3 Underlying Biochemical Processes In People With Alcohol Use Disorder.
April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Thus, I want to pay tribute to one of my mentors, Joan Mathews Larson, PhD, who wrote the seminal book, Seven Weeks to Sobriety, which I require as a text for my Level 1 Training. If you haven’t yet read it, I highly encourage you to do so. Many of […]
Ethnicity-Based Alcoholic Bio-Types
Might your family’s ethnicity have anything to do with your craving for alcohol? Yes indeed! Those of us from Irish, Native or Scandinavian backgrounds, can often trace alcohol use disorder through our family tree. And depression! Joan Mathews Larson in Seven Weeks to Sobriety identifies a type of Alcohol Use Disorder, where just a little bit of alcohol is […]
Nutrients Which May Reduce Cravings for Opiates
As we all know, and many people have directly experienced, people in recovery from Opioid Use Disorder can suffer from profound cravings, which often lead to continuing use. While the pharmaceutical companies offer various medications such as buprenorphine, naloxone, etc., these drugs are themselves highly dependency-forming, and do not help to rebuild depleted endorphins or […]
Some Underlying Drivers of Chronic Relapse
There are many reasons I love working with people in recovery who struggle with ongoing slips and relapses. First of all, everyone who has come to me for help is committed to sobriety and desperate for the right type of help. By the time they get to me, there is no ambivalence left. They WANT to make a new life work for them but simply haven’t found the right key. Some people have given up trying by this point because no matter what they try, it doesn’t seem to work.
Amino Acids and Sugar Craving
Amino acid therapy can be very helpful to everyone struggling to deal with sugar cravings. Sugar cravings can be persistent and often create intense discouragement in people trying unsuccessfully to fight them. However, a variety of simple amino acids, which can be bought over-the-counter at vitamin stores or on-line, often do the trick! How so?
But, How Do I Get to Sleep???
We have all experienced a sleepless night or two worrying about an exam or job interview, or wondering how to pay the rent. But family members of active alcoholics and addicts often find that sleep eludes them much more chronically and dangerously.
Feeding the Recovering Brain for Holiday Serenity
It is our brain’s job to allow us to cope with stress gracefully, but to do that, it needs to be fed optimally! How can we optimally feed our brains this holiday season so that we can find and maintain joy, serenity, and sobriety success?
Question & Answer: Mental Health Nutrition
A former student called this week with some questions both from her new business coach and a client which she wasn’t sure how to answer. She had decided to put her new skills in mental health nutrition up onto her website.
Learning to feed the brain first, transforms therapist and her clients!
You might be asking yourself what type of students benefit most from learning this approach? I have attracted a wide variety of students, from housewives who had already experienced the power of amino acid therapy and wanted to learn more, to MDs certified in functional medicine, who needed help in putting it all together. And […]
Power P B and J
Who doesn’t love a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich? Well, this is a healthy upgrade with a power punch…one of my favorite quick go-to meals! Ingredients: ½ cup peanut or almond butter or nut butter of choice (use nut butters with blood type specific food chart) 1 slice of Ezekiel, gluten free bread, ancient grain […]