One of my favorite prescriptions to write is "sleep more”, especially this time of year, when people often come into the clinic saying "I’m so tired”,...

Maybe you gargle with salt water when your throat hurts, which is great.  But, did you know that this is also an effective cold and flu prevention too...

Once again we are deep into Autumn, the season associated with grief and loss. Over the years of working with patients and living as a human, I have c...

‘Immune Boosting’ is a term we see thrown around a lot - and it often has a lot more to do with marketing than with health. So what can we really do t...

One day a couple of weeks ago, I said to myself “I'm feeling Fall”. Though the changes happen gradually, it seems to happen overnight: the angle of th...

Daily life as an adult is a lot about “chores”: day to day tasks at work, at home, for our families, errands, appointments etc. That’s normal, and rou...

One of my favorite photos is of a small tin container found in an ancient Roman site in London - dating from over 2,000 years ago, the tin contains th...

Recipe: Ginger Tea

Our most recent 21 Days Every Day blog post was about hydrating food, which led to some emails with questions about various liquid...

If you experience heartburn or acid reflux or have been diagnosed with GERD (read Soothing the Burn), you’ve probably heard most of the following advi...

An important truth about clutter:

You get to decide what is clutter and what is comfort. It doesn't matter what other folks think. 

Another importan...

Becoming present with my water intake improved my day-to-day feeling of wellbeing. At the beginning of the year, I couldn’t deny it. I was definitely ...

When I ask my acupuncture patients about their hydration habits, nine out of ten people say “I don’t drink enough water” with a tone of guilt. 

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