8-9-98 is August 9, 1998. It is a palindrome: it reads the same forwards and backwards. It is the date of my graduation from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, AZ. This is the twentieth anniversary of that date! Twenty years ago, we...
Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine
Adrenal Reset Diet
Move from Stressed to Thriving with the Adrenal Reset Diet from Dr. Alan Christianson Weight gain is often due to our modern lifestyle which disrupts the adrenal rhythm to put us in survival mode. Food is not our enemy, it is our solution. Our food choices can act as...
Power vs Force in Detoxification
Power vs Force in Detoxification published in October 2014 NDNR editorial exclusive Something I was taught in the first week of naturopathic medical school left an indelible mark on my thinking about healing. Dr. Sensenig quoted Paracelsus in his first lecture: “The...
Ebola in the News
Ebola in the News It has come around again. Curiously, I wrote a paper on the Ebola Virus and researched Naturopathic treatment for it for a Microbiology class at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine early in 1996. The Hot Zone In 1994, Richard Preston wrote a...
2014 Naturopathic Medicine Week
Oct 6 - 12 is National Naturopathic Medicine Week The United States Senate, for the second year in a row, has unanimously passed a Resolution designating Oct. 6 - Oct. 12, 2014 Naturopathic Medicine Week. In addition, Governor Brewer signed a resolution for...
Power vs Force in Detoxification
Power vs Force in Detoxification Something I was taught the first week of Naturopathic Medical school (at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine) left an indelible mark on my thinking about healing. Dr. Sensenig quoted Paracelsus in his first lecture: “The...
National Naturopathic Medicine Week
This Week is National Naturopathic Medicine Week U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution designating this week, Oct. 7 - Oct. 13, 2013 Naturopathic Medicine Week. The resolution recognizes the value of naturopathic medicine in providing safe, effective, and...
Alabama!
Alabama! home of Dr. Linda Jarvis, NMD, a friend since studying together at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine the location of my latest "Introduction to Bowenwork" class famous for the south's favorite snack: hot boiled peanuts home of "Unclaimed Baggage" as...
Health Information or Hype?
Do you find it hard to sort through all the health information on the web and from your friends? Are you easily taken in by offers and wonder if they are too good to be true? Do you stop listening critically to a health authority when you find yourself...
Getting to Know Dr. Cheryl
First, a fable . . . The human body responds to medical treatment much like the traveler in Aesop’s fable “The North Wind and the Sun.” The Wind challenged the Sun to remove the jacket of the traveler walking along the road beneath them. As the Sun hid behind a cloud,...