Full Spectrum Holistic Health

Holistic health is NOT just about burning some sage, meditating, using essential oils, and all that. Being healthy ALSO involves simple, practical stuff like good nutrition and proper physical exercise. No matter how many hours you meditate, how many singing bowls you have around you, if you don't take care of your body, you will not have good health. Chris Shingles is the owner of ChrisFit, a phy...

This episode is a bit different, in that I don't talk about any specific holistic or alternative therapies. But after my own experiences of the last few months, I really feel it is important to address the idea of self-care for caregivers, how important it is, and how to improve it. Please feel free to leave me a message, especially if you are a caregiver. In the podcast, I mention some links for...

In the eons that humans have existed on the planet, medical treatment has taken many forms.  Depending on where you grew up, what your culture was, and how you viewed medical treatment, your own traditional medical treatment may have taken different forms. For most Westerners, traditional medicine is modern, allopathic medicine conducted by university-trained physicians. But more and more, pr...

In this podcast, I talk a little about the basics of meditation--what it is, what it is not, some of its benefits, and how to get started with meditating. I also provide a short guided meditation to help get you get motivated and moving at the start of your day. 

Time after time, I have heard people say that Reiki, Qi Gong, or other forms of complementary energy therapy must not work, because the people who perform them sometimes get sick.  "Why do they get sick, if they are full of this magickal energy?" they ask.  I'd like to talk about this fallacy, about why it doesn't make sense, but also about how--even though these methods don't make anyon...

Many times, people who are not knowledgeable about various energy therapies or complementary health practices, become worried that these practices are somehow evil... sometimes because a misinformed (or totally uninformed) minister has told them this is so.   In this episode, I'm addressing some of these questions that have come to me, and maybe my answers will reassure you, or perhaps help y...

Sometimes, people get confused about the difference between "Curing" and "Healing", and about where those processes have their roots. In this episode, I give you my ideas about that difference. You may agree... you may not... but I hope the episode makes you think, either way.

This is the initial episode, and in it, I talk a little about my background, how I became interested in holistic health and energy healing, and my education in those topics. I also talk about exactly what a Holistic Health practice is, and how it may differ from conventional, allopathic medicine.