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Avoiding Dogma: On Being Right and Eating Animals

I’ve always been allergic to dogma. In any institutional setting – educational, religious, medical, and most definitely, airports! – I find myself developing hives and hot...

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Antidepressant Discontinuation: The Why & How of Tapering

Note: The author acknowledges, with great compassion, that this is a challenging topic for the many individuals who make the difficult decision to begin treatment with psychiatric medication. All...

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reFemme: 5 Ways to Awaken the Divine Feminine Within

Our Break from the Divine Feminine

To do lists. Email. Facebook. Appointments. Commutes. Packing lunch. Making that call. Hustling for that deadline. Ignoring the elephant of your sexless marriage,...

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Think Antidepressants Work? What You NEED to Know

"All I know is that Prozac saved my best friend's life," said a slightly agitated young woman in the third row of the conference room.

"You must be wondering how that can be true, and how...

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Charles Eisenstein on the Importance of A Mind of Your Own

 The following essay was written by Charles Eisenstein about the release of my new book, A Mind of Your Own, and the bigger issue of questioning the narratives underpinning...

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Healing Depression: The Myth of the Quick Fix

Is There an Easier Version?

I stared out over the sea of beautiful women from all walks of life. It was an intimate gathering in the West Village, and we were there to talk mental health, healing...

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Are You Ready for Personal Transformation?

About a year into our journey together, having weaned off of two psychiatric meds, Sandra began to struggle with muscle aches. She had learned a tremendous amount about herself in the past year...

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Eating Clean: Sunrise Nori Wraps with Spicy Tahini Drizzle

Text excerpted from EATING CLEAN, © 2016 by AMIE VALPONE. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sunrise Nori Wraps with Spicy Tahini Drizzle

Serves 4

If...

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Depression: It's Not All in Your Head

Psychiatry: A Very Special Specialty

Psychiatry, unlike other fields of medicine, is based on a highly subjective diagnostic system. Essentially you sit in the office with a physician, and you are...

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So Long Coffee, Hello Turmeric Latte

Turmeric "Coffee" Alternative

In the height of my residency training, I was up to 6 cups of coffee a day. Granted, at least once a week, I was awake for a forced-all-nighter, but I took any...

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Health Coach Ali Shapiro: How to Be the Boss of Your Health Choices

The following guest post was written by my friend, Ali Shapiro. I hope her thoughts empower you to take ownership of your health and take on a new “Boss” mindset. Enjoy!

Twelve years...

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The Truth is Out: Gardasil Vaccine Coverup Exposed

Grassroots Awareness

At lunch with publishing wheeler-dealers discussing the state of affairs in women’s mental health, a soft-spoken pregnant woman seated to my left turned to me and said:...

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