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A man resting in a field of grass and flowers. Rest is essential medicine, according to Integrative Ayurvedic Medicine.

Integrative Ayurvedic Medicine: A Philosophy of Practice

The longer I practice medicine, the less interested I become in fighting disease and the more interested I become in understanding why the body lost…

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The Cost of Care: Why Do We Keep Choosing What Isn’t Working?

An open enrollment conversation about healthcare, the security of the familiar, and the courage to question our choices. It’s that time of year again. Open…

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The Art of Rest. And the Science of Finding It Within Ourselves

Sleep. One of the most natural, necessary, and increasingly elusive experiences of modern life. We spend roughly a third of our lives doing it, yet…

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Fifty-Seven Phones: The Health of Us

Oh my God how my heart hurts. Fifty-seven phones went off that belonged to fifty-seven young men in a Cornell fraternity Snapchat group at 1:42…

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I Want Food Back…

I love food. I love growing it. I love cooking it. I love the smell of garlic hitting a hot pan and tomatoes still warm…

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Who Gets to Be You?

On AI, identity, consciousness, and the responsibility of becoming I have been spending more time than I should admit listening to the conversations surrounding artificial…

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The Capacity to Be Okay — Right Now

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that doesn’t come from doing too much. It comes from needing something to happen before we can feel…

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The Wisdom of the Immune System

As the seasons begin to change, conversations about the immune system seem to appear everywhere. Patients ask me what they should be taking to “boost”…

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Uncertainty: The Space Between Knowing and Not Knowing

I have been thinking lately about uncertainty. Not the uncertainty of markets or weather or whether a flight will be delayed, but the much more…

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Rethinking Cleansing: What Biology and Ayurveda Have Been Saying All Along

The word cleanse has become one of the most misrepresented terms in health. For some, it conjures images of green juices, starvation diets, and exaggerated…

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abstract red dots, like blood cells, representing inflammation. Ayurveda says that inflammation is communication from the body.

Inflammation Isn’t the Enemy. It’s the Conversation We’re Misunderstanding.

The New York Times, The Atlantic, HHS leader RFK Jr: open social media, listen to a podcast, or walk down the supplement aisle, and you’ll…

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