Tag Alternative Medicine

Waging a War Against Cancer Versus Healing Your Life by Bernie Siegel, MD

The Shift Doctors (Tracy Latz, M.D. & Marion Ross, Ph.D.) had the honor of  having today’s guest blogger Dr. Bernie Siegel write a wonderful foreword to our best-selling book Shift: A Woman’s Guide to Transformation. Bernie has touched many lives…

The Shift Doctors Give Tools for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Patients & Survivors

Some of you may have noticed that we actually have a space on our site for submitting specific questions for The Shift Doctors to address. What follows is a question recently submitted about breast cancer with our response. When we…

Meditation Basics – What is it?

Although meditation initially sprang up from Eastern religious or spiritual traditions, meditation techniques are described throughout history and have been used in many different cultures throughout the world for thousands of years. Today many people use meditation and its off…

Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal Thoughts Due to Acute or Chronic Stress- What to Do

We do tend to see an increase in depression with financial strain, acute or chronic stress reactions (exposure to trauma or overwhelming stress), marital strain, loss (job, loved ones through death/moving/separation/ divorce), debilitating physical illness, hormonal imbalances (sexual hormones or…

The Importance of Color

Colors balance our chi, triggers emotions and memories, connect us to nature, inspire us, and can even seem to slow down time. When you look at a sunrise or sunset especially over beautiful blue water it can make your heart…

Women and Depression

Depression occurs twice as often in women as men. Reasons for this may include hormonal fluctuations (normal cyclical hormonal issues during childbearing years, pregnancy, or hormonal treatments such oral contraceptives), sleep deprivation from childcare duties with infants/toddlers, and stress from…