by Melanie | Sep 10, 2017 | Mental Health, Plant-based Medicine
One of the unexpected lessons I’ve received in the past few years could be summed up like this: “Be careful what you claim to teach.” When my life seemed to be burning down around me this time last year, I found myself thinking about all the years...
by Melanie | Mar 14, 2015 | Mental Health, Podcast
A very wise mentor of mine once said, “What unites us as human beings is not the triumph and the joy, or the achievement that we feel. What unites us is the experience of suffering, and loss, the sadness, the depression, maybe even the shame.” While not all human...
by Melanie | Feb 6, 2015 | Mental Health, Podcast, Traditional Chinese Medicine
In today’s episode we continue our exploration of the emotions through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine with the beloved emotion of Joy. Starting with a visualization of fire and concluding with how to use catnip to calm a restless heart, our journey...
by Melanie | Jun 19, 2014 | Healing Journey, Mental Health, Self-care, Stress
“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact…” A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act V I finally read “What a Shaman Sees in a Mental Hospital” after a few days of seeing the article fly around between my Facebook...
