✈️ Travel, Dualities, and Being Me—Wherever I Am
Isn’t airplane travel the perfect metaphor for life? A marvel of human ingenuity—proof that dreams can take flight, literally. We move at mind-boggling speeds, yet inside the cabin, it’s still, stagnant, a paradox of motion and stillness. Speeding through space, yet nowhere to go. Sitting in my seat, I wonder: Is this work time? Play […]
Recreating Me: How Summer Camp Pruned and Tuned My Nervous System 🌿
As I reflect on my summers spent at camp, I realize they were more than just fun and games. They were opportunities to “weed the garden” of my mind and body, creating space for true wellness and growth. 🌱 Medical school and my years in practice taught me how to diagnose disease and manage illness. […]
Embracing Life, Accepting Death: The Balance of Responsibility and Medicine 🌿💡
To be alive is to accept that death is always a possibility. ⚖️ Every day, we step into the unknown, taking risks with every decision we make—whether we realize it or not. We can slip and fall, get into an accident, or face unforeseen challenges. But rather than letting this truth paralyze us, it should […]
A Valentine’s Day Reflection: Love, Gratitude, and the Beauty of the Journey ❤️✨
Valentine’s Day—a day for lovers 💑, a day for relationships 💕, a day that invites us to reflect on love in all its forms. Today, as I spoke with my patients, I found myself asking them: What do you truly want today? 🎁 Are you willing to ask for what you desire most from your […]
Recovering from the Myths of Modern Medicine: What I Was Taught and What I Now Know
As a physician, I trained in one of the most respected professions in the world, yet the teachings we received were riddled with contradictions, blind spots, and sometimes outright harmful paradigms. These lessons—taught implicitly and explicitly—shaped me and my colleagues, often in ways that hindered our own health and well-being while also limiting how we […]
Loving yourself back to WELLNESS, mind, body, emotion and soul connections
Reimagining Healthcare: A Paradigm Shift from Treating Disease to Cultivating Health In our current healthcare system, we often find ourselves treating disease reactively, addressing symptoms with medications and surgeries. But is this really health care, or is it disease care? As a physician, healer, coach, speaker, and author, I believe it’s time to move from […]
New Year, New Evolution: A Call for Growth, Transformation, and Balance
As we step into a new year, let us embrace the opportunity for growth, transformation, and evolution. Change happens one day at a time, and now is the time to reimagine our lives in mind, body, heart, and spirit. For too long, we have lived within the paradigm of “survival of the fittest,” a framework […]
Embracing Transformation: Trees, Seasons, and the Ever-Changing Landscape of Life
Driving down the streets of Los Angeles recently, I was struck by the diversity of trees lining the roads. Palm trees, evergreens, and deciduous trees coexist here, each representing different climates, ecosystems, and ways of experiencing change. Palm trees, with their steadfast presence, seem to ignore the seasons, embodying a tropical stability. Evergreens, often associated […]
Embracing Fall: The Season of Shedding and the Light Before the Dark
November has arrived, and with it, the season of fall settles in fully. Fall is a powerful reminder of change, of transformation, of the beauty that exists right before the quiet, inward season of winter. As a physician, healer, and coach, I invite you to see fall not just as a season, but as an […]
TRAVEL AS TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY
Why do we travel? For some, it’s the allure of new landscapes, or the thrill of the unknown. For others, it’s a much-needed break from routine. But if we dig deeper, travel can be a catalyst for something much bigger: change—real, lasting, transformative change. Yes, travel has its inconveniences. Long flights, lumpy mattresses, language barriers, […]