Thank You! You - the readers of the Verde Valley Newspapers - have just voted me Readers' Choice Best Alternative Health Practitioner of 2018 in the Verde Valley! This is the sixth time since 2012 you have voted me this recognition. I appreciate it! I aim to help you...
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...
Mainstream medicine has lost vital perspectives. It has collapsed its viewpoint to only that which is physical and can be observed and measured. The only accepted reality is the physical, and every other phenomenon attempts to be explained as being derived from the...
Naturopathic physicians individualize their treatments to their patients based on their training and how the patient presents. There is a contemporary doctrine in mainstream medicine of “Evidence-Based Medicine,” or EBM. This doctrine demands that medical treatments...
Where is the sweet spot in life? Have you pondered that for your life? And, how do I get there? Or, are you there, in the sweet spot? On a tennis racket, the sweet spot is the place where you get the “most bang for your buck.” This means that the ball goes exactly...
When hiking in July, I find it best to start early in the morning. Before sunrise. It is plenty light, then I get to see the sun illuminate the rock formations as it comes up. Starting on the Courthouse Butte trail, we see Courthouse Butte, of course, and also Bell...
Was I surprised when I found research on a treatment that I had been recommending! I have told patients to put a drop of castor oil in each eye at bedtime to help with many conditions, dry eye being one of them. I have tried it too. I learned the use of castor...
My book is now available! Amazon is selling both the paperback and the kindle edition. . . . and it is a #1 New Release in three categories! Previews You can preview the book on Amazon with the "Look inside" feature next to the book image. You can download a...
Inspirational leaders have to have had experienced the lows in order to guide us to the highs. This turns out to be the life story of Hal Elrod, the creator of The Miracle Morning. A Close Encounter Last Saturday I sat at the world premier of the movie "Miracle...
Have you thought that it is healthy to restrict sugar? Restrict fat - or only saturated fat? Restrict salt? Restrict calories? Do you live by reading labels and rejecting items with too much sugar or fat per serving? Are you on guard against something that might harm...
