Welcome Year of the Wood Dragon! 

At our annual Lunar New Year staff event, we created haikus about our collective intentions for this year. 

This t...

Many years ago I read a book by Larry Dosey called Prayer is Good Medicine, and my life has been forever changed. 

In this book, he examined various ...

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. 

I posted my ...

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”...

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...

Recipe of the week: Instant Pot Golden Winter Sunshine Soup

There are three reasons we don’t recommend doing the 21 Day to Better Health program betw...