for healing relationships The following technique is a powerful healing tool to be used daily. This technique is ancient in origin and has been used throughout the millennia to heal relationships. This technique has been effectively used to heal all pain and suffering...
Alternative Medicine
Am I Affected by Gluten?
What is gluten and why would it affect me? You might have heard of the "Gluten-Free" movement and are wondering. Read on if you or a loved one has lost their get-up-and-go, or has any of these symptoms: DiarrheaBloatingAbdominal painEczemaHeadacheFoggy...
Cholesterol – Friend or Foe?
Fire! When we see firemen running towards a fire and other firemen on the scene quenching the fire, do we blame the firemen for the fire? We recognize that with all these firemen working, there must be something wrong. But do we think that the firemen are the cause...
Vinegar – a powerful home remedy
I’ll bet we can all recite the first verse of this nursery rhyme: Jack and Jill went up the hillTo fetch a pail of water,Jack fell down and broke his crownAnd Jill came tumbling after. Now, we might want to stop here and send Jack and Jill to the ER, but the...
Travel with Ease – No Jet Lag
Patients ask me about natural remedies for adjusting to time zones when they travel. I just got back from a trip to Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada. Here I am with my parents and one sister on the shore of Lake Michigan in Door County, Wisconsin. The time...
Naturopathic Medicine: A Unique Choice in Natural Health Care
Where do you go in the Verde Valley for natural health care? How do you choose? First consider this. Chronic health care accounts for 70% of Western medicine. The reason is failure to prevent and treat chronic disease and failure to treat causes. However, there...
Nutrient Depletions from Prescription Drugs
Prescription drugs have side effects. That is, they have effects which are besides the intended effect. This can vary from person to person. The intended effects of drugs are mostly to stop a process in the body, hence the "anti-" designation: anti-inflammatory,...
No-diet Weight Loss
My Story I, myself, started dieting in the sixth grade, and was up and down my whole life. More up than down, as a matter of fact. I could not correlate it to anything in particular, but sometimes I could lose weight, but inevitably I got to a point that I could not...
Summer Refreshers
A patient emailed a question . . . She asked me about including "good for you" leafy greens in her diet. She just made pesto for the first time with some fresh basil. She likes spinach, but not the other leafy greens, and was looking for a way to get any leafy greens...
Solar & Lunar Eclipses, Venus Transit, Summer Solstice, Oh My!
Not to mention the effusive solar flares! We've been on a wild celestial ride, and there is more to come. What does this all mean? I am taking this as a cosmic reminder to loosen limitations, drop small thinking and motivations based in fear. It is time to engage...