Unstuck: Healing Ourselves

Looking back this week on Woodstock, forty years later, wondering if there was anything I had to add to everything that everyone who was or wasn't there has had to say, I realized I had actually learned a lot as a medical volunteer there in those three days and that the lessons might be worth sharing. Read More

We need as well to realize that expensive, Draconian treatment and “watchful waiting” are not our only choices. Read More

In her article, "Advances Elusive in the Drive to Cure Cancer" Gina Kolata appropriately took to task pharmaceutical, medical, and health food industries who claim that their approach promises a cure . . . on the other hand, Kolata's actual or implied dismissal of the potent preventive and therapeutic power of diet and exercise, and of the role that attitude, mood, and social support can play in enhancing quality of life and perhaps prolonging survival, is ill-informed and potentially dangerous. Read More

I'm returning to the Middle East after 9 months away, in the wake of the War in Gaza and the ongoing shelling of the south of Israel by Hamas.  We flew into Israel, and in the nick of time, we got permission to cross the border into Gaza--no small feat. It's every bit as bad as the news reports; but we're here, teaching people--those who have lost family members, and many health and mental health professionals--practical skills they can use to address the pain they're suffering. Read More