On curiosity, purpose, and the decision to invest in yourself when the world expects you to slow down. When I told people I was going back to study after retiring, the reactions fell into two camps. The first group was quietly baffled. Wasn’t the whole point of retirement to rest? To travel, to play golf, […]

At some point, most people who find their way to integrative health consulting have a version of the same story. They have seen the doctors. They have had the tests. They have been told their results are normal, or that what they are experiencing is manageable with medication, or simply that there is nothing more […]

I was in my forties when a doctor told me my lower spine was degenerating.The diagnosis had a name — age-related degeneration — and it came with a treatment plan of sorts: a strong prescription medication called Arcoxia to manage the pain, and an acceptance that this was simply how things were going to be. […]