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Parkinson’s recovery project • EAP042
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...
Finding our footing • EAP041
We rarely think of our feet as the amazing complex multi-boned platforms that allow us to walk upright. And in fact— they are sensory organs with a deep affinity for balance, movement and listening to the environment. This is an encore interview with our guest Mary...
Beginning with not-knowing • EAP040
We seek out medical practitioners because we want to know. There is a problem and we want it gone. Sometimes the process of discovery is not difficult, and health concerns are quickly resolved. But then there are those issues that linger for years, decades even. They...
Spark in the Machine • EAP039
The Chinese medicine perspective on physiology connects and diverges from the conventional Western view like a blue highway meanders around an Interstate. Our guest on this episode speaks fluently from the perspectives of both modern biomedicine and the ancient art of...
Tracing the flap of a butterfly’s wings- using complexity science to study acupuncture • EAP038
Research is a funny thing. On one hand, most of us think of it as the most dry and boring stuff you could possibly read. On the other hand, we see it as the Holy Grail of truth when it comes to understanding the effectiveness of medical interventions. As with most...
Fermentation, the natural probiotics in your kitchen • EAP037
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 the bacterial...
Mindfulness in medicine • EAP036
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 spaces...
Cultivating the habit of creativity • EAP035
What does creativity have to do with health? Plenty if are going to navigate the inevitable changes that life brings in a way leads toward cultivating resilience and adaptability. Our guest today, while trained as an artist and designer, has acquired a knack for...
Acupuncture at the end of life • EAP034
We are all are touched by death. Many of us know something about it. Few of us understand the process. And while the tools of modern medicine often accompany the dying, death is not a medical condition. Our guest in this episode is a country doctor and long-time...
The difference between presence and control • EAP033
Many of us fire up a meditation practice only to find ourselves sitting in an overwhelming riot of thought and agitation. Isn't this practice supposed to calm us down, lower blood pressure, ease the migraines, and maybe give our recurring assortment of anxieties,...
