Dr. Tsafrir
Acute Benzodiazepine Withdrawal: A Public Health Crisis
By Dr. Tsafrir | | 8 Comments
Late last week a desperate 46-year-old woman contacted me. She was experiencing symptoms of acute benzodiazepine withdrawal including palpitations, constant pacing, and exhaustion. When her prescribing PCP retired, she could find no one willing to continue to prescribe the benzodiazepine she had been taking for most of her adult life. She was someone who did…
Read More Food Intolerances, Connecting the Dots, Gluten and Bladder Health
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I just returned from a ten-day camping trip on Cape Cod where my usual dietary routine went out the window. Truro is stunningly beautiful, but I am so glad to be back home. At home, I mostly eat whole foods, aspire to eat more protein than is my natural inclination, limit the amount and types…
Read More A Tribute to Ellen Tadd and Opening the Third Eye for Wisdom and Guidance
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Ellen Tadd was a gifted spiritual teacher, clairvoyant counselor, educator and author who used to live in the Boston area. I recently learned of her passing. I don’t think that she was much older than me. She had cancer. In the letter from her family announcing her death they wrote: “Please know that in her…
Read More “Sacred Psychiatry” Won a Nautilus Award and Inspires an Invitation to You
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Dearest Readers, I just learned that my book “Sacred Psychiatry: Bridging the Personal and Transpersonal to Transform Health and Consciousness” won a Nautilus Award. The core mission of the Nautilus Awards is to celebrate and honor books that support conscious living and green values, wellness, social change, social justice, and spiritual growth. I…
Read More Abracadabra and Eclipse Blessings
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Though a matter of debate, some believe that the incantation ABRACADABRA originated in the ancient language of Aramaic, from the words “avra kadavra” translated as “I create as I speak.” As early as the third century AD, there is historical evidence that abracadabra was included in a Roman physician’s magical healing ceremony for the…
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