Holistic Acupuncture Arts, LLC

When I cracked open my shiny new 2020 planner, a gilded white card dropped out. In gold lettering it asked, What is your word for the year? This is not the first time I have heard this question recently: social media and the people who come see me are talking about selecting a word of intention for the up and coming year. A word that will help guide, inform and color their perspective across the next twelve months. I love this! This single word like a crystalline seed glow...Continue reading

This cardiologist learned the hard and painful way that "one size fits all" medicine can have dramatically negative impacts on patient with unique needs. He notes: "In a 1969 lecture, British psychoanalyst Enid Balint introduced the term patient-centered medicine, the idea that the patient, in fact, has to be understood as a unique human-being. Almost 50 years later, we are still far from fulfilling that objective, but every aspect of health care needs to strive for it needs to strive for individualized care."

People with autism may represent a portion of the population uniquely qualified to meet critical demands such as cybersecurity. And yet upwards of 70 - 90% of them are unemployed or underemployed. "The common prejudice is that people with ASD have limited skills and are difficult to work with. To the extent that’s true, it’s a measure of our failure as a society." Support the development and employment of alternatively abled people so we all can receive the benefits of their talents.

Dr. Montori's passionate TEDx presentation on "minimally disruptive medicine" and a new patient revolution.

Giving Tuesday, everyone. :) This delightful photo came from KC Spay & Neuter....just for all of us!

New research is making clear the link between artificial sweeteners in diet sodas and overeating.

Several pounds of bulk herbs from Mountain Rose Herbs will soon be winging their way the the Standing Rock Medic + Healer Council. "The Standing Rock Medic + Healer Council seeks to coordinate supplies, resources, and volunteers between various medic and wellness clinics at the Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline Opposition camps." Happy to be able to honor their medicine and help replenish their herbal stores!

Countdown to Christmas is official!

Facebook's Safety Check and other tools are making it more possible for people to stay connected and informed during disaster. Add these to your disaster response plan!

This is "Qi". There is a connection from nature to algebraic geometry and periods, and with hindsight, it’s not a coincidence, said Dirk Kreimer, a physicist at Humboldt University in Berlin."

Love those bees!