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“Eating Rainbow” Curry
Colombian food mainly consists of: white rice, a large portion of bland, unseasoned, tough meat, potatoes and a “salad” (which means one leaf of iceburg lettuce and a pale, sad tomato slice)....
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An Exercise in Empathy
As mentioned before, naturopaths are not necessarily defined by our toolbox of modalities. What, then, does define us as a profession? As we witness a rise in the demand for complementary and...
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Knock Knock Knockin’ on Gabo’s Door
One of the realities of human suffering is the sensation of time passing us by. It is one of the pains of being alive and aware of it. Oftentimes we live on autopilot, bored with our present...
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Treat the Individual
I can’t really say that I’m a creature of habit. I easily tire of routine and consistency. Maybe it was for this reason that I felt the need to take off from Canada for a few years and travel, why I...
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The Seven A’s of Healing
As soon as exams screamed to a halt, I embarked on my summer reading list starting with When the Body Says No, by Canadian author and medical doctor, Gabor Maté. This book explores the mind-body...
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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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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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Listening to My Body (and why my pants are too tight)
I am in my grade 12 photography class. I am 17 years old. I have my head on the desk in abject despair, as I succumb to the intense stress that was my last year of high school, where every academic...
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Gratitude Journal Part 2
I’m grateful for endings that merge into new beginnings, karmic cycles and their painful lessons and excruciating yearly rituals that often end in transformations. I’m grateful for long late-night...
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How to Reinvent Your Life in 20 Steps
According to James Altucher, author and entrepreneur, it is possible to reinvent yourself in 5 years. In his book, The Power of No, he tells us how to reinvent our lives by first saying a big, fat No...
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Naturopathic Narrative Therapy
As a child, I was obsessed with stories. I wrote and digested stories from various genres and mediums. I created characters, illustrating them, giving them clothes and names and friends and lives. I...
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De-Centred Naturopathic Practice
People seek out naturopathic doctors for expert advice. This immediately positions us as experts in the context of the therapeutic relationship. If left unchecked, our knowledge and experience will be...
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