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 [...]
I just read a chapter in a book by one of my mentors during my integrative medicine fellowship, Tieraona Low Dog M.D. Her words deeply resonated with me and inspired me to write this to you. The chapter was titled “Illness.” I encourage you to read her book, Life is Your Best Medicine. Life can [...]
I recently watched this amazing TED Talk by Amy Cuddy about how your body language shapes who you are, and I find it a great place to share my thoughts on Halloween. Here we are, in the shadow of Superstorm Sandy, with many people still without electricity and so much damage done to the Northeast [...]
We have been back in the U.S. for over three months. This has been a time of much transition for our whole family. The boys have started at a new school, we have moved to a new house in a new city. We are learning new traffic patterns, new roads, new grocery stores, making new [...]
Today was the first day of school for the boys. So, as conscientious mother and doctor, I sought to productively use some of my free time. I checked the Gold’s gym website, and the Body Combat class – which is in my comfort zone because I like kickboxing – was not running. So I chose [...]
Here is the beautiful poem my 10 year old son gave me for mother's day. I am so blessed to be a mom. Motherhood has challenged me to truly "live it" and has helped me mature and gifted me in ways I could never have imagined. I am so fortunate to have my two wonderful [...]