If you’ve been finding that lots of written content is getting weirdly difficult to parse, there’s a good chance it was put together by AI. As a recovering environmental journalist, I’m against this on so many levels. And that’s why anything...
On New Year’s Day I had one last chance to pick from my friend’s lemon tree. It was great, and I brought home 30+ pounds of amazing fresh lemons. That’s a lot of lemons! But y’all know about my life-long love affair with this favorite fruit....
One of the super fun things I sometimes get to do is hang out with herbalists to geek out about herbs. That happened again a couple of weeks ago, and the result is this podcast episode about herbs, sleep and mental health. Hosted by my old friends at Eclectic Herbs,...
When I prescribe fish oil supplements to my patients — for inflammation, skin, mood, joints, heart health and more — I often get pushback. It’s spendy. It’s more pills to take. And people invariably ask, “Do I really need fish oil supplements?...
It’s a little weird for me to become an advocate for air conditioning. But I’ve come to really appreciate the importance of sleeping cool. Let’s start by agreeing that sleep is far more important to health than many give it credit for. It’s fundamental on every axis...
If you’ve followed me for a while, you may know that thyme (Thymus vulgaris) was the plant that brought me to herbalism. That story was one of the first I told on my YouTube channel. It’s in a category of its own in my Immune Resilience Action Guide. And...