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Personalize Your Diet for Weight Loss
We each respond differently to the same food. Specifically, our blood sugar responses differ. And elevated blood sugar leads to all kinds of health issues, including obesity. A New Scientific...
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The Ultimate Turmeric ~AIP~ Recipe Roundup
Turmeric. So easy to include in your healing protocol. And so valuable. Turmeric, and it’s active ingredient curcumin, is known to alleviate systemic inflammation. That’s how it supports the reversal...
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Leek & Wild Boar Belly Jam on Daikon Crackers (AIP)
So easy. So delicious. And fancy! Serve these as canapes. Seriously enjoyable healing-protocol friendly appetizers for the fanciest party. Or it can be just you, a bowl of warm Leek & Wild Boar...
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Creative Destruction & the Adaptive Cycle
The secret? Embrace creative destruction. Because it’s inevitable. And it’s everywhere. It’s evident in the turn of the seasons. In the life (& death) cycles of plants & animals. The rise and...
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Biohacking Tip #7: Choosing Your Own Indicators of Well-Being
Indicators are friendly signals. That tell you if you’re on track. Or if you might want to adjust course. They communicate about the status of something you care about. Like your health. An outcome is...
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Stress Management
These days, the only thing I track is my stress. That’s because stress is the #1 leverage point for my health. I know that if my stress is in line, I’m exercising appropriately. Eating well. Sleeping...
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Achieving Your Health Goals
You and your health are part of a situation. If there’s something you want to change about your health, start with the situation. Most advice about goal achievement skips this step. But a quick...
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Acheiving Your Health Goals when Things are Complicated (or Chaotic)
Goals are an expression of our desire for change. Of course, change is happening all the time. But we want the change we want. And goals help us influence the sprawling messiness of life in the...
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Nature (our habitat)
We have capacities we’ve forgotten. Or have never known. They’re hiding in scraps of urban wilderness. In the wild (and rewilding) places that still grow all around us. Inviting us to return to our...
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Finding the Pattern of Your Healing Path
The pattern of your life is providing you with the results you are experiencing right now. If your life is excellent: the pattern is working! If it isn’t, you can adjust it. One way to adjust is to...
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3 steps for Hacking Sexuality
Before Matthew became disabled by autoimmune disease, we had a lot of really good sex. In fact, when we first got together, a bunch of our friends broke up because they could tell (we weren’t saying...
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Hacking Sexuality (part 2)
There are three steps to getting your sexual self sorted: Get Sex Positive; Conduct a Needs Assessment; and Experiment. In part 1 of this post I explored step one. In this post we’ll look at the next...
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Tipping Points (Why resolutions go astray & how to get back on track)
You were doing so well! Sticking to your resolutions and starting to see results. Increased energy. Reduced symptoms. And then… Snapback! Maybe it was the holidays, traveling or just a really stressful...
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Self Knowledge (& Happiness)
Earlier this month I was at a noisy restaurant in Yaletown with my #2 kid and his best friend. “It’s weird” his friend shouted (it was very hip and very loud), “all week at work I look forward to my...
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The Paleobiology of Sleep
Until recently we thought that Matthew’s disrupted sleep was just another one of his symptoms. Yet another broken thing that needed to be fixed. Now we’ve learned that his pattern of sleeping for a...
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Biohacking Update: 3 months on a yeast & biofilm busting protocol (& 25...
In August, Matthew started a three-month protocol designed to tackle biofilm-protected yeast colonies his gut. Five months later we are feeling optimistic. The Back Story The symptom: debilitating...
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8 Areas for Health (Pick 1!)
You don’t need to do everything at once. Pick one thing. Once you’ve upgraded your life that area, pick another. The elements of a healing protocol lifestyle are all connected and they all support each...
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8 Areas for Health (Pick 1! Part 2)
In part 1 of this post I suggested that you don’t need to do everything at once. Start with one thing! I also covered four areas to focus on for health. Here are four more: 5. Connectedness (to nature)...
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Where to Start? Assess Leverage
There are a thousand things you could do to improve your health. Last week I outlined nine of them. Nine is a lot! And those nine don’t include things like addressing the impacts of gene mutations;...
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Coming Soon: A New Platform!
There’s nothing like a serious chronic illness to help re-set priorities. And we’re clear: our priorities lie with supporting others in their efforts to heal. Matthew and I are developing a new...
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