15 October 2024 Dear Colleagues and Friends, Fall days have brought us election mania (in both the US and Canada) which opens the pandora’s boxes of politics, Covid, conspiracies and “disinformation”. I will admit during my mandated rest periods and evenings, I’ve spent waaayyyy too much time in front of the TV and the many news channels, all while perusing through the alternative newsletters and online posts. But I feel, we will not see a clearer picture of our future with alternative health methods until we see who will [...]
May 2024 My dear friends and colleagues, As we travel through the lengthening sunny spring days and prepare for the summer months, I find myself facing a series of personal challenges as well as mental fatigue with the whole “virus” situation. I have repeatedly urged myself to pull away from all the information and research on COVID. There are other problems that our patients are facing. And then another newsletter or journal or article or study simply pulls my interest back in. Why am I so drawn to this [...]
Why does it always come back to politics? 12 March 2024 Another Part 1 on Politics Politics – eww – that’s a naughty word right? As time and the seasons march (pun intended by the way) past us, political repression and the popular perceptions continue to remain dark. As I daily go through my journals and newsletters, I frequently wonder how the acceptance and understanding of natural medicine has changed so markedly since the start of the so-called pandemic. A friend, a lady physiotherapist blind since birth and now [...]
15 January 2024 January. Well, we made it through the holidays and all they represent – faith, hope, family, celebrations, beautiful and special meals – and have reached that time of reflection, a bit of loneliness, the rush to get back into the office/school and routine and of course, facing the bills. I will admit, it’s been difficult for me to get back into this routine of writing and translating for the monthly announcements, and the record cold temperatures in our part of the world has me wishing we [...]
And Your December 2023 Releases Med-Week Resources, Part 2 This will be a brief and incomplete listing of some of the many companies represented at the recent Medicine Week Congress. In the few weeks since sending you my initial impressions of that amazing congress, I’ve had a chance to reorganize not just my thoughts but also the reams of information and cards I gathered while wandering the exhibits. Because I am not an active practitioner, but rather a lecturer, researcher and writer, my perspective when viewing the exhibits is [...]