It is a fancy word for “everyone is different”.  But, if we all are human and have the same basic systems in the body, why is that important for optimal health?  Our western, allopathic system of health largely relies on all of us being built basically the same, but the current treatments miss one very important concept, bioindividuality.  Things are changing with advances in epigenetics, but it has been a slow process. We are all human, but our …

I hear that all of the time, maybe you do too.  Well, what does that really mean and how can you do it too?  That is truly the path to an optimal life. For many years, I was sick and in pain and really didn’t think there was an end in sight.  For me, it took a lot of money and time away from my family and work to figure it out.  I guess I …

May 16, 2018 is the first International Day of Light, a day dedicated to appreciating the role of light in all facets of living. Light plays an integral role in all aspects of culture, art, education,, science, and especially human health. In modern times, we know that light affects many components of health, from circadian rhythms to photosynthesis to the aging of our cells. In ancient times, societies created significant cultural events around light. Many …

This is a hard one for me to write. It was a very long, very difficult path to wellness that I would honestly like to put behind me. I consider myself recovered and I no longer call myself a lyme patient. That said, I am so honored to be able to give back to the community in this way (bringing these supportive therapies in for the local community), so I revisit this for you. For …

Elite and college athletes have been using heart rate variability (HRV) as a way to measure their true recovery status for many years. When their HRV measurement is low on a given training day, that is indicative of the need for a light training day. Sometimes, college coaches would use it to determine if their athletes were out “playing” a little too hard the night before. What is HRV? HRV sensors measure the intervals of …

“You have to lower your stress”, my doctor of 12 years told me. This was after over a decade of extreme, persistent chronic lyme disease symptoms and a myriad of treatments, both traditional and alternative. Over a 15 year period of time, I traveled all over the country and spent over $300,000 trying to get well. I was a functioning, bedridden person, working every day with flu-like symptoms to afford my therapies and my supplements, …

No matter how much research you might have done on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or Fibromyalgia, you likely turned up a lot of conflicting opinions. At one time, they were thought to be birthed from “the yuppie flu” epidemic in the 80’s, or the presence of Epstein Barr in your blood, or due to autoimmune disease, or even from system-wide trauma, like a car accident. There are no medical tests that prove you have these …

It’s common to watch a professional sports game and see unfortunate injuries take place.  They practice hard and they play hard – it’s almost expected as part of the risk professional athletes take on. But what about our kids? Are they playing just one sport, year round, on different teams? In their sport, do they use a part of their body repetitively, like a pitching arm? Do they skip ‘rest and recovery’ days because of …