I could write a whole piece on hospital food and snacks. On the lack of taste or the overly salted, or the ultra-processed snack options and chronic-disease-causing vittles. But I’d rather focus on another part: the long menu of a la carte meal options, the cooks...
On a clear day in August, with lofty clouds breezing across the afternoon sky, I run a mile, lift weights, pick up my farm share, and speak with a few patients who had summertime colds. I sprawl out on my sunporch in the late afternoon and take a luxurious nap. I...
While going through cancer care can be a real bummer, there are all kinds of cool activities, groups, and adventures for cancer patients, survivors, those living with cancer and care givers. As the ranks of those whose lives are touched by cancer grows, so too do...
I was interviewed for this piece in the Washington Post—which compares one of my beloved botanical medicines, berberine, to Ozempic. You can see some of my thoughts below. #naturopathic #thriver #diabetes #weightloss #berberine
Refreshing Summer Bean Salad If you’re in a rush, this one is quick! You'll need: 2 cans of beans of your choice, I love cannellini beans, black or red beans; alternately, 2 cups of cooked beans you have on hand, drained ½ red or white onion minced I carrot cut into...
Here’s a distillation of a conversation I had with Wanda Wallace PhD, Managing Partner of Leadership Forum on Making Big Change Happen. Thank you Dr. Wallace for having me, and for this spot-on synopsis! #dreamscometrue #bethechange #naturopathic #thriver #MSND...
Guidelines informed by research shift as new information becomes available. Some recent offerings are worth reading about related to when to start having mammograms and separately, options for those with early prostate cancer. #cancer #survivor #cancersurvivor...
Happy to share that “You Finished Treatment, Now What?” received a Nautilus Book Award (NBA) in the Health, Healing & Wellness category! NBA’s mission is “to celebrate and honor books that support conscious living and green values, wellness, social change and...
In my ongoing efforts to tidy up my surrounds I came across this chart I kept during radiation treatments for breast cancer in 2014. Some of you know how much I love to putter in my art room and to make beauty even when times are hard. Reminded me, too of this piece I...
