Easily one of the more common diagnosis I am finding in my primary care practice more recently is ADD in adults, and admittedly, these individuals aren't well. They are overwhelmed. Maxed out. Frozen. Broken. Addicted. Angry and fearful. They are mad at themselves for not being in better control of their lives, for missing appointments, for pushing deadlines, or maybe even behaving somewhat inappropriately, blurting out their thoughts, maybe even being rude and insulting at t

This is an issue, I believe, we really do look at backwards. I suppose it is easier to blame to person when as clinicians we are lost in the forest. In so many areas we do this, but there just isn't sufficient evidence to support the long held belief that individuals with #anorexia are intentionally starving themselves in an attempt to gain control over some area in their lives or even that their parents are somehow to blame. We know better now. We need to do better. Previous

My mother was an alcoholic by definition. She certainly drank more than four #beers a week, but I don't think I ever identified as having had an alcoholic mother. She liked to party, yes, and she certainly liked her men, but alcohol was just part of that mix, at least in my mind. She could and did let it go whenever she desired. I suppose she just never chose me over alcohol. In my mind, this was about her lack of love for me rather than her actual love for alcohol. If she co

No joke, this may be the toughest task. The last pose in #yoga is savasana or the corpse pose and it is easily the hardest for most people, because you simply lay still, relax, and try not to engage in thoughts for twelve to fifteen minutes. Torture for many, particularly those who live rather stressful lives or have demanding careers. I secretly see this as a perfect way to identify those who have overstimulated nervous systems, those whose adrenals are a bit maxed out, and

As a midwife, often I hear my colleagues share that #cravings are associated with some sort of deficiency. For example, a craving for crushed ice is often thought to be related to low iron. Functional medicine practitioners will often associate cravings to imbalance, such as yeast overgrowth when craving sugar, or a dip in serotonin when craving salty chips mid-cycle. There can be a sort of all-or-nothing mindset in wellness groups, but many times, I suspect when wellness is

Not too long ago, the germ theory was the prominent mindset of medicine and today we pay big bucks for the most diverse #probiotics with the highest colony count while recognizing that dishwashers and hand sanitizers have wiped out healthy, normal bacterias that once protected our guts and immune systems. Experts are recommending that we get in the dirt and even eat high quality soil. Thoughts on parasites are also starting to evolve. A few years ago I attended a functional m