Author: Trisha Houghton, CNS, ASIST
Sometimes we think of creative people as somehow special or unique. Artists, musicians, and writers are just a few of the individuals who are commonly thought of as “creative”.
However, creativity is inherent to all of us! And what’s more, having a creative outlet is essential to our wellbeing.
Research shows that creative activities offer measurable health benefits. These include reduced stress, lower levels of anxiety and depression, improved immune response, and enhanced cognitive function.
Whether you’re struggling to tap into your creative side for the first time or engaged in creative activities on a daily basis, you’ll find there are some amazing herbs for focus and creativity.
In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look at six herbs that will enhance your mental clarity, creative thinking, concentration, and focus. We’ll examine how they work, what they can do, and how you can use them best to maximize your creative side.
Be sure to read all the way to the end, because except the best herbs for creativity, we’ll also share other useful tips to boost your creative side every day in simple ways.
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by: February 21, 2026
(NaturalHealth365) For over 2,000 years, cultures across Asia have consumed a tangy fermented tea believed to promote long life and strong digestion. Western medicine largely ignored it – until now.
A comprehensive review published in Current Nutrition Reports has examined the science behind kombucha’s most compelling health properties, and what researchers found about its effects on the gut is hard to dismiss.
by: February 20, 2026
(NaturalHealth365) Nobody talks about what’s settling into their tissues while they go about their day. You can’t taste it, smell it, or feel it happening, but heavy metals – lead from aging pipes, mercury from the fish you had for dinner, arsenic drifting in through contaminated soil and rice – don’t announce their presence. They simply accumulate, year after year, generating oxidative stress, disrupting hormones, damaging the cardiovascular and neurological systems, and quietly building a burden that Western medicine rarely tests for and almost never addresses until crisis strikes.
.jpg "Why Pomegranate Juice is 'Roto-Rooter' for the Arteries")
Millions take toxic cholesterol and blood pressure lowering drugs that may do nothing to reduce heart disease specific mortality. Pomegranate juice, on the other hand, actually reverses underlying pathologies of the cardiovascular system that lead to bypass surgeries and heart attacks.
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Originally published on www.sayerji.substack.com
[IMAGE: Georgia O'Keeffe, "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1" (1932).
On Flowers
"Nobody sees a flower -- really -- it is so small it takes time -- we haven't time -- and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time." ~ Georgia O'Keeffe
Last week, I published The Strongest Medicine I Know -- an essay about beauty as ontology, written from the inside of a grief I could no longer outrun. The Epstein files had opened something in me that investigation alone could not close. Two days later, on Valentine's Day, I published The Fold -- a meditation on love as structure, on the sacred geometry of what comes after the veil lifts.
I thought I had found my footing.
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by: February 18, 2026
(NaturalHealth365) For years, nutritionists have advocated for moderation. There is no need to completely eliminate processed foods – just enjoy them in moderation. This advice sounds reasonable, repeated endlessly by registered dietitians, government agencies, and health organizations worldwide. But, there’s a big problem with this advice.
by: February 17, 2026
(NaturalHealth365) Most people obsess over what they eat and how much they eat, dutifully counting calories and restricting portions in hopes of improving their health. Meanwhile, a new study published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology reveals that when you eat relative to sleep has a lot to do with your future heart health.
by: February 19, 2026
(NaturalHealth365) Most people treat nuts as occasional snacks or salad toppings, never considering that this simple dietary choice could determine whether they spend their final decades thriving independently or declining into disability and dementia. Western medicine offers no guidance on using food to prevent cognitive decline, focusing instead on pharmaceuticals that treat symptoms after damage has already occurred. Yet, new research reveals that eating nuts daily dramatically extends healthy lifespan in adults over 70, particularly protecting against the cascade of physical and mental deterioration that most doctors consider inevitable with aging.
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Originally published on www.sayerji.substack.com
A double-blind clinical trial found a kitchen remedy outperformed a steroid drug by a factor of 14 -- with "side benefits" instead of side effects.
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A double-blind clinical trial found that an ancient honey-coffee remedy virtually eliminated cough symptoms -- outperforming a steroid drug by a factor of 14. So why isn't your doctor prescribing it?
A queen bee is not born a queen. She is fed into one.
A queen bee is not born a queen.
She is fed into one.
Originally published on www.sayerji.substack.com
What Beauty Knows That the Abyss Doesn't
Something is surfacing right now that most people don't have language for. The Epstein files. The names. The scope of what was hidden -- not just the acts themselves, but the architecture of silence that made them possible for decades. It is almost too much to hold. And it should be.
Originally published on www.sayerji.substack.com
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Newly released DOJ files show that Jeffrey Epstein funded research tied to key figures in transgender medicine, encouraged academic work on 'transgender biology,' and circulated the topic among elite institutional networks.
The financial architecture tells a more complicated story.
Independent investigators had already traced billionaire funding networks that helped build the infrastructure of gender clinics, advocacy organizations, and media campaigns. My own reporting documented medical systems transitioning toddlers and research linking prenatal synthetic estrogen exposure to transgender identification rates up to 100 times the baseline. But what was missing was primary documentation -- evidence capable of moving the debate beyond journalism and into courtrooms and congressional hearings.
What are you doing to stop your skin—and the rest of your body with it—from aging?
The skin is the largest organ in the human body. It’s also our first line of defense against invaders: pathogens, toxins, potential injuries, impact, and all sorts of damage.
Given that, it’s no surprise that it tends to deteriorate quickly and show signs of wear and tear faster than the rest of our bodies.
One of the therapies that has grown more popular in recent years for treating and preventing skin aging is red light therapy. It is touted as a highly effective solution—sometimes even a “miracle healing modality”—to prevent skin aging and heal skin conditions.
But does it really work? And if so, how?
That’s what we’ll find out in this blog post.
by: February 16, 2026
(NaturalHealth365) For decades, doctors have reached for prescription pads when patients walk in complaining of depression or anxiety. It’s become automatic: symptoms appear, antidepressants get prescribed, and pharmaceutical companies profit. But, an analysis published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has uncovered insights that could transform the way we approach mental health treatments.
by: February 15, 2026
(NaturalHealth365) You’ve heard it your whole life: early to bed, early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy, and wise. Night owls get labeled lazy, undisciplined, and unwilling to conform to normal schedules. It turns out the judgment was wrong, but the health consequences are devastatingly real. New research reveals that people who naturally stay up late face dramatically higher cardiovascular disease risk, not because they lack willpower, but because forcing their bodies to function against internal biological rhythms creates silent damage that accumulates for decades.
