Both functional and energy medicine are equally important tools in healing patients from mental illness, and it is important for the clinician to have the ability to discern how to begin, which to begin with, and how to maximize and integrate these tools for each unique patient's needs.
Read morePerfection's Hiding Place
April is poetry month, which is as good an excuse as any to share a poem I wrote called "Chipped China Cup" and some thoughts I have about it. I love poems because they concentrate truth, bare emotion, and support insight.
Read moreOwning Your Life
Have you ever thought of life as progressing in the shape of an upward spiral, where we circle back in periodic cycles to encounter old issues from a different, perhaps higher and wiser, perspective?
Read moreThe Pill Paradox
Why and how do medications create disease? And how can we deal with this phenomenon when it occurs?
Read moreThirty-eight Beads
My approach interweaves energy and functional medicine together in one cohesive system to restore health and ultimately, a person's freedom from being a patient. Learn more in this story, “Thirty-eight Beads.”
Read moreHardy Helpers: Herbals and Homeopathy
Get to know some of my favorite supplement brands and herbals/homeopathics so that you can consider adding them to your toolbox.
Read moreThe Bare Bone Basics
Holistic healthcare's price tag can be difficult to afford for a lot of people. The question that comes up at times in my practice is: "What are the basic must-haves that I need to help me move in the right direction?"
Read moreFrom Understanding to Compassion
In order to be a holistic psychiatrist, I had to walk in my patients' shoes. I needed the power, insight, and determination that only compassion could provide.
Read moreMy Own Journey Towards a Healthier Life
I share my personal journey towards a healthier life: where I came from and where I am today.
Read moreTreating Underlying Causes of Mental Illness
How genetics, nutrition, stressors, toxicity, infection, and medication/withdrawal contribute to understanding how to treat the underlying causes for mental illness.
Read moreOn Patients' Spiritual and Paranormal Experiences
How can we provide safety, receptivity, and understanding to folks with profound spiritual and/or paranormal experiences?
Read moreThe Many Faces and Phases of Love
Sharing some personal stories about love for Valentine's Day.
Read moreResolving Impossibly Difficult Withdrawals
What to do if and when we’re trapped by intolerable side effects from withdrawal, meds, and supplements.
Read moreEvolution: Braving the Unknown
Despite the information on the initial intake form, every patient is a unique and unknown territory during the first session, especially in holistic psychiatry.
Read moreThe Freedom to Say "No"
Have you been taught throughout your life to say "yes" to everyone? Or felt that saying "no" was simply not allowed?
Read moreThe Other Side of Regret: Gifts from our hardships
Trials do transform us—one way or another. We can choose to turn them into gifts or burdens, depending on our willingness to learn from them.
Read moreHumor's Role in Creating Happiness
Humor is like peanut butter and jelly on the bread of life. With it, life can still stick in your throat, but at least it tastes a lot better when stuck. Read on for all the ways that humor can transform our fears and worries like casting the Riddikulus spell at Hogwarts when encountering a Bogart!
Read moreElitism, Racism, and Positivism
The article I read today seemed sent from heaven, as if to say, "Hey, keep up the good work! Know this: your talents and ambitions as an individual are worth more than the resources and renown of elite schools, so don't ever give up on your dreams."
Read moreThree Essential Attributes of Successful Patients
Because of the nature of my practice, I am privileged to meet many courageous patients whose humble journeys lead them through extraordinary healing as they persevere.
Read moreLatest Approaches to Holistic Psychiatry
Little by little, step by step, my holistic practice evolves and expands. The foundation of a successful practice comes from openness to learning and creative integration. The goal, of course, is to create greater happiness as the patient heals the underlying causes of dysfunction.
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