Holistic Women's Health Psychiatry
Powerlessness. That is what so many of us are struggling with in this moment of great transition, globally. Any narrative about what’s going on that points to something we can’t control as the cause of our worry leaves us feeling small, out of control, and afraid. Kinda like when we were kids. What if this
Since the discovery of DNA, the central dogma of genetic translation has lured us in with a simple path from genes to illness. With the completion of the Human Genome Project, however, we were forced to begin to explore the limitations of the mutation model of illness and our assumptions about the biology behind illness
This blog post contains excerpts from my new book, Own Your Self, now available for pre-order. Have you ever been in a life free fall? Complete with the sense that you’re heading towards inevitable doom, your insides are twisted up in your throat, and your mind is screaming ‘NO!’ as you wince your way through
This blog post contains excerpts from my new book, Own Your Self, now available for pre-order. “How much longer?” I pleaded in the direction of the long space-time tunnel that separated me from my midwife. My mind had leapt back on stage and grabbed the mic. You can’t do this, it said. You’re going to
In our culture, emotions are often seen as a nuisance, something to get over or around. Even worse, having emotions — other than a select few positively-associated ones — has been seen as a weakness, something that we should be ashamed of and must work to conceal. It may, therefore, come as a surprise to
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