Here's the bookmark I made for when I sign books at conferences, bookstores or events. I love tucking it into the page where I sign and closing the book gently. While most people buy the book (ebook, hardback, softback, or audio,) wherever books are sold, I love...
Calling Up Gratitude
Piece out today on Gratitude! Just in time for Thanksgiving but relevant all the time!
How to Create a New Habit?
How do you start a new habit? One idea is to connect to something you already do. This week I had a follow up visit with a patient I am treating for GERD and anxiety. One piece of my recommendations asked her to integrate 5 minutes of deep, focused, full-belly...
Are You Run Down with Burnout? How Relentless Stress Damages our Health and What to Do About It
There was an apropos article in the New York Times earlier this year about how the pandemic did something unexpected to a lot of people – it put them in a state of languishing. [1] Sadly, instead of flourishing or being at the peak of well-being or thriving, people...
Food Matters: Mental Health and Our Kids
As a doctor who likes to keep up on research, I am sometimes struck by the kinds of things we are studying. Before naturopathic medical school, I had a paid internship in a research lab. My job was in part, to walk pregnant pygmy goats on a treadmill, I kid you not,...