Refueling the Feminine Soul
Jim Clancy, a licensed family therapist in Orange County, California, for over 35 years, has seen rising anxiety ...
MIND & BODY DECEMBER 28, 2020

California Residents Begin to See Troubling Unintended Consequences as State Reopens
Commentary With golf courses having received the "thumbs up" recently, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on May 26 ...
VIEWPOINTS MAY 30, 2020

 Art as Medicine
Tibetan monks have a ritual. They spend hours, sometimes days, creating exquisite, intricate mandalas from colored sand. Once ...
LIFESTYLE AUGUST 3, 2019

 Lessons in Personal Power
April 10th is National Siblings Day, so I thought I'd write about how I—someone who was afraid of ...
LIFESTYLE APRIL 11, 2019

 The Fascination With Fascia
Last month, the Fifth International Fascia Research Congress was held in Berlin and emerging data suggest that these gelatinous ...
ALTERNATIVE HEALTH JANUARY 2, 2019

Feeding Brain Function With Nootropics
The use of plants to influence mood and cognition goes back centuries and includes chewing ginkgo, ginseng, coca ...
MIND & BODY SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Wedded Bliss or Rocky Road? What’s the State of Your Union? 
With Valentine Day just behind us, what better time to take inventory of what is arguably the most ...
LIFE & TRADITION FEBRUARY 17, 2020

 The Kardashian Effect
When I first graduated from the University of Southern California long ago, my very first play was going ...
LIFESTYLE JUNE 13, 2019

 Trusting Our Gut Instincts—Or Not  
The enteric nervous system of our gastro intestines, or gut, has been described as the second brain which gives ...
LIFESTYLE FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Stress and the Immune System
Occasional stress is good. It kicks our bodies into high gear, making us more able to ward off ...
MIND & BODY JULY 15, 2020

 How Having a Favorite Child Can Affect Their Lives
During the recent holiday season, many people may have experienced tension with family as grown siblings found unpleasant feelings ...
MIND & BODY JANUARY 16, 2020

 Using the Mind and Body to Fight Cancer
The connection between cancer and emotional states was observed nearly 2000 years ago by the physician Galen who ...
LIFESTYLE MAY 8, 2019

 Anti-Aging Wisdom
In our Grandmother’s day, a 36-year-old woman was at the threshold of old age. Today, Christie Brinkley, who ...
LIFESTYLE FEBRUARY 23, 2019