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 [...]
As this year comes to an end, I am reflecting upon many aspects of 2013. One of them is the information I have been reading about and how it has shaped and reinforced my integrative medical approach. As I look back on my twitter feed, it shows some of what intrigued me and information I [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. […]