Increasing Resilience as a Military Caregiver
May is Military Appreciation Month, but there are those who do not wear a uniform that also need to be appreciated. Those are the spouses, parents, children, and siblings of…
7 Ways to Get Started in Integrative Primary Care
Integrative primary care is the coordinated delivery of evidence-based conventional medical care, complementary medicine and lifestyle medicine within a primary care practice. Incorporating integrative medicine into mainstream primary care practices…
Managing Election Stress and Burnout
Prepare and take care during the campaign season Just when you think you have a handle on the craziness, along comes another presidential election. With the rancor of 2016’s race…
Journaling is Your Safe Place to Face Your Trauma, Find Out Why
Journaling is a way of going on a retreat without leaving your home. It is a way to access and acknowledge past experiences that may be causing you pain and…
Women Have More Chronic Pain Than Men. Here’s What to do About it.
If you have chronic pain, you’re not alone. An estimated 25.3 million adults in the United States report severe, daily pain, significantly more women than men, while 55 percent of…
Empowering Patients to Make Healthy Changes Virtually with Health Coaching and Integrative Primary Care
Patients with chronic diseases—6 out of 10 adults in the United States[i]—need help to adopt and sustain healthy behaviors. “Most clinicians have a really hard time talking to patients about…
How To Combat Depression Caused By Isolation
Isolation is not our normal state. That fact became abundantly clear during COVID when we were relegated to socializing less frequently and using virtual means for visual communication. We found…
How Emotional Connections Can Help You Heal
As we continue discussing loneliness and isolation since COVID-19, it is crucial to note how remaining in touch with family and friends can be essential to your health. Although little…
A Better Way to Manage Chronic Diseases: In-Person and Virtual Group Visits
Healthy choices and behavior like better nutrition, exercise, stress management and good sleep help patients with chronic diseases feel and live better. But busy physicians rarely have time to provide…
Five Steps to Avoid Burnout at Work
I was recently interviewed by PR News about how PR pros and agencies cope with COVID-19 stress. In today's fast-paced society the concept of coping with stress in the workplace…