• Update – Jan 12, 2023

    Happy New Year! The end of the year is always hard to stay on track with wellness protocols – especially detox. January, for me, is a good time to set goals and create a lifestyle focused on moving my health forward. My husband and I met with my doctor, Steven Harris, this week. The two Read more

  • Wind & Pain

    The last few days have been rough. Every joint. Every muscle. Every bone. I just hurt all over. Today, any attempt to sit up or stand has been met with sharp, stabbing pains in my head, neck and face. At one point I tried pushing through the pain and ended up back in bed, crying Read more

  • Valencia Peanuts

    There are 5 main types of peanut grown in the US – Virginia, Spanish, Runner, Tennessee and Valencia. Most peanuts are grown in moist conditions on the ground. This makes them susceptible a type of mold (aspergillum flavus) that produces aflatoxin, a known carcinogen. Valencia peanuts do not have this mold because they are grown Read more

  • Too Sick to Work – Or Anything Else

    Yesterday, I received a newsletter from one of my most favorite doctors with this message: This doctor is a good man – and a great healer. But this message totally pissed me off. It indicates that his patients who stop working don’t get well – as if that decision is the reason why they don’t Read more

  • LEARN ABOUT LYME

    Recently, I started following the story of a little girl who suddenly stopped talking. Her parents were eventually able to learn about Lyme Literate Medical Doctors and found proper treatment for their daughter. She is thankfully improving, but has a long road ahead. Today, I was reading a follow up post on the girl and Read more

  • Ayurveda – Pancha Karma

    Yesterday, I started a new to me therapy called Pancha Karma. If it sounds like I’m speaking a foreign language, I am. Ayurveda is the traditional medicine practice in India. Ayurveda means “knowledge of life” (ayur = life, veda = science/knowledge). It is rooted in the concept that disease is due to a person’s imbalance Read more