There is no judgment here. I am daily working on my own challenges for creating a healthy and happy life. But having been in functional...

Certainly if you've worked much with the elderly, or as a nursing assistant in a nursing home, you've worked with those who have...

Most healthcare consumers, I would assume, are well aware that we have a profound, unnecessarily so, epidemic of chronic disease, as well...

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income country and Indiana has the third worst rates of maternal...

This may prove to be a rant post that I'll later delete, and I try really hard not to be overly reactive about the gross dysfunction in...

My grandmother had big knuckles in her fingers, Herberden's nodes, and when I turned thirty, many years before even finding my first grey...

Women's health has long been a specialty focus in my practice, largely become I lean into caring for those who aren't heard, who feel...

As a teenager, I did get the occasional #pimple, sometimes a few at a time, more often across my forehead or down my nose. It seemed I...

Evening primrose oil is commonly used as an alternative therapy, popular among women's health providers and midwives, and it is rich in...

Aging has its privileges, but one of the reasons it isn't always embraced is because we are more inclined to joint pain, and general...

My oldest daughter, now 30 years-old, started her menses when she was crazy young. She was prepared though, not real bothered by it, nor...

Oh, I can't believe I haven't written about this before because this little nasty condition plagued my childhood. I remember crying late...

An inherited cardiac syndrome, Brugada syndrome is a condition that predisposes individuals to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac...

It's been many years ago now, but a client introduced me to dry brushing and through the years, it's been a practice I've certainly...

James J. McKenna is the world-renown expert in bedsharing and cosleeping, and his book, published in 2009 by Platypus Media, is a great...

A #Celtic holiday and time to welcome the abundance of the fertile earth, Beltane (sometimes spelled Beltaine or even Bealtaine) is a day...

After practicing in Indiana for about twenty-five years - ouch - my husband and I relocated to the Lexington area, which is only a three...

Worldwide, anemia in children is a significant concern, impacting nearly half of all children younger than five years of age (Wang,...

When my youngest was very little, she would scream when she rode in the car seat. We had her evaluated by occupational therapy, as most...

My practice has expanded to the Lexington area so I am just now establishing myself here. I was in Indiana for two decades so my...