Transitions are the one constant that no one questions What is one thing we can count on as a constant? Transitions are the one constant that everyone has learned to embrace. #transitions That always felt a little ironic to me. In the last six months, there have been significant transitions for friends and family around […]
How I decided to study Ayurveda might not be obvious 10 years ago today, something incredible happened. I recall a moment when I was sitting on my sofa that led to a decision that would shift my medical career forever. After finishing residency in 2005, I found that hospice was the only specialty that gave […]
Create a Nourishing Morning Routine to Support Your Health Let’s talk about creating a nourishing morning routine. I appreciate @jamesclear and his book, Atomic Habits.His work partners powerfully to give us an effective platform for creating a dinacharya or daily routine from an Ayurvedic standpoint. What is a habit?Something we repeatedly do – including our thoughts and […]
You are enough, each and every day Last night I had a conversation briefly with an old friend. We’re both Internists. Which means that through the course of our training and work, we’ve taken care of some of the sickest patients in the medical system. If quickly came up for me in the conversation that […]
Come on a visit to San Francisco with me! As you may recall the quote, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t look around once in a while you could miss it.” It is a voice that echoes inside every Gen X mid-lifer’s psyche from the movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Above all, I have […]
5 reflections from walking the path less traveled. If you have been following my blog for awhile or just tuning in for the first time, I have to say that my journey definitely has the flavor of being on the road less traveled. I’ll be the first to admit though that traveling on this path […]
Mindfulness Can Change your Relationship with Food in Positive Ways I did not understand how mindfulness can change our relationship with food. And then I started a practice myself. All in all, here is what I noticed once I started doing this: 🌱 Plants started talking to me and I decided to stop eating meat. […]
There is enough DNA in the average person’s body to stretch from the sun to Pluto and back 17 times. 🤯. HOWEVER, the genome alone is not the final determinant of our health. It is how the genes are utilized that provide health outcomes. Enter epigenetics. “Broadly stated, the field of epigenetics attempts to provide […]