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August Break: Dahlia's Wisdom + Freak Flags
Yesterday I got inspired by a pocketful of dahlias at my local glasses shop, Focal Point in Berkeley. Then I got to thinking about Dahlia Lithwick, sage commentator on all things constitutional and Supreme Court. So I thought I’d tie those two things together today on my August Break. “I think men get…
Read MoreAugust Break with Adrian Grenier: HOT!
How can I resist? Arm-in-arm with Adrian Grenier, star of Entourage … my oxytocin overfloweth! Buzzed for days!
Read MoreDr. Weil: What Is Integrative Medicine?
Here’s a transcript from Dr. Andy Weil’s interview with Larry King. Harvard didn’t teach me more than 30 minutes of nutrition either, even though I graduated years after Dr. Weil. I would also add to the good Dr. Weil’s comments that integrative medicine features the 4 P’s: it’s personalized, predictive, preventive and participatory. What does…
Read MoreAugust Break: A Picture Is Worth a 1000 Words + A Dose of Uddiyana
is there anything more luscious than cat/cow when you’ve been writing all day? my cat/cow revealed as with most things, i do cat/cow differently than most… inhale/arch back into a back bend; exhale/round back like aĀ halloween cat, pause, stay empty of breath, and pull belly back toward spine into uddiyana. hold for as long as…
Read MoreAugust 1: Yoga Class Doesn't Get Easier But We Do
Yin Yoga class last night at Flying Yoga in Temescal
Read MoreAugust Break: Let the Photo Challenge Fill the Tank
I got all sparkly and inspired by a proposition put to me by Susannah Conway: don’t write, just post photos, during the month of August. Feels like a luscious idea. Focus on writing my forthcoming book, The Hormone Cure (Scribner). Post pictures of what I’m up to. Notice more. Blog less. Be in the moment.…
Read MoreYoga: The Answer to Everything
I’m going to shoot straight with you: my wonderful assistant just quit last week and I’m overwhelmed. I’d love to describe how my summer vacation is off to a wonderful start, how my meditation has never been better, how patient I am with my kids… but the honest truth is that I’m having a really…
Read MoreTips for My Younger Sisters: Sex, Weight, Hormones, Fertility
I’ve been blessed to grow up with two younger sisters and today I had the idea of posting some of my best tips about surfing the hormonal flux of premenopause and perimenopause for them, with the hope that it will be helpful to others as well. One sister is 31 and lives in San Francisco.…
Read MoreSeamed & Brown: The Diet, The Attitude + The Eye Cream (and the Denise Levertov Poem)
Honestly, I haven’t paid much attention to my skin. Yes, acne as a adolescent was a serious drag. But there was a gap of relatively good skin (OK, gigantic pores, zits before my period) until now. Then, suddenly, a close up reveals a different story. Overnite, I became a Denise Levertov poem. With The…
Read MoreGet Your Alkaline Broth Right Here
When I lead my Cleanse twice/year, alkaline broth is front and center. Why bother? What could it possibly do for you? We tend to love acidifying and mucus-producing foods. You know the culprits: sugar, dairy, meat, coffee, processed foods. Getting Things Back in Proportion As in most things, we seek proportion in the body in…
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