What is My Pain Telling Me?
September is National Pain Awareness Month. Living with pain can be a challenging journey. It requires self-love, patience, and the willingness to keep pressing on. Our bodies use pain as a [...]
How to Feel Safe in a Crazy World – Or How To Develop Inner Peace
There is so much happening in the world right now that seems just plain crazy: terrorist attacks, military coups, random shootings in schools and malls, and sniper attacks on police. I just heard [...]
Functional Medicine: When Science Fails Us
When I first heard about HIV/AIDS back in the eighties, we in the medical profession were told that it was a universally fatal infection that affected only gay people, mostly gay men. I [...]
The Art of Healthy Balance – How to Heal Hormones through Listening
The Art of Healthy Balance The other day I was talking to Adrian, one of my menopausal clients. She was having a hard time because even six years after menopause, she was still having hot [...]
Healthy Gifts for the Holidays
Give Healthy Gifts for the Holidays One of the things about the holidays that people either love or hate is the whole idea of buying gifts for everyone on their list. Whether you love shopping or [...]
Summer Heat and Dehydration
Summer Heat and Dehydration It’s summer time and even though San Francisco is cold most of the summer, the rest of the bay area isn’t. In fact its pretty common to get up into the 80’s most days [...]
Listen to Your Body
Do you listen to your body? Ted, was put in the hospital last month because of sudden severe abdominal pain and nausea. He had acute pancreatitis, an inflammation of the organ that releases [...]