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Investigative Medicine: Chris Kresser

Chris Kresser is a licensed acupuncturist and practitioner of integrative medicine. From his site: How do I work with patients? I am primarily a “health detective”.  I help people struggling with chronic, complex illnesses that haven’t been able to find help anywhere else. Like all detectives, I use a variety of tools in my investigations, including…

Lil Holiday Comforts

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PARAPROSDOKIANS

It’s been awhile since I got an email forward worth sharing. Email fwd from my mom: Fw: Paraprosdokians  PARAPROSDOKIANS I had to look up “paraprosdokian”. Here is the definition: “Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.” “Where there’s a…

Giving Blood

I mentioned awhile back that I’ve been working with Chris Kresser on some issues. I’ll elaborate more in the future, but one of the things we recently found out is that I have a lot of stored iron in my blood, which can affect blood sugar levels, so he recommended I donate blood to help…

Thank Yourself

Yoga wisdom from today: after class, notice how you feel. You created that with your hard work. Thank yourself for creating that feeling. This can be applied to anything. Any hard workout, task you didn’t want to complete, hard thing you’ve done: YOU did it. You created the result. Thank Yourself.

It’s good for my soul

A few days ago, I mentioned that I was in San Diego for a conference. I also talked about how I couldn’t get enough of the beach. I literally could not get enough. I went to PB (as the cool kids call it). I went to Coronado Beach. I went to Corona del Mar Beach.…

Body Image (at the CrossFit Games)

#1 in this post is so essential: 3 Body Image Myths We Keep on Believing … having a great body image isn’t about thinking you look hot every single day. It’s about thinking you are powerful, capable, and hot most days 🙂 As the CrossFit Games are this weekend (how jealous am I of all…

Friends

… we all know about Things We Forget by now, right? This and this are my other fave post-its, but today I’m loving, and missing, my friends. Also, as both of my parents are therapists, I do want to add that there is a time for therapy. But there is also a very important time…