It was my week of hard things happening. Things went wrong, but not necessarily enough to warrant time off from work or responsibilities. You have a horrible fight with your spouse. Your car won’t start and you don’t know how you will get to work. So what to do? For myself, I usually try and […]
There is a great story in the book, Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, by Robert Sapolsky. The book presents a lot of the effects of stress on the body. It can be a little heady at times, but overall the book gives a good summation of why stress is not so good for us. I
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This is a continuation from Part one, and the list continues! Even though I am amazing and brilliant, it will take longer than I think. Somehow I thought starting a business would be easier. Even though colleagues all said it takes years to have a full practice, I was convinced it would happen overnight since
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I have spent some time recently thinking about the logo that I chose for my practice, three balancing rocks. They represent the three parts of a person: the bottom representing the spiritual, the middle the emotional, and the top the physical. From my years in practice, I have learned that all three have to be
Running a business is nothing like a television show, I can tell you that. It has been a year of great joy, and some frustrations. There is a lot to be learned about owning and running a business, and none of it is taught in medical school. It has been a fly by the seat
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A research study by the World Health Organization came stated that no amount of alcohol is safe for cancer prevention. In some analyses of previous studies, it is linked to breast, cervical, and mouth cancers. As a woman that enjoys wine and frequents Napa, it made me want to sort through the data a little.
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Today was a dear friend’s birthday. She had asked me to take the afternoon off for a quick trip up to Napa to have lunch and taste some champagne. I planned on working a little extra this weekend to allow for the time to celebrate my wonderful friend. Unbeknown to me, I would get a
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I read a statistic today that startled me. According to the Center for Disease Control,doctors wrote 250 million prescriptions for antidepressants in the last few years. My guess is the number continues to go up. Antidepressants are given for everything from anxiety and depression, to sexual dysfunction and pain issues. That is a lot of
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I was lucky enough to grow up knowing where most of my food came from. We gardened and raised some of our own animals. The ones we didn’t raise we traded with neighbors. Maybe this is why knowing where my food comes from is important to me. You can ask my patients, I do get
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Have you ever considered acupuncture for anything besides pain? People often equate acupuncture with pain relief, though there are many other problems that can be treated. I had a new patient for acupuncture many years ago. She was dealing with depression and low mood. There were a lot of life circumstances that were contributing. She
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