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| | |  | | |  | | Integrative Medicine Newsletter | | Winter 2021 | Happy New Year! As we enter 2021, we are ready to help you welcome the coming months with hope, strength, and joy.
I invite you to explore our exciting slate of virtual programs so that we can continue to gather safely as a community to support each other in mind, body, and spirit.
In this issue, we discuss strategies for staying motivated and celebrating your self-care milestones — large and small. We talk with MSK mind-body instructor Beth Sandweiss about the art of mindful self-compassion and how you can bring this wonderful skill into your life.
In addition, we learn about elderberry in the “About Herbs” feature and highlight the new guided imagery addition to our About Mind-Body Therapies database.
Finally, patient advocate Jodi MacLeod shares the benefits of including our Integrative Medicine at Home membership program in her routine and how you can make it a part of yours.
Best wishes and be well, |  | Dr. Jun J. Mao
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 | | | | | | About Herbs Feature: Elderberry | A flowering shrub prevalent in Europe, elderberry is now cultivated in many parts of the world. Its flowers and fruit are used to relieve cold and flu symptoms, sinus infections, constipation, and to reduce inflammation and treat respiratory diseases. Supplemental forms include syrups, gummies, lozenges, capsules, and teas.
The US Food and Drug Administration has recently warned companies marketing elderberry with false claims of preventing or treating COVID-19. | | | | |
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 | | | To get 2021 off to a great start, we spoke with two MSK experts — Lauren Chiarello Mika, MSK fitness instructor and Hodgkin lymphoma survivor, and Dr. Nirupa Raghunathan, MSK Director of Pediatric Integrative Medicine — about staying motivated, setting goals, and creating more balance in our daily routines.
Start small.
“Many people find fatigue a big barrier that keeps them from exercising,” says Dr. Raghunathan. “However, physical activity can actually reduce your fatigue. Try breaking up your exercise into chunks of five to ten minutes through the day to keep your energy up.”
Make a plan with specific, actionable goals. But be flexible.
Lauren, a new mom of twins, says, “Write down your goals and say them aloud. Then adjust them depending on how your day or week unfolds.”
Find an instructor, a community, or style of exercise that you like.
“When you connect with someone or something that is enjoyable, you will keep going,” says Lauren. “Our Integrative Medicine at Home member community is so warm, and there is a shared understanding of what we have all gone through, which you may not get in other at-home fitness programs.”
Keep yourself, and your friends, accountable.
“It is so easy to not do something. Find a friend you can share your goals with so they can check in with you. We can all achieve more when we support each other,” says Lauren. | | | | |
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| | | | | Join Integrative Medicine at Home | | | Call 646‑888‑0800 and talk with a care coordinator to start your membership.
Schedule a telemedicine visit with our nurse practitioner, a specialist in lifestyle medicine, to make a personal wellness plan that may include Integrative Medicine at Home. Call 646‑888‑0845. | | |
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| | Share with a Friend | Invite your friends and family to join Integrative Medicine at Home with you!
Through our new referral program, when your friend or family member purchases a 3- or 6‑month membership, you will receive a free virtual workshop as a thank you.
Invite friends |
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