Last month I was in San Diego attending a week long conference of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM). What a refreshing gathering of so many different health specialists and generalists, truly representative of my ideal in holistic …
Reflections
Gratitude Heals …Holiday Stress?
Studies show that remembering things in life to be thankful for, has a positive effect on our health. This year these health benefits will apparently have to be belated for me since I did not make it in time for Thanksgiving this year. Often by …
![By The U.S. Army (2012 Warrior Games) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://i0.wp.com/www.returntohealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/flickr_-_the_u-s-_army_-_2012_warrior_games_3.jpg?resize=260%2C195&ssl=1)
What IS “Integrative” Healthcare?
"Integrative medicine" is a term that has become very trendy in the health and wellness industry. It's an approach inspired by some of the leaders in the Functional Medicine movement. As soon as it became evident that patients demand …
“Garden Yourself Back to Health”
The image of our body as a garden is one that originates in traditional medicine. This phrase is a quote from a physicist by the name of Larry Smarr who spoke at last week’s annual conference of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine …
