When Does Being Healthy Cross the Fitness Line? How do you know when you cross that line between caring about your health and obsessing over it? When does nourishing your body with nurturing foods turn into a disordered relationship with nutrition and fitness? How do habits for health that focus on diet and [...]
The Missing Piece in Psychiatry- Holism One of the six philosophies of naturopathic medicine is to treat the whole person. Unfortunately, this is not a popular approach in modern medicine and psychiatric care. Perhaps you may have witnessed this yourself and felt like something was missing? Therapy and medication do have a place [...]
Combining the Best of Conventional Psychiatric Treatments with Naturopathic Medicine for Mental Health During these challenging times, people’s resiliency and coping skills have been stretched and tested to the max. Though there is hope emerging that things are beginning to turn around, many more people are struggling with mental health and emotional balance [...]
The Challenges to Learning Continue in 2021 Along with the normal jitters and transitions, 2020 brought many new challenges and stressors. Although parents, teachers, and students had hoped that things would be back to “normal” a year later, this has not happened. Compiled on top of the usual summer learning loss, there are [...]
After exploring how America’s healthcare system is broken, ineffective, and expensive, you have likely come to the realization that sick care can’t provide lasting solutions for the wellness and vitality you crave. You probably also have come to the conclusion that mind-body medicine is more than a balancing act of brain biochemistry and that [...]
A Sick Care Model for Promoting Health is Doomed to Fail (Excerpted from my article published on Natural Path) Are you happy with your current healthcare? If you have ever had the misfortune of needing to go the ER (Emergency Room) or Urgent Care, you were probably incredibly grateful for the ability to [...]
The Dangers of Diet Culture Messages The abrupt disruption of life as we knew it in March 2020 has adversely impacted our work, travel, finances, mental health, and social lives. On the positive side, it has steered many to pay more attention to their health and prioritize self-care; however, it has also led [...]
As a naturopathic doctor, I believe in treating the whole person, not just their symptoms. With each therapeutic encounter, I am assessing how various aspects of someone’s life impacts their wellness. This means at every consult my clients and I discuss how their stress, lifestyle, relationships, environment, beliefs, sleep, and spirituality are effecting their [...]
During these trying times, I have been advocating for nourishing our minds and bodies to enhance resiliency. With the current turbulence in the world, I have been especially concerned for people’s emotional health. Oftentimes, the mind-body connection is overlooked, yet the two are intimately linked. One of my favorite tools for holistic, physical, and [...]
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