Voice of the Elders

In health care, storytelling promotes learning not only mentally but also through our senses and emotions as People can use their imaginations to understand what is happening and what they can do about it. When the learning goes through our creative imagination it is easier to remember. When I teach my health care clients by […]

In health care, storytelling promotes learning not only mentally but also through our senses and emotions as we can use our imagination to understand what is happening and what we can do about it. When the learning goes through our creative imagination it is easier to remember. When I teach my clients by a story […]

Naturopathic Medicine (NM) is more than the sum of its parts. Naturopathic doctors state that they have six principles plus a seventh that articulate the philosophy by which we practice: The Healing Power of Nature Trust in the body’s inherent wisdom to heal itself. Identify and Treat the Causes Look beyond the symptoms to the […]

The dynamics of life are ever changing from politics, climate change and social media. One thing I know from nearly four decades of clinical experience is that as health care providers, each of us must make time for self-care and self-being (a new word I just created), meaning there is time to reflect and look […]

One word we often hear in naturopathic medicine is homeostasis. It is important to differentiate this from a homeostatic state. The first describes a system is in a responsive and dynamic state of harmony and balance, the second describes a system that is stuck in disharmony. Often homeostasis and a homeostatic state occur simultaneously while […]

Any student studying to be a health care practitioner spends moments every day wondering if they will ever know enough about their chosen field of medicine. Naturopathic medicine has a large body of knowledge to learn in order to pass licensing exams. It’s enough to make anyone feel insecure, perpetually inadequate and terrified of making […]