We need each other. This lesson is taught to me over and over again. Especially when it comes to mental illness - or, as I prefer to call it 'mental unwellne...

I am so very excited to offer this special, to encourage you to heal while harnessing the transformative energies of the moon cycle. Or not - you can enjoy t...

It took losing my mind to find myself. Bit of a bold statement, that. And I'm certain it's not the only way to find yourself. Probably not the recommended wa...

Now this is a topic that I have devoted much thought and energy to over the past year. It was inevitable that it would prompt a blog post at some point, so h...

Welcome 2018, Welcome Yome. I've spent the past several days reflecting on the last year, on its many challenges, and the changes that are coming to fruition...

September. This past week especially, the change has been palpable. Cold, crisp mornings. Breeze slightly more cutting, bit of an ominous edge to it, alludin...

I am in absolute awe of the humans who have come forward since the launch of my “unclinic” in the forest. DIA is not relaxing, feel-good acupuncture in the m...

"Hope is very often a refusal to know what is so, and steadfastly it is a refusal to live as if the present moment is good enough and all we really have." ~ ...

For Peggy, who’s constantly teaching us that the next great adventure is always within our reach, if you only have the vision, the imagination, the courage t...

“Who. Are. You?” demanded the Caterpillar. “Well, I… I hardly know sir. I’ve changed so many times since this morning, you see.” “I do not see. Explain yours...

I’ve just made a cup of coffee. It smells delicious - rich and comforting, spiced with a pinch of cinnamon, made creamy with almond milk. The cup is hot in m...

The effects of my experiences in the world of psychiatry were not initially apparent. After discharge from inpatient care, I was still mildly hypomanic - tha...

I don’t know if severe clinical depression was an experience I ‘needed’ to have. Maybe it occurred in part because a crash, a low phase, was necessary to bal...

This has long been a terrifying prospect for me, but I have finally decided to offer acupuncture treatments based on a gift economy model. Contrary to my hus...

The Void is the space in between. It is a space in consciousness, between objective and subjective realities. As we fall asleep at night, once our conscious ...

** I wrote this nearly a month ago, and didn't feel right about publishing it until now. Something has since shifted and I'm feeling much more myself. Yay sp...

Everything that we have has been Given to us. I, for one, have earned nothing - Not this life, not my body, not my health. Not my family, nor community, Or t...

My mother loves to tell this story about a two-year-old Madison: I was playing in another room and suddenly became very quiet. She was understandably suspici...

We tend to see some slow days at Heart & Hands Health Collective as we enter the summer months. The weather is improving, and all those seasonal depression s...

“I’m just getting tired of the pain. First it was in one place, now it’s another… and I just want it to GO AWAY. I’m getting frustrated and angry and depress...