by Michael Max | Dec 31, 2015 | acupuncture, Lifestyle, Podcast
Sleep. It is one of those fundamental aspects of life that we take for granted, until we find ourselves writing and editing lists in our mind, or rehashing conversations at 3am. Sleep is a simple and natural process, except for when it’s not. And then all our...
by Michael Max | Dec 15, 2015 | Lifestyle, Podcast
Sometimes we don’t even know the rut we’re in. Until a symptom, accident or diagnosis snaps us into an unexpected moment of presence. We can chose the route of “fixing” our bodies, or engage a process of looking into “how we got...
by Michael Max | Dec 1, 2015 | acupuncture, Lifestyle, Podcast
An overnight treatment for back pain? Yes. But, as with so much in life, it’s not a “one and done.” It is process. A slight shift in habit and practice that allows your body to unwind postural kinks and find a space of ease and comfort. And from that...
by Michael Max | Nov 3, 2015 | Lifestyle, Podcast
As with so many paths that open to us in life, our guest in this episode did not set out to make a deep study of Parkinson’s. She stumbled into it by first helping a number patients who had foot injuries. And from there has delved deeply into neurobiology, brain...
by Michael Max | Aug 30, 2015 | food, Lifestyle, Podcast
The classics of Chinese medicine describe the digestive system in terms of what today we’d call a compost pile. Indeed we symbiotically live with, and are dependent on, a population of microbes that outnumbers our “human” cells. Our modern day war on...
by Michael Max | Aug 11, 2015 | Lifestyle, meditation, Podcast
We often imagine we want the latest in medicine’s technological innovation should we find ourselves or a loved one in the midst of illness and suffering. But there are moments when our most advanced technology, while it can save lives, can not reach into the...
