Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It weighs twice as much as all the other planets put together and is 1300 times the size of Earth. It has a twelve year cycle, meaning that it takes twelve years to orbit the Sun as compared to the Earth, which takes only one year.… [Continue reading]
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The Healing Gift of Intermittent Fasting
At the June International Conference for Functional Medicine in Florida, Dr. Jeffrey Bland, a pioneer and founder of the field of Functional Medicine declared that if any of us are not routinely fasting for a minimum of 12 hours a day, and not recommending that our patients do the same, that we are missing out on… [Continue reading]
Honoring the Tree of Life
This morning I gathered with my congregation at Temple Emanuel, a synogogue very similar to the Tree of Life in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, where a hate inspired massacre occurred yesterday during a baby naming ceremony. Temple Emanuel is in Newton, Massachusetts, in a community very similar to that of Squirrel Hill. Our rabbi,… [Continue reading]
Environmentally Acquired Illness and Psychiatric Symptoms
In December of 2016 I wrote my first post about toxic mold after becoming severely afflicted with anxiety, depression, insomnia, headaches, massive bloating, urinary frequency and tinnitus in the context of doing a lengthy daily yoga practice involving deep breathing in a moldy basement. Please read my first post about this topic for additional background. After my… [Continue reading]
Eighth Grade: A Brilliant Portrait of Our Times
The film “Eighth Grade” is an intimate honest portrayal of a very shy awkward girl’s eighth grade year in a contemporary suburban school. It is a new and moving universal coming of age story by Bo Burnham, an immensely gifted 27 year old YouTube comedian and musician. The film skillfully represents the centrality and intensity of a… [Continue reading]
