[Me & My Naturopath] Why I’m a Hopeful Skeptic
Fed up with my increasing impairment due to chronic pain, I went to see a naturopath last week. I left her office with plans and recommendations for a five-pronged approach to lessening my pain, and...
View ArticleRachel Stone’s “Eat with Joy”: Why Healthy Eating Goes Beyond What We Eat
It is fitting that I’m writing this review of Rachel Stone’s new book Eat with Joy (InterVarsity Press 2013) while eating lunch at a local French café—an establishment that embodies why Rachel insists...
View ArticleLast Night at Yoga
My teacher was showing us some really wild things she has learned to do with her abdominal muscles. She blows out all her breath, pulls her abs back toward her spine, then is able to release and...
View Article[Me & My Naturopath] On Being Unfixable in a World Obsessed with Fixing
A few weeks ago, I took a detour from my naturopathy focus to go see my orthopedist. My right knee (which I still thought of as my “good” knee, because unlike the other knee, it has never needed...
View ArticleLet the Kids Keep Their *@$%#^ Halloween Candy!
This is an updated version of a piece originally published as an op ed in the Hartford Courant in October 2008. As the voices clamoring for the annual theft of Halloween candy from kids grow louder and...
View ArticleThe Problem with the Honey-and-Cinnamon (& Every Other) Miracle Cure
A post making the Facebook rounds claims that “a mix of honey and cinnamon cures most diseases.” Mix honey and cinnamon together and your arthritis pain will vanish, your lost hearing will be restored,...
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