Hello Reader, If you woke up today feeling like you’re already behind—not on your emails, but on your life—you aren’t alone. Yesterday I was talking to a friend about the fact that most of us have spent the last twenty years practicing a dangerous kind of accounting. We’ve been "borrowing" energy from our future selves to pay for everyone else’s present. We borrowed sleep to finish that project. We borrowed our fitness hours to drive kids to practice. We borrowed our nutritional health for...
5 days ago • 3 min read
Your weekly housecall filled with everything you need to know to live longer and live better—naturally. Missed an issue or want to forward to a friend? Find it all right here. Hello Reader, Winter is tough on more than your mood. Shorter days and colder weather also make it easier for vitamin D levels to slide. For women in midlife, that drop can matter more than you might think. Vitamin D supports bone strength, muscle function, immune health, and even energy levels, all things that become...
9 days ago • 7 min read
Your weekly housecall filled with everything you need to know to live longer and live better—naturally. Missed an issue or want to forward to a friend? Find it all right here. Hello Reader, As we step into a new year, it’s a powerful moment to reflect on how our understanding of health is evolving and what that means for the choices we make moving forward. In 2025, lifestyle and functional health gained real momentum, with more personalized, holistic, and practical approaches becoming part of...
17 days ago • 6 min read
Hello Reader, Yesterday, while I was organizing my seed packets, I started thinking about how amazing it is that every garden begins with a seed and the right conditions. Good soil. Gentle water. Enough light. And time. New beginnings in our lives aren’t any different. In my Soil, Soul & Spirit language, the soil is your body and nervous system, the soul is the story you tell yourself, and the spirit is the community that helps you keep going when the weather turns. January loves to shout “go...
19 days ago • 3 min read
Your weekly housecall filled with everything you need to know to live longer and live better—naturally. Missed an issue or want to forward to a friend? Find it all right here. Hello Reader, Happy New Year! I'm so excited and honored to have you here with me to start 2026 feeling positive, healthy, and strong. The start of a new year often arrives with a familiar script: reflect, resolve, reinvent. This season of life can feel complicated. You’re wiser, busier, and far more aware that your...
22 days ago • 6 min read
Hello Reader, I know I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: sometimes the best medicine is simply lying down. Running a clinical practice means full days—back-to-back patients, labs and care plans to review, messages to answer, insurance puzzles to solve—often layered with real life at home. I'll be honest: some days the bandwidth just isn’t there. On those days, I don’t push; I lay down. Ten quiet minutes—no hacks, no heroics—just my body on the floor, palms open, breath slow. Almost...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, What if you knew—really knew—that when you truly want something, the conditions you need are already unfolding on your behalf? How would you move differently today? In The Seva Circle, we’re reading one of my all-time favorites, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. At just 177 pages, it’s a modern classic that's lived on the New York Times Bestseller list for years, been translated into more than 65 languages, and sold over 65 million copies worldwide. It’s small in size, but vast in...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Your weekly housecall filled with everything you need to know to live longer and live better—naturally. Missed an issue or want to forward to a friend? Find it all right here. Hello Reader! Menopause often arrives without a roadmap. There is no universal handbook, no single specialist automatically assigned, and no clear timeline that explains what to expect. For many women, this stage of life brings uncertainty, discomfort, and a flood of unanswered questions. One of the most common concerns...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Photo Credit: Instagram @toyoufromsteph Hello Reader! For the past two weeks I've been talking about winter's invitation to slow down and simple practices you can implement now to make it slow and sacred. This week I want to share a gentle reminder why these tiny rituals are so invaluable. The winter holiday season has a way of piling more than most of us can bear onto already packed to-do lists. In addition to our routine obligations—work, housecare, caregiving—it adds the responsibility of...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read