Those of you who’ve been given the diagnosis of cancer know the anxiety that fills you when realizing that your body is threatened. Depending on your nature, you may become overwhelmed with fear or you may stay focused on the needed course of action. You may get online and begin researching more about the cancer […]

The New Year begins on the new moon, which comes on February 8th this year. This is a holiday celebrated by millions around the world. In China, it’s a vibrant celebration that lasts two weeks and understood as a time of new beginnings and fresh starts. You may consider it as a second chance on

    One very pervasive condition experienced, especially as we age, is arthritis — pain, stiffness and inflammation of the joints. Some have the genetic tendency to develop this; others had injuries earlier in life that heal, but later tend to become arthritic areas. Some people develop arthritis throughout several joints of their body while

What are You Changing and are You Still on Course? What does it take to change a pattern that we’ve set up in our daily lives? I mean to stop snacking on the sweets during the day, to actually cook vegetables with dinner, to take the time for a walk after lunch, to be more

          Support Pregnancy Naturally One common question I often hear is, “Is Acupuncture Safe During Pregnancy?” In our practice in Montpelier, we see pregnant women daily. Hence, the answer is “yes.” Struggle to Become Pregnant? Fertility challenges may come unexpectedly, but over 10% of U.S. couples face difficulties with conception. Traditional

    Have you traveled in an elevator and noticed there was no 13th floor, as it rises from 12 to 14? Supposedly 80 percent of the hi-rise buildings in the US have left out 13 when numbering their floors and the majority of hotels, hospitals, and airports avoid using the number for rooms or

In Vermont, as seen throughout the country, we are experiencing a crisis with the effects of opioids for pain management. People in acute or chronic pain are becoming addicted to these substances to get through each day. This dependency is paving the way for various degrees of struggle and suffering, and demands on our state’s

Our last Natural Health Column article was an interview with a bodyworker, Eric Silvers, CMT, who practices from a holistic perspective of the body. This month is another interview with a naturopathic physician in Montpelier who also approaches her patients from a holistic view. According to an online medical dictionary, “holistic medicine is a term used

Natural Health Care in Montpelier When I was studying medicine in college, planning to become a western medical physician, I began wondering how the body was treated before these past couple hundred years of technology and science and in other parts of the world. I decided to take a break and travel to explore other

Mental illness is becoming more and more common amongst us. In 2013, there were an estimated 43.8 million adults aged 18 or older in the U.S. with any mental illness in the past year. This represented 18.5 percent of all U.S. adults. That’s almost one in five of us struggling in this way. In my