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How to Train Your Dragon
I woke up in the middle of the night to find the dragon lying in my bed. Snoring politely, he looked very small, about the size of a beagle. He was staying on his side of the bed, so I tried to get...
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On trust, control, yerba mate and other interesting things
“There are a lot of things up in the air in my life right now.” My friend, S, told me as we sat on the grass enjoying the first of two yerba mate-and-chit-chat experiences I’d partake in in the...
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Gratitude Journal
im grateful for long flowing skirts that blow in the summer breeze and weather that’s appropriate for wearing them. im grateful for the spanish language and the smiling people who speak it and the...
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“Poof! All Better!”: The Allure of the Panacea
Image source: Wikipedia “Once Henry discovered that the autoimmune disease was a manifestation of his own self-criticism, his symptoms slowly began to subside.” “I told the couple to stop spending so...
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Quotes from The Gathering: Chicago 2012
Every year the naturopathic student community holds a philosophical conference at one of the accredited naturopathic medical schools in North America. For three days, naturopathic medical students and...
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Crowdsource for the Cure
What if we were solely responsible for our own health and well-being? As of late, I have been intrigued by the recent news story of Italian engineer, graphic artist and computer-hacker, Salvatore...
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One Man’s Trash is a Village’s Orchestra
Image source: pastemagazine.com In Paraguay, South America there is a village, called Cateura, whose main industry is collecting and recycling the waste from the rest of the country. Being from a poor...
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The Art and Practice of Narrative Medicine
A classmate recently lent me a book that introduced me to the intriguing field of “narrative medicine.” The book is called Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness, written by Rita Charon,...
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On Wholeness
I am currently reading the book Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, MBSR, a mindful meditation program that I am currently taking, and I came...
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The Guatemalan Doctor
We take a chicken bus to the hospital in Sololá, Guatemala. The emergency room is simple: 5 beds in a row sheltered by curtains. The sanitation conditions are questionable. There are no respirators...
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