The Health Detective Blog
From Guesswork to Precision Healing
How to Heal All Aspects of Yourself: A 4-Part Answer
A client asked me a question I think about often. How do you heal all aspects of yourself? There are as many answers as there are schools of thought. Here is mine, in four parts. 1. Every Symptom Comes From Deficiency, Toxicity, or Both First, all symptoms come from…
Fall Is Your Body’s Natural Cleansing Season. Here’s Why…
September in Buffalo is the best. The light changes, crisp mornings arrive, and apples are bountiful. There’s a seasonal change of clothing, with sweaters replacing tank tops. Your Organs of Elimination Have a Season Too Your body feels this shift too. With the cool,…
Too Many Supplements? Why Simplifying Your Health Works.
I have a balcony garden. It’s on the second floor, and it’s full of herbs: mint, tarragon, parsley, basil, rosemary, thyme, sage, oregano, lavender, chamomile, chives, and cilantro. Several times a day, I go out and snip. Tarragon for my eggs. Rosemary, thyme, and…
Why Healing Takes Time (And What Happens If You Rush It)
“Patience is a virtue.” That was the first sentence I ever printed. My Dad and I spent an entire afternoon trying to connect our first computer to a printer, sometime in the mid-1980s. There was no plug-and-play back then. Just cables, guesswork, and my Dad’s steady…
The 3 Fundamentals of Everyday Health (Before Any Supplement)
To me, health is fun. I have a body. I want to know how it works, and I want to feel good every day. Some people tell me that sounds like a lot of work. Others take the “everything in moderation” approach, which often means health becomes something you do only if you…
Why Quitting a Habit Isn’t Enough: What’s Underneath the Craving
Women come to me wanting to quit all kinds of things. One reaches for her vape in between meetings. Another pours a second glass of wine at the end of each day. Someone else reaches for sweets daily in the afternoon. Another checks her phone every few minutes, making…
Tingling Hands and Feet but Normal Tests? A Root-Cause View
My client felt tingling in her hands and feet that no one could explain. Clear Scans, No Answers She had X-rays. MRIs. CT scans. Everything came back clear. She was sent from one specialist to the next. The best anyone offered her was medication for the pain and…
The 4 Pillars of Root-Cause Healing (My Bioenergetic Approach)
I love changing up how I move my body. To me, it’s play. Running as a child, volleyball and fencing in college, years of Ashtanga yoga, classical Pilates, and hiking. Currently, it’s pickleball, hot yoga, some weight training, and a lot of functional mobility….
Managing Symptoms vs. Finding the Root Cause: My Migraine Story
I don’t love talking about my own health. It’s a little boring to me. It’s because I’ve always had strong body awareness. When something is off, I know it fast. How I Learned to Breathe a Migraine Away In my early twenties, I got migraines once in a while. I could…