Not long into his 2019 TED talk, British journalist and New York Times bestselling author Johann Hari tells the curious … More
Category: Traditional Medicine
What Heals Us: Plant Medicine
Those who know me well, know that I can be an unapologetic skeptic, a cynic. That I don’t believe and … More
Your Blood Never Lies (Even From Afar)
The sheepish Balinese clerk at a local medical clinic tries hard to make sense of my unusual request. I don’t … More
The Desa Seni Experience
It is rare these days, and becoming ever more so, to find sanctuary from the sights and sounds of concrete, … More
We All Fall (Ill) Sometimes
There was something not quite right about life in the village as I passed it this morning, twice, on my … More
The Mother of all Stones
For the past week, I’ve been drinking copious amounts of apple juice while gearing up for a liver flush. If … More
The Healing Haven
There’s nothing particularly remarkable about the walls and front door of this compound. And you’d never know that a couple … More
Turmeric, She Wrote
It all started innocuously enough. A bite, from a mosquito or ant. Not a big deal. Then the spot turned … More
My Haj to Hay
Deep in the heart of rural Lombok, far from where tourists tread, past dozens of mosques and minarets, passing rice … More
We’ve Got the (Cocoa) Powder!
If you’re a diehard chocoholic like me, might I suggest that you pass on the packaged highly-processed stuff at your … More