“For every dollar we spend on prescription drugs, we spend a dollar to fix a complication. Understanding how nutritional supplements affect these drugs could make them safer and more effective.” – Mehmet Oz, M.D., Professor of Surgery at Columbia University
 and author of bestsellers “YOU: The Owner’s Manual” and “YOU: On A Diet” A little [...]

Over the past twenty-seven years I have seen many people struggling with pain management who use food as a comfort or coping tool. Some of these people had a coexisting addictive disorder that they put into remission by getting in recovery and were doing a good job with their pain management until they crossed over [...]

Friends and Colleagues, I hope this finds everyone well and enjoying the long summer days. Over the past couple of months, I’ve received many emails, LinkedIn questions, and media inquiries about spouses and partners of sex addicts.  Questions range from: -What happens to spouses and partners when sex addicts go into treatment? -How do they [...]

There has been an historical a lack of information and a great deal of misinformation regarding the role of proper nutrition for effective chronic pain management.  Research studies by the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA) have confirmed that diet and nutrition play a significant role in the management of pain. The NFA reports that success relies [...]

Intimacy can be challenging if we don’t have some degree of emotional sobriety and balance. If we have no emotional language for talking over the kinds of deep feelings that intimacy inevitably brings up, we spend our time and energy avoiding the kinds of intimate moments that we’re afraid might expose our soft, emotional underbellies; [...]

It’s hard to believe that summer is already drawing to a close. Hopefully you are still finding time for last-minute BBQs and beach trips, and savoring the long days and balmy evenings with family and friends. While we are sad to see summer go, our fall calendar is rapidly filling up with many exciting events [...]