This week Montana Whole Health became the first naturopathic clinic in the state of Montana to join the Vaccines For Children program. It is a huge (and controversial) decision I made last year to begin stocking vaccines in my private practice. Vaccines are probably the number...
You’re tired. I get it. You’re sick of feeling sick. You’re exhausted when you wake up. You crash sometime around 3 in the afternoon. (Or maybe 7 p.m.) It’s been a long time since you have felt like YOU. I know. I’ve been there. It’s hard. Maybe it’s...
It was six weeks after Annika was born, on a Friday, that it hit me. Annika was having another one of her “colic” fits of uncontrollable crying. (The crying that is completely unsoothable, regardless of how many of Dr. Karp’s “S’s” I try.) Annika’s uncontrollable...
Last weekend I had the pleasure of teaching a natural weight-loss class at Meadowsweet Herbs here in Missoula. I had a blast! Maybe it's because I love doing what I do, and I LOVE talking about natural medicine. But I think I surprised some folks. One of...
When I was 22 I was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). This was after months of medication trials and diagnostic tests. (Parasite test - check. Endoscopy - check. Gastric emptying study - check. Ultrasound - check.) Oh the disgusting barium I had to swallow, the...