“There are two ways to live. You can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein I had a great day yesterday. I went to a workshop by Anat Baniel. As a clinical psychologist, dancer and associate of Moshe Feldenkrais, she has developed her [...]
Ubiquitous means existing or being everywhere at the same time. And that is where the chemical name for CoQ10 (coenzyme Q10) came from: ubiquinone, because it is an enzyme found in every cell in the body. That sure sounds integrative, doesn’t it? And for reasons related to is ubiquity, CoQ10 has become one of my [...]
“God heals. The physician takes the fee.” – Ben Franklin This is one of my favorite quotes. It really sets the stage for what seems like a conflict of interest in having a private practice in Integrative Medicine. And whenever we do something different or new, we are taking a risk. It is not [...]
I strongly recommend the movie ESCAPE FIRE as a way to summarize some of what is happening in American healthcare and some of what motivates me to do the work I do. I am working hard to go beyond the status quo in many ways and I motivate my patients to do the same for [...]
As a typical middle child I have always sought to “maintain calm in the family” and be the peacemaker. As a physician, I was trained in a traditional way to view external bacteria as “bad” and something we protect our bodies from. Over the years, my perspective and the science on both approaches has evolved. [...]
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He [...]
My premature son, only 2 pounds at birth at 28 weeks was now 32 weeks old and strong and stable enough to be transported to the local hospital where I worked to “feed and grow” instead of over an hour drive from our home. We said goodbye to our amazing NICU staff and packed him [...]
Today is Memorial Day and amid the barbeques and celebration of the beginning of summer, there is something very powerful about today. It is an opportunity to pause and truly consider those who have lost their lives in service to our country. […]
Yesterday, while driving home through Austin traffic after attending the TAFP CME conference, my mind began to wander to the Wizard of Oz. I think perhaps I was dreaming of having ruby slippers that I could tap together and repeat: “There’s no place like home,” three times and find I could avoid the traffic! [...]
Once again my mind is buzzing about the future of the healthcare marketplace and thus the future of medicine in the US after attending a talk last week on the topic. It gave great perspective on the financial tensions of our larger economic liabilities in the US and how that bottom line will shape the [...]