Some of you are familiar with the public health issue I’ve been wrestling with. In my fourth TEDx talk I spoke about the #1 Public Health Issue Doctors Aren’t Talking About. Addressing loneliness from a public health perspective, I have a vision of healing circles...
Yesterday, I was talking to a mentoring client on the telephone from my bedroom when I heard a blood-curdling scream out my window. Before I even knew what was happening, I told my client there was an emergency and I needed to hang up the phone and call 911....
For those of you who have been following me on Facebook, you know that I just made the choice to withdraw from Facebook, at least for a while. I am quite sensitive to energy these days, and my body has been having a very somatic reaction to Facebook, even...
Happy New Year, Dear Ones! Since Mind Over Medicine launched in May of this year, the number of people registered for this mailing list has jumped from 20,000 to 50,000+, and many of you just signed up recently as a result of my National Public Television special...
I’m not a whole lot of fun when it comes to New Year's. I don’t like going to big parties. I don’t really even like staying up late or drinking too much champagne as the new year rolls in. I tend to use New Year's Eve as a time of introspection, quiet reflection,...
In this blog series, I’ve been exploring the relationship between fear, anxiety, and how it leads us to overmedicalize health care. In Part 1 of this blog series, I discussed The Shocking Dangers of Medical Overdiagnosis & Overtreatment. In Part 2, I shared How...
If you think your body - or the body of someone you love - might be at risk of being overmedicalized, keep reading! In Part 1 of this blog series, I discussed The Shocking Dangers of Medical Overdiagnosis & Overtreatment. In Part 2, I shared How To Avoid...