Many of the fitness monitoring tools such as Fitbit, Oura rings, Apple Watches etc have features that monitor your sleep and give you a Sleep Report i...
Recipe of the week: Carrot top tea
I grew up in the era of “carrot tops are toxic.” I have no idea how this idea came into being, but I definitely go...
I vividly remember the first time I traveled on an airplane as a young adult, and I actually listened to the pre-flight instructions. I was shocked, a...
RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Red Curry Kuri Squash Soup
Over the years of supporting participants through the 21 Day Program, I have observed that there are ...
As health care practitioners, we bear witness to the physical, emotional, and psychic pain that our patients experience.
Many of our patients are nav...
A few weeks ago, my CSA box introduced me to a new fruit: quince. Somehow I had made it this far in life without ever encountering one.Â
I posted my ...
Since Energy Matters opened in 2010, we have closed our clinic for the last week of the year.
This year, we have decided to try something different a...
On December 21, my wall calendar says: "Winter begins.” I disagree! December 21 is the Winter solstice and marks the longest night of the year, the de...
Recipe of the Week: Roasted Butternut Squash Soup but make it Tik Tok
As we navigate our way through the holiday season, it can be a “slippery slope”...
As we approach the solstice and New Year’s this year, I have heard that Christmas in Bethlehem has been canceled. The attack and hostage-taking on Oct...
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A few weeks ago, on a blustery Saturday afternoon, I spirited my niece away from her studies at Berkeley for a walk at Sibley Park in the Oakland h...
Thich Nhat Hahn’s little gem of a book How to Eat simply puts it this way, “When we are eating, we know that we are eating. When we are opening a door...