Safe & Sound Protocol, SSP

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What is the Safe & Sound Protocol, SSP? You can only access “rest, digest & heal” and “connection to yourself, others, and something greater” (principles that guide my practicing of naturopathic medicine) from a place of safety. The Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP) helps you find your safety. “A non-invasive listening therapy for your client’s…

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Human living…

Have you heard people say that you aren’t a human doing, that you are a human being as an explanation for why you need to slow down and just ‘be’ more often? I like that explanation, but it only takes us so far. How can you live in your life of responsibilities of work, finances,…

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Narrow mainstream media, medicine worldview

Being open increase flow.

The narrow mainstream media and medicine worldview drains me. I’m tired of hearing so much about “us” against “them” in politics, medicine, finances, social standing, etc. I never quite fall in either extreme category which makes me feel like a leper all around. We are designed as social creatures, so what others think about us…

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Everyday choices DO make a difference!

I attended an AWESOME continuing education conference this past weekend with the topic of viruses and vaccines (current events focused). The speaker was someone that I trust greatly (she was the person who recruited me to teach at NUNM a handful of years ago), Heather Zwickey, PhD (immunologist). The course, as a whole, covered the…

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Healthy Body Not Weight Loss

Strong women with an axe

You may say “I want to lose weight” but what you really mean is “I want a healthy body.” Healthy body, not weight loss. People often ask me to present a ‘Weight Loss’ talk. I, however, prefer a ‘Body Health’ discussion. Weight only describes your mass; body health, in contrast, conveys information about how your…

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Worried about your weight?

Are you worried about your weight? It’s just a number on a scale; your weight says NOTHING about your health… As an example, what assumptions do you make when you look at someone’s body size? If they are living in a larger body, do you assume they have cardiovascular or heart disease? High blood pressure?…

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Health at Every Size

What is Health at Every Size (HAES) philosophy?

It’s the approach that I take with patients that says that someone’s weight has no assumed direct connection with their health and that they shouldn’t be discriminated against just because they live in a larger body.

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Recipe: Fire Cider!

Fire cider

Support your digestive and immune systems right now with yummy Fire Cider! I have been meaning to make fire cider for YEARS!! Why finally now? I’m home, looking for ways to support my self and my hubby, Pete through this crazy pandemic time. So, I dug out the email from Beverly Lewis from 2016 🙂…

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Recipe: Salted chocolate cookies (wheat-free, dairy-free)

As I was reading an email from one of my favorite vendors, Mountain Rose Herbs, I came across this recipe (modified and listed below) and thought “What a nice way to welcome Alex home [from college] for the weekend!” So, I whipped this up, super quick, and had a nice treat for us to share…

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Individualized Nutrition

Like many naturopathic doctors, I firmly believe in individualized nutrition – there is no one way that all people should eat to optimize health. There are, however, general guidelines that may apply to all: eat food in as close to its natural state as possible; i.e. whole, unrefined food consume essential fatty acids from cold-water fish…

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