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01/12/2023

This is a big *D*eal. 🍳 Tap here to learn more about how to get adequate vitamin D with minimum sun exposure: http://ow.ly/6nLe50M8rCr

07/26/2022

06/21/2022

It’s a beautiful day on the berry farm! The berries coming out of the field are gorgeous. We are open today from 7 am - noon and 5-8 pm.

06/14/2022

Vitamin D deficiency is a major epidemic that is off the radar for most doctors and public health officials. ⁣
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Most doctors think that if you don’t have rickets you don’t have vitamin D deficiency. They couldn’t be more wrong. Most ask what is the minimum dosage to avoid rickets? Answer: 400 international units (IU) a day. ⁣
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But the real questions to ask are: how much were we designed to have and how much do we need to be healthy? It depends. If you have a deficiency, you might need somewhere between 5,000 to 10,000 IU a day. Others need about 2,000 to 2500. However, It's best to work with a Functional Medicine practitioner to determine how much vitamin D you need.⁣
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Amazing things start to happen when my patients’ vitamin D statuses reach optimal levels. Having witnessed these changes, there’s no doubt in my mind: vitamin D is an incredible asset to your health.⁣

05/11/2022

Awww, this! 🥰

When I was 3, my parents divorced. For 13 years, I went back-and-forth, spending one week with my dad, then one week with my mom. In so many ways, it was like I had two lives existing in different worlds.

My mothers house was (and still is) the place I felt cozy. There was a predictable rhythm, daily rituals, beauty. To me, those things feel like home to me.

Rhythm says “You’re safe”
Rituals say “You’re held”
Beauty says “You’re loved”

This year I spent Mother’s Day alone with the kids, while Noah was away on a 10 day work trip. While he was away, I did what I do — ran a tight ship. I was organized, we were on time, the house stayed beautiful, and things were mostly smooth.

It’s like that because if it’s not — if things get too piled-up or chaotic — I don’t feel good. And, because when you’re doing it alone, there are things you just have to do to stay sane.

I used to judge myself quite a lot for being so particular — spending my time picking up bits of lint, fluffing pillows, straightening picture frames, adjusting the lighting. I used to judge it as controlling, mostly because that’s how other people saw it.

But the truth is, for me, it’s rarely driven by an inner anxiety. Instead, it’s most often fueled by my deep love.

It’s my way of loving myself, my family, our home, and our things...

You’re safe.
You’re held.
You’re loved.

I’ve come to acknowledge and appreciate that it comes naturally to me to manage a lot, to hold a steady rhythm through it all, to weave beauty as we go.

And as I embrace this way of being, softening the judgment in my heart, the expression of it can be more whole-hearted. All the fiddling and tending can create greater intimacy, rather than less.

And through all of this, I feel a vast appreciation for my incredible mom. Because I learned it from her.

Because she is a weaver of beauty. Because she was a single mom for some time. Because she had to. Because it’s how she says:

You’re safe.
You’re held.
You’re loved.

Happy Mother’s Day (every day), Mama. I appreciate you endlessly. ♥️♥️♥️

04/23/2022

Curcumin is the active compound in turmeric making it a great addition to any diet. Learn how to make Dr. Weil's turmeric tea here.

04/14/2022

Yes 👏🏼

The Cancer Chronicles, 116: There are so many ways I could begin this post. I could tell you about my recent spate of dark chocolate eating. I could tell you about my continuing spate of parmesan cheese eating. I could tell you again what so many doctors have told me about cancer and inflammatory foods and sugar. But here’s what I most want to say: Don’t stint on delight. Don’t keep yourself from what brings you joy. On any level.

Two friends died this past week. One suddenly. One from a cancer diagnosis that was only a month old. I know I’ve said this before but I haven’t said it enough: you never know when the last time you will: see your partner’s face, hear Yo-Yo Ma, listen to your child, talk to your mother. See the night sky. Hear a bird. Watch a leaf fall. Smell a daffodil. Eat a piece of chocolate. Or cheese.

And yes, and always, if it makes you sick, don’t eat it.

If it takes your energy down, stay away from it. Not because it’s bad or wrong but because why take a single moment away from what could be a life lived with sheer delight?

Take care of your jewel of a body. It’s what allows you to taste, smell, see, touch.

The only thing that is keeping you, keeping me from spending our lives fizzing in wonder is the belief that we’re wrong, we’re bad, we shouldn’t, we can’t, we’re not enough. The belief that suffering is noble. That if it feels good, we shouldn’t do it. The belief that we need to pay for our time here.

See those as lies you tell and retell yourself. See those as conclusions you came to when you didn’t know better. And then break the trance and eat a mango.

04/01/2022

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