I remember when I first became a mother. The explosion of love I felt in my heart as I held my precious baby girl in my arms, the joy and turmoil of learning to breastfeed, figuring out how to do everything with one hand, worrying over every little thing… …and being forced to wake up, […]
6 ways to detox without dieting
Spring is in the air! And this time of year, I always get a slew of questions about one particular health topic: detoxification diets, cleanses, and fasting. If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know I don’t sing the praises of any particular detox diet or cleanse. It’s not that I don’t […]
5 Unexpected Health Benefits of Sunshine
My family and I have just returned from a restorative trip to our favorite beach spot. As most parents know, traveling with young children is typically not much of a “vacation”, but I find beach trips to be the exception. Even if the days are filled with random routines, less-than-optimal nutrition, and sleepless nights, just a […]
Dr. Alex’s Top 5 Reasons (out of 6000+) to LOVE Turmeric
One of the big reasons I chose to practice integrative medicine, as opposed to a strictly allopathic approach, is my absolute love, fascination, and reverence for medicinal plants. The rich history of medicinal herbs in America, from Echinacea to Goldenseal, could likely fill 100 libraries, but today we’re going to focus on an ancient root […]
Top 7 Emotional Detox Tools for Women
Spring is just around the corner, and with it comes a natural time of cleansing, renewal, and new possibilities. In the natural health world this is THE time of year for detox cleanse mania through fasting, juicing, elimination diets, etc. But I would suggest to you today, the most important thing you can do to […]
Lessons From My 103 Year Old Grandmother
A couple of nights ago I had the most beautiful and soul-stirring dream. It was as a regular day and I was with my kids and husband. We were playing outside, laughing and running around. I turned around and out of nowhere a door appeared. It was suspended in thin air and as the door […]
