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🦋”Every day, every week and every year of my life, my hero is always 10 years away. I’m never going to beat my hero, 💡I’m not going to attain that, I know I’m not and that’s just fine with me. And that keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing!” –Matthew McConaughey ⏳...

I’m a bit of a globetrekker, here’s the barebones of my essential packing list: 🌎A multivitamin  🌎Immune support (vitamin C & vitamin A) 🌎Probiotics and GI support  🌎An empty water bottle to fill 🌎Herbal tea bags  🌎Alcohol based hand sanitizer  🌎Snacks that cater...

So what are some tools that I, as a naturopath, have at my disposal? What follows is a brief overview but we will be diving into each modality individually in future posts: Botanical medicine including botanical tinctures, teas, nutraceuticals, and steam...

The principle of Docere, “Doctor as Teacher”, pertains to the origin of the word ‘doctor’ coming from the word ‘teacher’. This component of the doctor-patient relationship seems to be rarer to find in other aspects of medicine. This principle most pertains to...

Did you hear about the sea lion that bit a teenager in California one summer? 👂Turns out sea lions can carry a spirochete (spiral shaped organism) that can cause an emerging infectious disease called Leptospirosis. Outbreaks in humans are usually seasonal and...

🤯A year ago I lost someone. It was an unimaginable loss. 👀 👉Death is no stranger to me. But this loss hit especially hard. Last year, in the very moment I was celebrating the realization of my concierge practice to brick-and-mortar, one of the people who raised me and...

Virginia Tech biochemist discovers a possible cellular 🧪cause for Lyme arthritis. Brandon Jutras’s study proposes Lyme associated aches and pains, a painful late-stage progression of the disease, can be caused in part 🧬peptidoglycan shed by Lyme-causing bacteria. His...

🏃‍♀️Is your nose running more than you? During the season as we all energize it may seem like nothing is running more than you nowadays BUT if allergies are, let's talk Herbs! 🌱☀️ 🍃 Urtica dioica leaf provides great allergy relief through its ability to modulate...

One of the prime principles of naturopathic medicine is “First Do No Harm” (Primum Non Nocere). As a naturopathic physician, I use my training to avoid harming you as the patient. I undertake methods and prescribe medicinal substances that minimize the risk of harmful...

💭It’s from “Madagascar”! 🌍Consequently, the originator of Madagascar periwinkle aka Catharanthus roseus. 🌺 This plant is unique because it is both drought and salt tolerant, 🗿it even grows in limestone rocks! 2 of the plants chemical constituents are responsible for...