Looking for a supplement that reduces glucose levels, improves mood, sleep and is safe? Could that actually exist? Years ago, I was part of a group of functional medicine psychiatrists who were trying to help their patients in alternative ways to traditional medications. One supplement they frequently used in many of their patients was inositol. […]
Your clients come to you with multiple types of ambivalence and seek help for how to see their way through to change. How do you help them in a way that shows empathy with their situation, emphasizes autonomy and strategically keeps change on the horizon without injecting your own agenda? We know the language of […]
Most of us remember our Mothers saying “eat your fruits and vegetables” but have you really considered what is behind that statement? We visit our respective grocery stores each week and see the plethora of produce available but do we ever really stop to think about how that broccoli was grown, what type of fertilizer […]
In 2016 I was invited to speak to a group of Navajo Diabetes Educators in Arizona on Motivational Interviewing, so when I received a call from the director of the Navajo Area Indian Service in New Mexico to do a 3-day workshop I was all in. Since Motivational Interviewing is now an evidence-based practice to assisting […]
You may ask – why chicken soup in July? I am about to have sinus surgery and Jeffrey asked me what I wanted to have this week in anticipation and I said – “what about your fabulous chicken soup?” Chicken soup – now referred by as “Jewish penicillin” really does have healing properties. In 2000, […]