Who do you chase?

šŸ¦‹ā€Every day, every week and every year of my life, my hero is always 10 years away. Iā€™m never going to beat my hero, šŸ’”Iā€™m not going to attain that, I know Iā€™m not and thatā€™s just fine with me. And that keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing!ā€ ā€“Matthew McConaughey ā³...

So you like to travel?

Iā€™m a bit of a globetrekker, hereā€™s the barebones of my essential packing list: šŸŒŽA multivitaminĀ  šŸŒŽImmune support (vitamin C & vitamin A) šŸŒŽProbiotics and GI supportĀ  šŸŒŽAn empty water bottle to fill šŸŒŽHerbal tea bagsĀ  šŸŒŽAlcohol based hand sanitizerĀ  šŸŒŽSnacks that cater...

Naturopathic Modalities

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...

Docere

The principle of Docere, ā€œDoctor as Teacherā€, pertains to the origin of the word ā€˜doctorā€™ coming from the word ā€˜teacherā€™. This component of the doctor-patient relationship seems to be rarer to find in other aspects of medicine. This principle most pertains to...

šŸŒŠšŸ¦SEA LIONSšŸŒŠšŸ¦

Did you hear about the sea lion that bit a teenager in California one summer? šŸ‘‚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...

Grief

šŸ¤ÆA year ago I lost someone. It was an unimaginable loss. šŸ‘€ šŸ‘‰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...