Healing Trauma at the Root: How Acupuncture Supports People with PTSD
“From conception, an inherent intelligence ceaselessly engages and adapts our innate terrain to life’s stresses, shocks, and trauma. We can…
Dandelion: The Humble Herb That Does It All—From Gut to Brain
When you see a dandelion, don’t mow! Let it grow. It’s a golden treasure trove of healing potential and is…
A Naturopathic Physician’s Approach to Helping People with Mental Health Conditions
Treatments often focus on decreasing inflammation, rebalancing the microbiome, correcting nutritional deficiencies, helping your body adapt to stress, trauma, and maintaining balance within the autonomic nervous system.
Delicious Grain-Free Nut and Seed Porridge
A Grain-Free, Omega-3 Rich Vegan Breakfast for Optimum Mental Health Omega-3 fatty acids are essential fats that play a crucial…
Emerald Golden Milk
Emerald Golden Milk Try this delicious and energizing variation of Golden Milk as a daily tonic. Matcha is a…
Savory Millet and Buckwheat Porridge
For more information on the health benefits of Ancient Grains, read my article here. (Recipe adapted from one of my…
Home Hydrotherapy for Immunity
Hydrotherapy, using water to improve health and address illness, is one of the original naturopathic modalities used and has a…
Constitutional Hydrotherapy
Constitutional Hydrotherapy is a powerful therapy that uses water and temperature changes to improve the functioning of the internal organs…
Bringing Body Awareness to Movement
Body mind awareness is when you invite the mind to be still, to be distracted less and to return to…
Restoring a Friendly Relationship with Body, Food, and Eating
As young children, most of us ate when hungry and stopped when full. We gladly accepted food that tasted good…
Blood, Moon, and Heavenly Water: Understanding and Restoring a Regular Menstrual Cycle
As a girl matures she will likely experience many conflicting messages around her period. Throughout the ages, a woman’s menstrual blood has been seen as a curse and a blessing…
Return: The Winter Solstice in Chinese Medicine
Time emerges from the changing seasons and changing seasons result from the 23.5 degree tilt of the earth, the north…
Grounded by a Burst of Vibrant Spring Water
“Bubbling Spring” or “Burst of Vibrant Spring Water” is the first point on the Kidney meridian and is…
How to Worry
Worry is a long braid of unrooted thinking and fear; the two tightly weaved together, pulling at the temples,…
The Delight of Congee: Recipe for Comfort, Patience, and Deep Nourishment
Congee is a rice porridge dish eaten regularly in countries around the world. Typically it is prepared by cooking a…
Five Essential Nutrients to take While in Recovery
The decision to stop drinking is often life changing. It allows one to be more present and eventually experience the…
Stepping into the Unfoldment of Our Being: How Focusing Helps us Change
I would love to live life like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding. John O’Donohue…
Soothing the anxious heart with Hawthorn
“I have come to drag you out of yourself and take you into my heart. I have come to bring…
Ghee: A Recipe For Peaceful Living
Ghee is fun to say. It’s also fun to make. Great for all body types and conditions and having a…
Peeling Away the Label of Depression with Acupuncture
Depression is a profound and complex sadness that tends to make one ask big questions; What is my purpose? Why…
Emperor of the Body: The Tender Heart
It gets shattered in love, races from fear, and bursts with joy. Anyone who has experienced a broken heart knows…
Winter’s Wisdom: How To Get Through Darker Days
Around this time of year I begin to daydream of warm Mexican sandy beaches. Preparing to venture outside, I slip…