Build A Resistance to Your Spring Allergies aller quench allergies Feb 11, 2021

Hello, Dr. Thoma here and I want to talk to you about spring allergies, they are right around the corner.

Every year, most individuals wait until too late, until their nose is already running, until they already have chest congestion, and all of that, before they start doing anything about their...

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2 Steps to Evaluate Your Stress Environment manage stress reduce stress stress management Feb 10, 2021

When a clearly stressful environment is offered to us, we recognize the situation and can make a clear decision about what to do next. But, when stress is added slowly and gradually overtime, we often don't recognize it for what it is, or make the necessary adjustments to ensure we are in the...

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Understanding how your pH affects weight loss. ph weight loss Feb 09, 2021

Are you wondering why we monitor your urinalysis in our office when you're trying to lose weight? One of the factors we are analyzing is your pH.

In this video, Dr. Thoma illustrates why monitoring the pH is important, and conflicting information you may have heard about pH in the blood vs. pH...

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Learn How to Be Aware of, But Not Attached to Your Thoughts meditation thought download thoughts Feb 03, 2021

If you are a busy working mom like me, you may have struggled from time to time to start trying to be more mindful, or add meditation, or a little bit of quiet time to your day.

For me, every time I sat down to meditate, or to just have some quiet time, the thoughts were just racing through...

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What tests should be done for thyroid, and why? testing thyroid Feb 02, 2021

Are you struggling to understand your thyroid and get the right treatment?

In this video, Dr. Thoma shares an explanation of how the different elements of the thyroid work, and the proper testing that can be done to ensure you are getting the proper treatment, whether it be for TSH, T4, T3, TPO,...

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I Don't Have To, and Neither Do You overwhelm thoughts Jan 27, 2021

I wanted to share a little exercise with you today, something that I've recently started doing, that's helped me change my perspective on all the different things that I feel like I need to get done on any given day or week.

This started because I found myself using the phrase "I have...

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Wondering if You Should Try an Elimination Diet? diet elimination diet Jan 26, 2021

I have a number of patients that come in to me having digestive issues...they're having weight gain, they don't feel good, and we began to talk about doing elimination diets.

Many of you have heard me talk about eliminating the big six, particularly, how well you'll feel if you do, and how to...

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Culture of Calm or Chaos? calm chaos culture Jan 20, 2021

I've been talking with several former colleagues lately, and one of the things we've been talking about is the culture of our organizations. Particularly, whether intentional or not, the type of culture that we have with regard to stress and chaos, and the expectations we have for each other in...

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Understanding Your Stress Thresholds chronic stress manage stress stress Jan 13, 2021

If you're anything like me, you're feeling a little tense and anxious this week after some of the turmoil of the past few weeks, and even beyond that to the fast past few months.  There's a lot going on here in the United States, with our society in general, our politics, and lots of...

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My Favorite Benefit of Traveling creativity new perspective travel wonder Jan 06, 2021

One of the things I love about traveling is seeing how different cultures have done things throughout the years and how they do things differently than we do today.

It's a terrific source of creativity for both me, my husband and our whole family. We love to talk about how they...

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Let's talk about eliminating the Big 6. big 6 diet elimination diet food sensitivities Jan 05, 2021

A lot of times individuals come into my office and they asked me about diet, nutrition, and what they can do to change their health for the better. One of the things that we do is talk about eliminating the Big 6.

The Big 6 are wheat, corn, soy, dairy, sugar, and peanuts.

Individuals will say,...

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Feeling Feelings emotional emotions feelings Dec 30, 2020

One of the things I've been learning about myself over the past couple of months is that I don't think that I have really learned how to feel all of the feelings and emotions that are available to me.

In fact, I think that there's times that I struggle to recognize what feeling I'm having in a...

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