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Shame is Anaerobic
Teddy Roosevelt, speaking at the Sorbonne in 1910 said, “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The...
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What Will It Take?
My youngest recently graduated from elementary school. I live in a town in the Boston area called Newton, which is 144 miles away from Newtown in Connecticut. The difference between Newton and Newtown...
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Prayer for the Winter Solstice
Today is December 21, 2012, the long awaited day marking the end of the long count of the Mayan Calendar, the end of a 26,000 year long cycle. Today we begin another World Age, the Age of Flowers, an...
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Coming to Our Senses
Derek Walcott This morning I tuned into my very favorite radio program “On Being”, which describes itself as a “spacious conversation” about “the big questions at the center of human life”. Host...
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Stepping Outside the Comfort Zone
It’s almost the end of the first week of 2013. This is a time of year when many of us are implementing newly made resolutions that have to do with self improvement, such as cleaning up our diets,...
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The Five Remembrances
This is a picture of a sand mandala, a traditional Tibetan Buddhist symbol of transience. Tibetan Buddhist monks perform a ritual of meticulously creating beautiful intricate mandalas from colored...
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Go Make a Ruckus
Matisse's Icarus The law of synchronicity was alive and well this morning as I lay in bed listening to a fascinating conversation on the radio. Krista Tippett interviewed Seth Godin, an internet...
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The Power of Bio-Identical Progesterone
This morning when I opened the door to go out with the dogs, the snow had drifted up four feet high during the night, creating a white wall that needed to be broken through in order to step outside. I...
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Histamine Intolerance, GAPS and Low Carb
Histamine is a neurotransmitter which is involved in our local immune response. Here is a quote from an excellent post by That Paleo Guy on Histamine Intolerance: “Histamine is a chemical which...
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Histamine Intolerance: Another Great Pretender
Graphic from Healthy Pixels: The Many Faces of Histamine Intolerance (well worth reading) Almost a month ago I blogged about Histamine Intolerance, a widespread and under diagnosed condition. I have...
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An Effective Probiotic: Prescript-Assist
Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician, believed that all diseases begin in the gut. Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride, a Russian neurologist and originator of the GAPS Healing Protocol, likens the...
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Attack on Innocence
Tomorrow afternoon it will be a week since the bombing of the Boston Marathon on Monday April 15th. Friday April 20th was a warm windy day in Boston, sun mixed with skittering clouds, and we were...
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Histamine and Global Warming
Many people who typically do not suffer from seasonal allergies are now experiencing symptoms of hay fever for the first time in their lives. Never having had this condition in the past, when their...
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Gelatin for Anxiety, Sleep and Appetite Suppression
In this post I would like to share my surprising experience since recently introducing gelatin powder as a supplement into my diet. Supplementation with gelatin became of interest to me, as I was no...
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Kelp Noodles: Worth Trying
I recently discovered a very low carb low calorie noodle made from the sea vegetable kelp, manufactured by a company called Sea Tangle. It comes in a green plastic bag and was located in the Asian...
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Cellular Damage and Antibiotics
WBUR’s Common Health Blog reported on a new study by researchers at Boston University which suggests that antibiotics may cause damage at a cellular level to our own tissues. This is not the commonly...
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Histamine Intolerance and Emotional Stress
Histamine intolerance depends on many factors including intestinal health, genetics, medication, diet, environment, and perhaps most importantly, emotional and spiritual well being. It is widely...
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Soulless Psychiatry
The Kingdom of Ordinary TimeMarie Howe Did you know that the literal meaning of psychiatry is “healing of the soul”? The term was coined in France in 1846, “psychiatrie”, from Medieval Latin...
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Fat Fast and Menopause
All my life I have struggled with my weight. Both sides of my family suffered from morbid obesity, along with metabolic syndrome, a preoccupation with food and emotional eating. Only when I reached...
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Pomegranates and Blessings
It is September, a season of new beginnings, the initiation of a fresh cycle. We just celebrated Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The children went back to school, the summer is waning and it’s...
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