I've written about functional and integrative medicine, both of which we specialize in our practice, but I haven't shared much about...

Clinicians are likely largely naive to the prominence of #alcohol among their primary care clients, particularly #maternity clients. Not...

For the past three years, I have been providing primary care and functional medicine consults within my home office (see pictures below)...

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...

Midwifery is very relationship-based. It prioritizes mutual decision making so much so that the American College of Nurse-Midwives has...

This philosophy to care is not new, but I find that it is far more unfamiliar to healthcare consumers than I might have appreciated. More...

From ancient times we have understood that breath is vital to life. Root languages often utilize the same word for breath as they do for spirit, life force, even God. While normal, unconscious breathing is controlled by the autonomic nervous system, the breath is readily accessible to conscious control and can therefore provide a link between our conscious mind and our anatomy, physiology, deeper emotional states, and our deepest spiritual potential. It is this unique quality

Since ancient times, yoga has been continuously adapted to suit the needs of individuals from different times, cultures, and traditions....

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...

Currently I teach students at two different universities, The University of Maryland and Indiana Wesleyan University, but have taught at...

There really aren't many author duos that compare to Henci #Goer and Amy #Romano so this book was a safe investment, in spite it being an...

Nausea, loss of taste, depression, insomnia, anxiety, gastrointestinal upset, decreased appetite, bloating, and attentional difficulties...

This has been on my mind a few years, as I feel there is an underlying cause we have failed to fully realize. Why would someone...

There are significant challenges in understanding what exactly impacted the spread of COVID, what limited its spread, and what reduced...

My kids and I have been celebrating Juneteenth for several years now, so it came as a surprise to me that so many were unaware of this...

Throughout most all of history, women have been devalued. I've said many times that I feel that early #feminists were a little misguided...

It does amaze me how many clients present for their initial histories with me and share they have a history of #asthma, but have never...

Functional medicine claims digging into the roots as the heart of the specialty, and I would argue this is true too of #wellness, in that...

Yep, I've been there. I think I assumed doing so was evidence I was healed from prior #traumas. I received poor midwifery care, nearly...

"Other indigenous cultures around the world may still respect and revere the feminine, but we Western women lost control of our stories a...