Love Knots: Twisted Rules that Govern How We Love
The book offers this healthy and truly loving alternative: “I cannot assume that you know. I will ask for what I want and not expect you to know.”
Read More →Spiritual Pioneers and Where to Find Them
What is a spiritual pioneer? What do spiritual pioneers want to explore? Where can you find a spiritual pioneer? And in what ways are we all spiritual pioneers?
Read More →PAIRS and Shares
This past weekend, I learned about “fair fighting” or, in other words, conflict resolution in close relationships. I learned that anger and fighting can be separated, and positive changes can come from an authentic, loving approach to conflict.
Read More →On Unconditional Love
Perhaps it may be due to the holidays and the focus on thankfulness and charity for each other, or perhaps it may be due to my work, teaching me that love is a healing energy that leads to recovery; but lately, it seems to me as if everything radiates the spiritual message of love.
Read More →A Way to Nurture Beautiful Relationships: PAIRS
My PAIRS class focuses on helping individuals learn how to communicate, especially in intimate relationships. Often times, we learn how to communicate, from examples we encountered when we were young.
Read More →The Wisdom, Insight, and Power of Patients
Being a holistic psychiatrist allows me to live and learn vicariously from the thoughts, feelings and experiences of many people. It is a life packed with life!
Read More →Matter and Energy: Colleagues along the Healing Journey
Energy medicine is to functional medicine what an atom bomb is to a cannon ball. The power of energy medicine is immense and multifaceted.
Read More →The Glass Ceiling: A Barrier and an Opportunity
As I follow current events, filled with the latest stories on our presidential candidates, my reflections turn to the elephant in the room. Let’s explore what “the glass ceiling” is—its role on the political stage, as well as in our personal lives.
Read More →Two Parables for Reflection
Sharing a couple of parables–using symbolism and story to facilitate a deeper reflection and exploration of life. The beauty of parables is their flexibility in meeting each person at their level of being.
Read More →Reflections and Clinical Pearls from the Integrative Medicine for Mental Health (IMMH) 2016 Conference
Life teaches us to be humble, but also to be aware of the wealth we carry, so that we can learn to share as comrades along our journey.
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