Medicine Institute. It gives a lot of good information about functional medicine and its value to society.
Somatics - website for Somatics practice including information about what Somatics is and how it can be used effectively.
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Homeopathy - a gentle and natural healing system that works with the body to relieve symptoms, restore vitality, and improve overall health
Tree Frog Farm offers a line of flower essences & aromatherapy products for
human, animal and planetary health. Read about them here.
FES Flowers - Bridging Body & Soul: Besides great products, this site contains a wealth of information about flower essences and a wonderful flower photo gallery.
Desert Alchemy, located in Tucson, Arizona, was founded by Cynthia Athina Kemp Scherer in 1983 as an organization dedicated to making and researching desert flower essences. After seven years of extensive research Desert Alchemy began to offer desert flower essences to others around the world.
The Alaskan Flower Essence Project is the only essence company in the world that has designed a system of vibrational healing based on the co-creative relationship that exists between the plant, mineral, and elemental kingdoms. This threefold system derives its effectiveness from the special qualities of healing energy that each kingdom has to offer, and from the synergy that is created when these essences are used together. Click here for more information about the company.
Living Essences of Australia: Flower Essence Therapy is an ancient healing discipline that has its oldest known living tradition with the Nyoongah aboriginal people of the South West of Australia. Today, specific Flower Essence Therapy is used in hospitals and natural health clinics, and as an application in psychology and massage therapies.
Laboratories
Genova Diagnostic Laboratory: functional medicine tests like cardiovascular, osteoporosis risk
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ZRT is a CLIA certified laboratory that supports consumers and healthcare professionals in health management through accurate, convenient and innovative lab testing.
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Diagnos-Techs, Inc. A laboratory for saliva based tests. Saliva testing is a powerful tool for evaluating stress, hormone-related disease and health conditions, especially over time.
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SpectraCell Laboratories is a leading clinical laboratory specializing in personalized disease prevention and management solutions. Their blood panel for functional levels of vitamins and minerals is very useful to see individual levels of nutrients in your body.
Professional Co-op and Ulta Laboratories have blood panels at very low prices. Each has a wellness panel (almost 70 tests) that gives a wealth of information for not much over $200.
Lifestyle and Fun
Eight Principles Find out about the eight irresistible principles of fun. Innovative presentation of the basics of having more fun in your life.
The Happy Guy - a great website for increasing your level of happiness
Health Savings accounts and how to set one up for yourself.
How to meditate - information on Buddhist meditation.
Mindfulness Programs - a website devoted to a mindfulness approach to stress management adopted by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. It has many options in terms of classes, retreats, products, information, etc.
Authentic Happiness is Dr. Martin Seligmann’s (originator of Positive Psychology) website wherein he offers a number of questionnaires, quizzes etc. and other information about how to become happier. “His research has demonstrated that it is possible to be happier — to feel more satisfied, to be more engaged with life, find more meaning, have higher hopes, and probably even laugh and smile more, regardless of one’s circumstances. Positive psychology interventions can also lastingly decrease depression symptoms.” (from the website)
Righttoplay.com was started by one man and has developed into: An international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Working in both the humanitarian and development context, Right to Play trains local community leaders as Coaches to deliver our programs in more than 20 countries affected by war, poverty, and disease in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
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Headspace.com is a great site to you relax your mind and body.