“I’ve never seen you so healthy,” told my brother as I saw him recently. “It’s all because of you, Jen.” “It’s actually all because of Mom, ” I replied. I reminded him how he made a comment last summer about though...
Every morning I wake up, and it’s another day. A single mom of two busy boys, a busy integrative health practice, spreading this work to other health professionals, and watching my father decline cognitively, there are many mornings I would prefer to continue to...
I work with an Integrative OB/GYN practice out of Irvine, California. It was during a ROUGH mental/emotional time in my life in which hormone imbalances in addition to past traumas and my mom’s death and her journey with cancer and Alzheimer’s. I needed...
Two days ’til Thanksgiving…I really don’t get excited about the winter holidays much since my mom died in 2022. I enjoy them, and do what I need to do to have celebrations and traditions for my family, but I don’t get too excited. I don’t...
‘Your heart needs to be broken—and broken open—at least once to discover what your heart means and to have a heart for others.’ -Richard Rohr My heart breaks…with each new person I speak to on the phone, sharing life stories of trauma, illness and...
It had been a few weeks since I had seen my patient. She had a smile on her face. Her hair was shiny and bright. Her skin was more firm with better coloring. She’s lost some weight. Her voice is stronger. She was lighter and brighter overall. I told how great she...
