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How To Fill Your Tank When You Get Anemic On Life Force
In my next book Sacred Medicine, I divided up the healing tools shared in the book (which will be published by Sounds True in Spring 2022!) into two...
We Need Trauma Recovery For Health Care Workers
Because I used to be a doctor, I have my finger on the pulse of what it's been like to be a front-line Covid doctor, even though I've been safely...
A Front Line Covid ICU Doc & Virologist’s Thoughts On New CDC Mask Guidelines
The CDC has announced that vaccinated folks are now free to be maskless- both indoors and outdoors, unless they're in crowded spaces. I was...
Are We Blind To Our Privilege In The Wellness World?
Since I left my job in conventional medicine in 2007, I've contributed and participated in the wellness industry as a thought leader and also a...
How To Begin Healing & Milk The Past Year For All It’s Worth
The pandemic is not over yet, and we have so much loss to grieve- lost lives, lost jobs, lost financial security, lost belief systems, lost school...
A Moment of Silence For George Floyd & Black Lives Matter
Yesterday was a momentous day for Civil Rights, when ex-policeman Derek Chauvin, who was filmed on video murdering George Floyd, was found guilty of...
Who Is The “You” That Will Come Out Of Quarantine?
We tend to think of our personalities as fixed and immutable, but, as this New York Times article suggests, we're more like sand dunes than...
Is Long Covid A Trauma Symptom?
Trauma is perhaps the most avoided, ignored, belittled, denied, misunderstood, and untreated cause of human suffering. - Peter Levine, PhD...
Why Do Innocent People Suffer Horrible Tragedies?
While making the final edits to my Sacred Medicine book, I asked one healer if she had a point of view in response to the question, "Why do horrific...
Oprah, The Royal Family, Mental Health, Racism & Being Shunned, Oh My!
I rarely follow tabloid stories about the royals, haven't had cable TV or an actual television in 25 years, haven't watched The Crown, and honestly...
What If You’re Not Broken? Understanding The Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model
Art Credit: Sierra Boggess Almost nobody made it through the last year without some mental or physical health impact. Even if you didn't get Covid,...
A Surprising Mystical Experience During Vaccination
Yesterday, I spoke to one of my neighbors who just got vaccinated. She wanted to tell me what a big deal it was for her to do so, given her...