My most recent article with my colleague and good friend Brandt Stickley has just been published with the Chinese Medicine Times relating to the Heart in Chinese medicine. You can […]
Tag: psychology
Living Without Reference Points
What would your life be like if you could live each moment in the moment without judging it based upon your past experiences or projecting it into the future? Experiencing […]
Breaking Bad Habits
This is a response I wrote to a comment from a post in June on the Effects of Lifestyle. As comments from older posts are not as accessible, I thought […]
State of Mind
There is no more important determinant of one’s health than the state of mind. Of course, genetics, constitution, lifestyle habits, etc. have a large impact, but the power of our […]
Ben Shen
These two words have much import in my medicine (and in my personal life: it is the names of my first two children). Ben is the root or the source. […]
The will to change
In the previous post I mention how acupuncture and herbs spark the process of change by bringing awareness of the root of one’s struggles. This awareness is a linking of […]
How does one change?
None of us is spared pain in our lives, whether it be the pain of being born, the pain of losing a loved one, the pain that comes from illness, […]
Fate vs. Destiny
Wondering what others think about fate and destiny. To me it’s a very interesting concept. What are we meant to do, to become. So often these concepts are used interchangeably. […]