In the past few months, I was approached by a few beautiful humans as they inquired about my profession and my services, because they all have SOMETHING out of balance. As I explained the whole-human approach of Functional Medicine and nutrition, they replied, "I feel fine, except for..., so I don't need that" "I eat a really great diet, so I don't need that," and "If I know anyone that needs that, I'll let them know." But that created a huge ripple in my consciousness as no

Not all allergies result in a skin or respiratory response and symptoms and intensity will vary greatly with an activated immune system....

Follow The Train…

WEIGHT A Minute… Weight does not dictate wellness…Wellness dictates weight and what it’s made of. I’m not a huge fan of targeting weight loss as a wellness solution because raw weight measurements require a much larger story be told on their behalf. We know that thin humans can have cancer, diabetes, depression, Alzheimer’s, and autoimmune disorders. And high weights can reflect the extremes of high muscle mass or obesity. To simply reduce calories and take a weight-loss sha

We have been hijacked into thinking that healing means a cure and dissolution. I contest that definition. Over twenty years and thousands of humans later, I can say that healing can be the breath, the ease, the pause, or the peace within the contrast. I don’t get emotionally moved much anymore but today I was moved to tears. They came because I understand the relief that comes with the pause. I’m sharing the text from a mom that gifted me the honor to work with her child. Thi

The psychological dimensions of health are some of my favorite to work with and yet some of the most difficult. I’m clearly not a...

It’s spring time and even the planet cycles through a renewal after winter. Spring and fall are great times to follow suit and support...

It’s frowned upon to report that nutrients can be used to treat ceratin disease states and I suppose it’s due to a simple language issue. Technically nutrients aren’t medicine because they are requirements and assumed to be part of ingestion, digestion., and metabolism. Each and every health care practitioner has had some introduction into the nutrient foundations of phsyiology, yet it’s still rare to hear of a prescription or recommendation for a certain nutrient as the medi

One dimension of health that I teach my students is occupational health. Occupational health typically deals with work place safety in environment and can even be work relationships. Although these are conventional factors into occupational wellness, I extrapolate the concept of occupational health into mission and money. Yes, financial fitness is a part of our wellness. But bigger than that, weaving value, purpose and investment into our labor is mission. It takes courage to

It can seem incomprehensible to have super subtle therapies or concentrations have an effect on wellness or reduce stress. But they can and do. To take the mysticism out of it, first we need to understand the connection of physics to chemistry, chemistry to biology, and each of these to human physiology. Human health is not void of the foundations of physics. We observe electricity and responses to light and sound spectrums within our physiology and have tools to measure thes