Inspiring Ideas and Research
Intense weather; good, bad and weird, are very hard on people with both weak and strong immune systems. If your immune system is weak, any viruses and bacteria looking for a new apartment will definitely be dropping by. If your immune system is triggered and over-reactive you may find your self living a with a […]
This is part two of a five-part series on a mind/body practice I developed a few years back called ‘Give Yourself a Hand.’ If you missed the last post in this series, check it out here. In the first part of this practice, we started by clenching a fist and reflecting on the limitations, relative […]
(This is part one of a five-part series) There is a practice I developed long ago called ‘Give yourself a hand,’ which is meant for getting through a time of stress and/or judgmental self-reflection. It is a mind-body practice based on a Mudra or a way of using hand shapes and gestures to shift between […]
In Traditional Chinese medicine, each season has a certain energetic quality or paradigm that can influence your health in positive or negative ways. This depends on whether you align your own energy and activities with this paradigm or not. As Winter begins to blanket nature and human activity I wanted to share some historical and […]
Life is a great teacher, and it can take a long time to get the lessons we need the most. Maybe I am a slow learner at some things. Maybe we all are slow learners in some way. It sounds like a cliché, but the big lessons only come when you are ready. I guess […]
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” –Amelia Earhart I hope you are feeling inspired and tenacious today. I have come to realize that my approach to health and helping people has had a glitch in it for a long time. This glitch came about organically and there […]
I’ll start with a quick story. This happened a few months back. Over the the Christmas holidays I sat down to finish the manuscript for my next book, “Ten Steps to Abundant Health”. My son is away for a year and I had a week to myself. I could have partied with friends but the […]
In the last few years there has been a growing consensus among medical researchers and front line health care providers that all chronic and autoimmune diseases share some very important similarities. This new medical model suggests that there are several primary components to all chronic disease. By learning about these fundamental components you can do […]
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