“To be healthy is to be whole and to be holy.  It is to acknowledge the great goodness that our bodies are linked to the bodies of other people, to the bodies of plants and animals, indeed to the [...]

My Mississippi roots live deeply inside me with my love of all things iced-tea. If tea were water, I’d meet my daily requirement easily by noon (this said to point out the fact that plain [...]

I saw a patient yesterday with chronic GI issues. 100+ hospital stays in 7 years; every GI diagnosis known to man. And, he was only 31 years old – and desperate. He was desperate to have his [...]

  I’ve been home a week and I can put a big fat tick next to “Complete a Vipassana retreat” on my personal To-Do list. It has been a long time coming, having heard about [...]

With age comes wrinkles! Or does it have to be that way? #What if: Aging gracefully actually meant your skin first and foremost? Aging well was my own personal agenda years ago when I did an [...]

Birth is not just about when the baby arrives. Birth is not a singular moment in time, which is often how it is grossly misrepresented. “How was the birth?” is too often answered by recalling [...]