Miscellaneous

Find out what we’re reading this month. For Full Body Systems students only.

Did yesterday’s Clinical Quickie leave you with any “burning” questions about heartburn? It’s one of my favorite subjects to address in the Digestive Intensive because it’s one of those wildly misu...

I have a dream.It’s a dream that involves you.A dream that I believe we can realize together.In fact, I think it’s a dream that we share. . . I have a dream that we are the ones that are poised to...

Sure, they’re likely discussing school politics, their lesson plans or what they made for dinner last night. But are they also chatting about the children, your children? This week I got a sneak p...

Often times clients will ask me how they know when they’re “there”. Are we there yet? Have we reached our dietary goals? Is this the stopping point? Is it all better now? But for some of us, th...

The question I’m sitting with is what I’ve lost and what I’ve won. Let me just start with what I’ve lost, because it’s big… My father passed away on Thursday, February 11th at 9:30am. It’s still...

What’s on my plate this month? This past weekend I attended a conference where I felt humbled by thoughts of all that I still need to accomplish to realize my dreams. I’m quite good at rolling th...

You may already be someone who soaks your dried beans overnight and cooks them with kombu seaweed to aid digestibility. Or you may only eat beans at the burrito shop in town. Yet we all need health...

I have a confession to make. I’ve been sipping into the caffeine lately. (Especially on noted occasions like today—Mother’s Day, as well as what would have been my late husband’s 50th birthday—wher...

Last week I was emailed by the lovely organizer of the Portland Brain Tumor Walk and asked to speak briefly in front of the audience of participants. I was honored by the invitation and a bit daunt...

Last month I attended a conference in Chicago where we discussed the power of beliefs. Those beliefs can either impede our abilities to stride forward or they can propel us in the direction we’ve b...

Today I’ve got a story for you… I’m going to call it:the resuscitation of the dead frogIt sounds like a fairy tale, and it is. The good news? Fairy tales usually have happy endings! If you’ve go...