Dare To Be Selfish
This is not a call to be careless or to be preoccupied with yourself. This is not a call to be full of yourself. I would argue that many of us are far less than [...]
Emotional Detox: 5 Steps to a Complete Cleanse
The beginning of a new year presents wonderful opportunities to improve our selves and our environments, to create goals, and make resolutions. We also tend to look for things to add to our physical and [...]
Welcoming Pain
Physical pain. Mental pain. They’re the same thing. This notion would have met much skepticism within me not long ago. After more than five thousand cases during my practice as an acupuncturist and Chinese medical [...]
Getting To Sleep
As winter approaches, our energy slows along with the rest of our environment. We do not hibernate like bears or lose our leaves like the trees, but we do require more rest at this time [...]
Modern Life, Modern Disease
Some of the most widespread diseases found in the minds and bodies of Americans have not been around that long. Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, autism, interstitial cystitis and certain types of cancer are just a [...]
Balancing Life With Breast Cancer
Approximately one in every 1,000 women in the U.S. has breast cancer. Once discovered, there is understandably much thought directed to where the disease came from and what to do about it. However, each diagnosis [...]