Dr. Charley Cropley, N.D. This Thanksgiving, enjoy your freedom and power to be thankful. At 69, I am not one inch closer to satisfying desire or avoiding fear than at age 6. These have only changed form. It’s a loser’s game. Although I appear to be a stable man, fear of pain and poverty and insatiable […]
Drs. Gay and Katie Hendricks If you have something painful from your past that is preventing you from living fully in the moment and experiencing all the joy life has to offer, you are not alone. Many people struggle with this issue, and the rote response from society is, “Get over it! Move on!” What
Elena Jutai, ND Pesky low back pain is one of the most common reasons to visit a primary care doctor. All too often we reach into the cabinet for our quick fix pain killers. While these may help with pain in the short term, it is important to consider that the root cause of low
Dr. Charley Cropley, N.D. The causes of the violent destruction in Benghazi cannot be found if the investigation is limited to the time and locale of the bombing. Similarly, the Benghazis in your body—flu, IBS, MS, cancer, etc.—are not to be found with shortsighted diagnostics that assume the causes to be recent and local. Naturopathic diagnosis
Dr. Rob Streisfeld, NMD @DocRob We all know that anxiety is a serious issue facing society today. Some suggest nearly one in five Americans have been diagnosed with some form of anxiety disorder. Anti-anxiolytics, SSRIs and other pharmaceuticals tend to be doled out like candy..with exit strategies or long term safety issues rarely addressed. Medications
Dr. Jill Hoffman, ND We as a culture are in full swing of an epidemic of sleeplessness. We don’t sleep enough and we certainly don’t sleep well. A 2013 count shows almost 9 million Americans use prescription sleep aids and the number of prescriptions written continues to be on a steady rise. Add to that
Dr. Peter Swanz, ND, FHANP @zendoctor Delving into coping behaviors I want to follow up on the article I wrote for the Men’s Health Month in August. I had at first tried to include this information in my August submission, but then decided the topic was important enough to deserve attention alone. This particular behavior
Dr. Charley Cropley, ND @CharleyCropley As we more thoroughly understand the inseparability of mind-body we will cease to question “if” our thoughts and feelings affect our physical health. We will come to recognize our thoughts and feelings and physical sensations, movements and functions as different expressions of our whole self. Never is any action performed
Dr. Charley Cropley, ND @CharleyCropley Congratulations on your desire to learn even more about your relationship with food by keeping an advanced eating journal. As you progress with this study your journaling will focus more on you than on food; e.g. your energy level, internal dialogue, moods, friends, and hunger. All of these powerfully effect
Dr. Steve Rissman, ND @StevenMRissman I’ve been contemplating the concept of compensation, particularly around the issue of anger in men. While there are many causes for anger in men, I’ve distilled my thoughts to the issue of size. It matters. Think about it. Why would a man need to pump himself up- his ego, his
