Spirituality and Mental Health

Of course you have heard the expression of comfort,  “You are only human” I believe that is inaccurate. I think that we are both human and Divine. Conventional medicine insists upon a sharp boundary between the Body and the Soul, much like the constitutional division between Church and State. But cross culturally and from the beginning of time, healing the…

Sue Wang’s compelling account of her holistic healing journey, Messages from the Black Recliner, is a poignant and inspiring narrative that will resonate with many of my readers, particularly those suffering from chronic mysterious illness. She describes the way life as she knew it, was utterly derailed by terrifying and debilitating symptoms which began five…

It breaks my heart to hear from my teenage and young adult patients that literally everyone they know takes birth control pills. Ingesting synthetic hormones is absolutely commonplace in our culture, which embraces prescription medications as a solution to every human situation. Studies link oral contraceptives to inflammation and auto-immune conditions, thrombosis, cardiovascular events, cancer, depression, insulin…

I I recently came across reputable research strongly linking two very commonly prescribed types of medication to the development of Alzheimer’s Disease. The first group are medications with anticholinergic effects prescribed to treat depression, insomnia and allergies that are all linked with the development of dementia. In March of 2015, this research was reported in…

Now is an opportunity for a radical new beginning, a departure from business as usual. This is a photo of the solar eclipse on March 20, 2015 taken in Hamburg, Germany by my dear friend Dr. Gunnar Lindstroem. Remarkably, this potent eclipse coincided with the Vernal Equinox, the first day of Spring, on the last…