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Does Raping the Earth Make Us Crazy?

By Ilana Simons, Ph.D. on February 4, 2010 in The Literary Mind

Ecopsychology is a branch of the field that theorizes that our mental health is related to the health of the earth. Ecopsychologists argue that our mental health is dependent on how the natural world lives and dies around us. Read More

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Diane Keeps Moving

By Margaret Moore on March 5, 2010 in Life Changes

In our first coaching session, Diane created a forward-looking statement to describe her motivation for moving toward wellness: "To be in a state of health with sufficient energy and vitality that enables me to support myself in all realms - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial - and that enables me to explore and pursue my life's mission." In our second session, it was time to get clear about what this visionary statement would look like applied to the real world. Read More
Are You Hooked on Red Bulls or Coffee? Type 1 Sugar Addiction

By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD on March 3, 2010 in Complementary Medicine

Many of you are simply exhausted by the pace of modern life, and have found that sugar and caffeine give you a quick energy boost. What you've likely missed is that these are also "energy loan sharks." Borrowing money from a loan shark is a bad idea, and so is getting your energy from energy loan sharks. Read More
Diane Gives Herself An “A” – Part Four

By Margaret Moore on February 25, 2010 in Life Changes

In our first coaching session, Diane created a forward-looking statement to describe her motivation for moving toward wellness: "To be in a state of health with sufficient energy and vitality that enables me to support myself in all realms - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial - and that enables me to explore and pursue my life's mission."
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

By Robert J. Hedaya, M.D., D.F.A.P.A. on February 23, 2010 in Health Matters

What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Read More
Are Hot Flashes A Sign of Heart Trouble?

By Woodson Merrell, M.D. on February 19, 2010 in The Source of Healing

Emerging research into why some women have hot flashes while others with identical hormonal profiles do not has shed light on a possible connection between hot flashes and heart disease. Read More
Diane Gives Herself An “A” – Part Three

By Margaret Moore on February 18, 2010 in Life Changes

In our first coaching session, Diane created a forward-looking statement to describe her motivation for moving toward wellness: "To be in a state of health with sufficient energy and vitality that enables me to support myself in all realms - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial - and that enables me to explore and pursue my life's mission." Read More
Recovering From Sugar Addiction Easily: An Overview

By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD on February 17, 2010 in Complementary Medicine

Are you a sugar addict? If the answer is yes, you are not alone! With people basically eating their weight in sugar and flour each year, it is not surprising that we have become a planet of sugar addicts. Read More
Diane Gives Herself An “A” – Part Two

By Margaret Moore on February 13, 2010 in Life Changes

In our first coaching session, Diane created a forward-looking statement to describe her motivation for moving toward wellness: "To be in a state of health with sufficient energy and vitality that enables me to support myself in all realms - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial - and that enables me to explore and pursue my life's mission." Read More
Poetry in Medicine

By Danielle Ofri, M.D., Ph.D. on February 12, 2010 in Medicine in Translation

When I make rounds with my students and interns, I always try to sneak in a poem at the end. I think poetry is important because it helps convey the parts of the medical experience that don’t make it into textbooks. Read More
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Donates $1500 to Local Library

By Jann Gumbiner, Ph.D. on February 9, 2010 in The Teenage Mind

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Donates $1500 to Local Library Read More
Diane Gives Herself an "A" - Part One

By Margaret Moore on February 5, 2010 in Life Changes

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In our first coaching session, Diane created a forward-looking statement to describe her motivation for moving toward wellness: "To be in a state of health with sufficient energy and vitality that enables me to support myself in all realms - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial - and that enables me to explore and pursue my life's mission." Read More
What's Next for Parity-Part I

By David Shern, Ph.D. on February 5, 2010 in Minding the Nation's Health

Although the federal mental health parity law became fully effective January 1, work remains to ensure the law works as Congress and advocates intended.

At the end of last month, the three federal departments charged with implementing the law issued interim regulations. Read More
Does Raping the Earth Make Us Crazy?

By Ilana Simons, Ph.D. on February 4, 2010 in The Literary Mind

Ecopsychology is a branch of the field that theorizes that our mental health is related to the health of the earth. Ecopsychologists argue that our mental health is dependent on how the natural world lives and dies around us. Read More
World Cancer Day: An ounce of prevention

By Conner Middelmann Whitney on February 4, 2010 in Nourish

"Cancer can be prevented too," the slogan for today's World Cancer Day, debunks the popular myth that while other diseases can be averted, cancer hits people like a bolt from the blue. Read More
How Coaching Works: Appreciative Inquiry

By Margaret Moore on January 30, 2010 in Life Changes

We released a movie titled "How Coaching Works" as a way to explain coaching via YouTube using an animated cartoon. This blog series aims to share the psychological underpinnings of the coach approach demonstrated in the carton and utilized by master coaches. Read More
Beyond the mind-body connection

By Mel Schwartz, L.C.S.W. on January 23, 2010 in A Shift of Mind

People who are holistically minded often refer to the mind-body connection. They are suggesting that they have discovered a conduit between our mental and physical being. Many react in surprise when I challenge this term and suggest that there's no connection at all. Having never been accused of being a classical or reductionist thinker, my statement causes considerable consternation. Read More
How Coaching Works: Positive Psychology

By Margaret Moore on January 22, 2010 in Life Changes

We released a movie titled "How Coaching Works" as a way to explain coaching via YouTube using an animated cartoon. This blog series aims to share the psychological underpinnings of the coach approach demonstrated in the carton and utilized by master coaches. Read More
How High or Low is your BQ tm ?

By Steve Sisgold on January 18, 2010 in Life in a Body

Life is not meant to be an out of body experience.
But often it is. Sometimes we get so busy and caught up in our thoughts and our efficient multi task machines that we forget to check in and see what our body is doing or saying to us. Here's a test to inform you and raise your body awareness quotient or BQ for short. Read More
How Coaching Works: Flow

By Margaret Moore on January 14, 2010 in Life Changes

We released a movie titled "How Coaching Works" as a way to explain coaching via YouTube using an animated cartoon. This blog series aims to share the psychological underpinnings of the coach approach demonstrated in the carton and utilized by master coaches. Read More
How Coaching Works: The Client’s Commentary

By Margaret Moore on January 11, 2010 in Life Changes

I released a movie titled "How Coaching Works" as a way to explain coaching via YouTube using an animated cartoon. This blog series aims to share the psychological underpinnings of the cartoon. The third blog is written from the "client's" perspective. Read More

Integrative Medicine Blogs

5 Cents: The Doctor Is In
How to change your life through mind and body.
By Marc Schoen, Ph.D.
Case and Stories
The narratives in medicine
By Suzanne Koven, M.D.
Complementary Medicine
The Best of Natural and Pharmaceutical Medicine
By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD
Health Matters
Connecting you to the sources of health
By Robert J. Hedaya, M.D.
The Science of Willpower
Secrets for self-control without suffering.
By Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D.
The Source of Healing
Enlisting mind, body and spirit to heal
By Woodson Merrell, M.D.

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