I can't stop pondering why so many of the challenges we're facing as a culture right now revolve around the breath. COVID is a disease that threatens our breathing. West Coast wildfires right now and recent horrific fires in Australia and the Amazon are making it...
I hear a lot of people these days talking about "germ theory" and "terrain theory" in light of the pandemic. In short, germ theory focuses on infectious agents—bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites—and assumes that if you're exposed to these infectious agents, you're...
In the face of a pandemic, we need more than just Outer Shield methods of prevention, such as lockdown, social distancing, and masks. Now more than ever, the importance of bolstering your Inner Shield so your body can be resilient in the face of this virus should...
The link between community, connection, and optimal health and longevity is well established scientifically, as is the causal relationship between loneliness, social isolation, and disease risk. In normal times, the solution might be obvious. Join a group! Attend a...
In "Prepare For Reopening," I described why you’re not a helpless victim of a potential viral attack but an empowered patient who can be very proactive about preparing your body, mind, heart, and soul for the risks of reopening, whenever that happens in your...
Now that we have bought ourselves a few months of time with a global quarantine, individual states and countries will be making decisions about loosening the Outer Shield imposed upon us by our governments and public health officials. As lockdown restrictions...
Since the pandemic of Covid-19 blasted across the globe and caused us to radically change how we’re living, doctors, epidemiologists, public health officials, and the mainstream media have been focused exclusively on creating an outer shield against this infectious...
The Viral Wake Up Call: An IFS Perspective By Dick Schwartz Very rarely do I post guest blogs on this blog, but my mentor and founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Richard Schwartz, PhD just wrote this post about IFS in the times of a pandemic, and my...
A few days ago on Facebook, I made a casual comment questioning part of the dominant narrative (that the anti-viral remdesivir is indeed worthy of Dr. Fauci’s optimism and a lightning speed rush to FDA approval.) A physician and medical director challenged...
I Have No F*cking Clue What's Happening By Lissa Rankin, MD We are coming undone The way people unravel when they find a lump. You feel the lump, and it frightens you. But oh, maybe it's nothing. You go to the doctor and get it checked out. The doctor looks...
The coronavirus is on everyone's minds, and as often happens when we have terrified parts, we revert to what we know—the medical orthodoxy's reliance upon the usual treatments—pharmaceuticals, vaccines, ventilators, experimental plasma donations from survivors of...
We are in the midst of shockingly hard times. People my age have survived the Cold War, 9/11, and wars in the Middle East, but this out-shocks them all, putting us face to face with possible imminent mortality. As President Trump warns us, "This will be probably...
Our experts are predicting that 100,000–240,000 Americans may die in this pandemic, an estimate some believe is overly optimistic. They say if we don't shelter in place, 2 million Americans might die. Many more will die all over the rest of the world. It’s not just...
A meme floating around said, "Kinda feeling like the Earth just sent us all to our rooms to think about what we've done." Sounds just about right. We know that pandemics are part of Earth's immune system. If we are not behaving as healthy, cooperate cells in the...
When it comes to this coronavirus outbreak, let's talk about fear, powerlessness, control, and trauma, just so we can understand the psychology of how we assess risk and how we respond emotionally to risk. Rationally, we can educate our minds to understand that the...
In the US, we now have 220 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across 19 states, with 12 deaths, the latest one in California in Placer County. The person who died, who had underlying health problems so was more vulnerable, had been one of the 2500 people on the Grand...