I can’t believe it’s May and that summer is just around the corner! As Mother’s Day approaches, I wanted to pause and express deep gratitude for mothers everywhere, and those women in our lives who are nurturing, loving, inspiring and supportive. When I think of mothers I think of families and I am so grateful [...]
So many of my patients, friends, and family members are just so overwhelmed these days. I wonder, are we actually experiencing more stress? Or are we simply becoming more aware of it? Stress, and its repercussions, play a major role in our day to day health. Learning how to become mindful of our actions, and [...]
Integrative and Functional Medicine advocacy and peer organizations recently put out a call for practitioners in the field to comment on a new Federal program to examine gaps in Pain Management in this country. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016 led to the creation of the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task [...]
© 2018, Allison Peacock/Lake Travis Integrative Medicine At Lake Travis Integrative Medicine we realize that we are all dynamic, creative beings with a wide variety of histories, genetics, exposures, and lifestyles. This requires a non-linear, individualized approach to healing, as well as a balance between the advances of Western medicine and a completely Holistic mindset. [...]
You may or may not have heard about how genetic information can be used as a guide to improve and maintain your health. Likely you’ve heard of testing for the BRCA gene that predisposes breast cancer, or newborn testing for inborn errors of metabolism. The potential for using genetic data for managing your health goes [...]
Years ago, one of my patients told me that life was like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes. But what if there is a way to slow it down? Meditation means different things to different people. For some people it is sitting in silence. For [...]
I recently spent a Saturday at a retreat on Physician Spirituality. How refreshing the simple thought of that is! As physicians we have the honor of sitting in the doorway between life and death more often than most people do. We’re there during births, deaths, and life changing health crises in our patient’s lives. These [...]
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. […]