There is no doubt that the times have significantly shifted since my parents’ generation has been walking through their rights of passage in aging. We all know the term midlife crisis. But what does this actually look like? It is certainly no longer an “empty nest” / “identity syndrome” where the retiree gets to roam…
Hello ! I am here to open up, to be honest, to be vulnerable… I want you to know my story. The best part of being in the natural health industry is you get to be a mad scientist, testing all of the methods on yourself. Once they work for you, you feel amazing and…
Well, it’s been a while since I have written a medical article. I often find myself asking: Why Do I share my journey and how does it relate to my medical practice? The winter was DEEP and if you do not know already, I am a total feeler, analyzer, and dreamer. I calculate, express, and…
To all my liver lover health geeks n freaks: Spring is your time. The liver and gall bladder are the official directors for the next few months. This is the time for our visionary selves to be in full throttle. This is the time for vision boards, planners, and actions. In accounting world, Q1 begins…
Today, Jan 5, was an auspicious day to dedicate embracing the whole me. This is the endurance mountain of self love. To know her, trust her that she will care for me physically emotionally, and spiritually. She will no longer string me out or drag me to the ground. She will speak for me, from…
To all my liver lover health geeks n freaks: Spring is your time. The liver and gall bladder are the official directors for the next few months. This is the time for our visionary selves to be in full throttle. This is the time for vision boards, planners, and actions. In accounting world, Q1 begins…
Today, Jan 5, was an auspicious day to dedicate embracing the whole me. This is the endurance mountain of self love. To know her, trust her that she will care for me physically emotionally, and spiritually. She will no longer string me out or drag me to the ground. She will speak for me, from…
As soon as I drop my guard, you penetrate me, Regardless of past boundaries Laid there, I was stuck in freeze. And here you present again, A young man, an adolescent, adulterer, a father Aren’t you aware you are hurting your own daughter? Regardless of blood shed, tears dropped, blood shared My velvety pink…
I woke up in the morning on the futon of Ithica NY, covered in blood. Is this my period? “NO fuck, you’re pregnant” — shaking, I began to clean up. So much blood. I called my midwife in OR at 430am, 130 her time Silently desperately screaming as not to wake the nice man up…
As soon as I drop my guard, you penetrate me, Regardless of past boundaries Laid there, I was stuck in freeze. And here you present again, A young man, an adolescent, adulterer, a father Aren’t you aware you are hurting your own daughter? Regardless of blood shed, tears dropped, blood shared My velvety pink…
I woke up in the morning on the futon of Ithica NY, covered in blood. Is this my period? “NO fuck, you’re pregnant” — shaking, I began to clean up. So much blood. I called my midwife in OR at 430am, 130 her time Silently desperately screaming as not to wake the nice man up…
I tend toward melancholy and I tend toward anxiety. But if I am to be honest, it is only when I am majorly compromised (think fired from my job) that these predispositions reach a clinical level. Do I have trauma in my past? Yes. To name but a few emotional hardships I’ve faced: I was…
When I first re-entered the traditional clinical setting, I had to take a moment. I was in a split between clinical world & activism world and how on this Planet to manage the two perfectly balanced. I have come to find nothing is perfect. I have witnessed over and over again. When I am able…
I tend toward melancholy and I tend toward anxiety. But if I am to be honest, it is only when I am majorly compromised (think fired from my job) that these predispositions reach a clinical level. Do I have trauma in my past? Yes. To name but a few emotional hardships I’ve faced: I was…
When I first re-entered the traditional clinical setting, I had to take a moment. I was in a split between clinical world & activism world and how on this Planet to manage the two perfectly balanced. I have come to find nothing is perfect. I have witnessed over and over again. When I am able…
If I spent even a fraction of the time doing the things I “think about” about doing I would have long since gained mastery over a number of new disciplines. On any given day I get about 2 total hours wherein I am the master of only my own destiny. I am a mother, a…
If I spent even a fraction of the time doing the things I “think about” about doing I would have long since gained mastery over a number of new disciplines. On any given day I get about 2 total hours wherein I am the master of only my own destiny. I am a mother, a…
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