This week I made time for a workshop … that I didn’t really have time for.  Sound familiar?  Somehow I knew that I needed to MAKE the time. The material in the workshop is aligned with the theme I’m focused on. And, we need to take advantage of the opportunities that are sent to make

Over 25 years ago, I had Lasik surgery and walked out of the doctor’s office with 20/20 vision. It was one of those “I can’t believe I waited so long” experiences.  It took many years of incremental deterioration to finally force me to depend on corrective lenses. I’ll never forget the first basketball game I

When I was just about to turn 30 , my life had become unmanageably stressful. I was leaving a marriage and facing dilemmas that my youthful bravado never imagined dealing with.  I will spare you most of the details … but, I do want to share how it affected me long-term.  You may have been

I put myself on a new protocol last week. YES! I practice what I preach. I had an upper respiratory infection a couple of months ago and I noticed symptoms pointing to a lingering toxic build-up in my lungs. My body needed some help clearing it out. My lungs are my weakest point. I had

My wedding anniversary is Friday. That’s right – Cinco de Mayo! I met and married my husband in Nashville. So, it will always hold a piece of my heart and be home to fond memories.  This week as my thoughts have drifted to Nashville, I was reminded of another thing about Nashville that was the

This was the first week that I really felt the shifting season … summer is inching closer every day. I ALSO noticed that the air seemed heavy with pollen that tends to aggravate our sinuses and generally has patients reaching for some symptom reliever. Just when we thought allergy season was behind us! I struggle

Many of the women that I see in my clinic are concerned that a thyroid malfunction may be the cause of their unwanted symptoms. In fact, you may have already been prescribed some form of thyroid medication. If this sounds like you … you’re not alone. I’ve found that one in three are taking thyroid

When most people hear the word ‘metabolism,’ they assume the conversation is heading in the direction of exercise. What if I told you that intense exercise could wreck an already damaged metabolism?! Metabolism is actually a process your body uses to turn what I refer to as “raw building blocks” into something useful … energy.

I have been exploring the concept of evolution. Evolution is evident everywhere we turn. As humans, we’re constantly evolving, growing, and changing. And it’s essential to understand how this evolution can affect our emotional, mental, and physical well-being. In this weeks’ episode of Let’s Talk Toxins, I shared a few personal experiences  to illustrate how

Around the time I hit 50, I noticed a few unpleasant changes. I was past the transition into menopause so that contributed to the problem but something else was definitely going on. I couldn’t keep my Vitamin D levels in the optimal range … without supplementing with a day or two in the tanning bed

Change is in the air! Spring promises warmer weather and more sunshine. But … the ‘bed of roses’ can’t be experienced without nature spreading its seed. Lots of pollen has to circulate. I was relieved this week when two days passed without my car collecting a thick layer of yellow dust. Still the dry ‘allergy’

The west coast has seen a few years of snowfall in recent weeks. 15 feet in the Lake Tahoe area. They’re predicting that the melt will be enough to restore the lake.  Here it’s been the opposite. Warm and sunny. And my spring fever got the best of me recently. I settled into a comfy

If I told you that you had to be completely silent for a week, how would you react? A few years ago, I did just that … with several hundred other people equally committed to silence. I LOVED the experience. Silence IS golden! But it was odd to share meals with strangers without making small

Hi there, Gala! Challenged to practice what I preach … when stress was escalating this week.  Eustress was already bordering on distress. But it was obvious that stress was going to quickly turn toxic.  I was faced with allergy symptoms that were overwhelming my immune system. It’s hard to resist the temptation to stop the

Apparently groundhogs across the US east coast can’t agree on how long winter conditions will last this year. I think it’s a more telling prediction when we see a light dusting of pollen everywhere. That’s what happened around here in the last few weeks. One day it’s in the 70s and the next we’re back