Rhythms of Recovery

Diet

What Ultra-Processed Food Is Doing to Your Mind

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on August 4, 2025

Ultra‑processed foods shape how we feel, think, and connect with others. Understanding their impact is key to caring for our body, supporting mental health, and finding balance.

Ultra‑processed foods shape how we feel, think, and connect with others. Understanding their impact is key to caring for our body, supporting mental health, and finding balance.

Trauma

Nutrition Trauma: Reclaiming Cultural Wisdom for Healing

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on July 11, 2025

When we lose our traditional foods, we lose more than nutrition; we lose identity, history, and healing. Learn how reclaiming ancestral foodways can restore balance and well-being.

When we lose our traditional foods, we lose more than nutrition; we lose identity, history, and healing. Learn how reclaiming ancestral foodways can restore balance and well-being.

Integrative Medicine

Integrative Medicine at the End of Life

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on June 20, 2025

Integrative care at life’s end supports dignity, connection, and comfort, easing pain while honoring the body, mind, and spirit with compassion.

Integrative care at life’s end supports dignity, connection, and comfort, easing pain while honoring the body, mind, and spirit with compassion.

Addiction

The Gut-Brain Link in Addictive Behaviors

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on May 30, 2025

Discover how the gut-brain connection influences addiction and learn nutritional strategies that support recovery by balancing mood, cravings, and mental health.

Discover how the gut-brain connection influences addiction and learn nutritional strategies that support recovery by balancing mood, cravings, and mental health.

Diet

Nourishing Your Brain

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on May 23, 2025

Brain health starts with nutrition. Support your mood, memory, and stress balance by feeding your gut, mitochondria, and cells with real, nourishing foods.

Brain health starts with nutrition. Support your mood, memory, and stress balance by feeding your gut, mitochondria, and cells with real, nourishing foods.

Trauma

Understanding Trauma's Impact on Your Mind and Body

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on May 16, 2025

Explore how trauma impacts mental and physical health—and how holistic, somatic healing offers a path toward lasting integration and balance.

Explore how trauma impacts mental and physical health—and how holistic, somatic healing offers a path toward lasting integration and balance.

Environment

The Healing Power of Nature

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on May 9, 2025

Nature has the power to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. Ecotherapy offers practical ways to reconnect, fostering healing, resilience, and improved emotional well-being.

Nature has the power to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. Ecotherapy offers practical ways to reconnect, fostering healing, resilience, and improved emotional well-being.

Integrative Medicine

Intuitive Exercise: Reclaiming Body and Mind

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on May 2, 2025

Discover how conscious movement supports trauma recovery, boosts brain health, and helps individuals reconnect with their bodies, promoting physical and emotional resilience.

Discover how conscious movement supports trauma recovery, boosts brain health, and helps individuals reconnect with their bodies, promoting physical and emotional resilience.

Motivation

The Art of Adherence

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on April 25, 2025

This article explores how to turn good intentions into daily practices by understanding your unique needs and identifying obstacles—one realistic step at a time.

This article explores how to turn good intentions into daily practices by understanding your unique needs and identifying obstacles—one realistic step at a time.

Integrative Medicine

Tapering Psychotropic Medications: An Integrative Approach

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on April 18, 2025

Explore integrative strategies to ease the transition off psychotropic medications, supporting detox, sleep, and nutrition for a safer, more balanced journey.

Explore integrative strategies to ease the transition off psychotropic medications, supporting detox, sleep, and nutrition for a safer, more balanced journey.

Diet

Is Bariatric Surgery Right for You?

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on July 18, 2024

Bariatric surgery offers the potential for substantial weight loss, but it also presents a complex array of psychological and nutritional challenges.

Bariatric surgery offers the potential for substantial weight loss, but it also presents a complex array of psychological and nutritional challenges.

Trauma

The Healing Power of Stories

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on July 11, 2024

Stories and myths often depict universal experiences of trauma, using archetypal messages to communicate meaning that resonates with individuals facing personal challenges.

Stories and myths often depict universal experiences of trauma, using archetypal messages to communicate meaning that resonates with individuals facing personal challenges.

Diet

The Neglected Link Between Inflammation and Mental Health

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on June 27, 2024

Chronic inflammation is influenced by factors such as poor diet and chronic stress. It significantly contributes to mental health issues like depression and cognitive decline.

Chronic inflammation is influenced by factors such as poor diet and chronic stress. It significantly contributes to mental health issues like depression and cognitive decline.

Trauma

Understanding Sugar Dependence in Trauma Recovery

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on June 17, 2024

An overlooked element in trauma recovery—overcoming a dependence on sugar—can also decrease inflammation, pain, and depression.

An overlooked element in trauma recovery—overcoming a dependence on sugar—can also decrease inflammation, pain, and depression.

Integrative Medicine

Spirituality and Meaning-Making

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on June 6, 2024

Clinicians can empower clients by understanding and engaging their belief systems to foster meaning and psychobiological change.

Clinicians can empower clients by understanding and engaging their belief systems to foster meaning and psychobiological change.

Therapy

Trauma Recovery Through Somatic Touch Therapy

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on May 30, 2024

Somatic touch therapy and its integration with psychotherapy for trauma treatment have broad applications.

Somatic touch therapy and its integration with psychotherapy for trauma treatment have broad applications.

Relationships

The Healing Power of Animal-Human Relationships

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on May 23, 2024

Our relationships with other beings have the potential to be profoundly healing, as deep experiences of love, care, and co-regulation occur.

Our relationships with other beings have the potential to be profoundly healing, as deep experiences of love, care, and co-regulation occur.

Diet

Culinary Medicine for Eating Disorders

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on May 16, 2024

Culinary medicine helps people make personal decisions about accessing and eating high-quality meals that help prevent and treat disease and restore well-being.

Culinary medicine helps people make personal decisions about accessing and eating high-quality meals that help prevent and treat disease and restore well-being.

Mindfulness

Yoga for Trauma and Self-Regulation in Youth

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on May 9, 2024

Yoga has the ability to reduce anxiety and enhance self-regulation and attachment in youth.

Yoga has the ability to reduce anxiety and enhance self-regulation and attachment in youth.

Postpartum Depression

Overcoming Postpartum Depression With Supportive Traditions

Leslie E. Korn Ph.D., MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP on May 2, 2024

Integrative approaches to treating postpartum depression and anxiety may include a range of interventions tailored to the specific needs of the mother.

Integrative approaches to treating postpartum depression and anxiety may include a range of interventions tailored to the specific needs of the mother.