I can’t believe I haven’t written about this before. Wait. Let me back up. On the weekend my husband and I traipsed from the exotic rain forest where we live on an island in the Pacific to a different part of the same rain forest and island – a little coast town called Ucluelet. We [...]

I don’t have TOO many words for you today, but I do have an audio file for you. It’s purpose? Solely to bring you joy and make you smile. It’s just me laughing. For an entire minute. This post comes on the tails of the Easter Bunny long weekend. I spent a lot of time [...]

I see a lot of patients in my practice with mood disorders, specifically depression and anxiety. While there may be a neurotransmitter imbalance in these conditions, it’s not the whole story, nor in my opinion the root cause. We need to ask, why are the neurotransmitters out of balance? Finding the underlying cause of why [...]

I don’t have anything particularly innovative to say. I just want to remind you that it’s okay and safe to: ask for help say, “No!” take time for yourself ask for clarification stay silent speak up look after yourself remove yourself from situations without a reason play sing laugh dance believe in something bigger eat [...]

I realized recently that no matter the title under which I am practicing, or the tool that I am using, or the condition I am treating, my work is all about reducing pain and suffering, and bringing more love and joy into the world. So here are 20 ways to bring more joy into your [...]

I’ve been thinking about something I wrote a couple weeks back. This is the paragraph to be specific: It’s all just data. And with that data you can make an adult choice about what you’re going to eat or how often you’re going to consume it. The context of this paragraph was a review of [...]

I had a great time during this interview with Diana Marchand of Raw Foods Made Simple. We chatted on women’s health at mid-life, stress, disease, healing, self care, and joy. I share how BodyTalk, and Naturopathic Medicine can help heal the body, mind and soul. Enjoy and be sure to share!

We’re half way through summer time here in the northern hemisphere. I just returned for a lovely weekend out in the wilderness. I saw a black bear, schools of salmon, several eagles and a beaver. Summer time. My work as a naturopathic doctor and a master Brain-Based Transformational Coach is flavored richly by Traditional Chinese [...]

This past weekend I attended a personal development seminar as a part of the “Life Sciences” arm under the Brain-Based Transformational Coaching umbrella. I’m an ever-learner; this workshop was a nice and welcomed change to the technical courses I’ve been taking lately. As much as the course was for me on my own personal path, [...]