The Winter Solstice takes place in the northern hemisphere on Tuesday, December 22, 2016 at 8:04 Greenwich Mean Time, which is 3:40 pm U.S. Eastern Time. It marks the longest night of the year, when the Earth is tilting farthest from the sun, and ushers in a new year and the time of growing light. …
NYC Flu Vax Mandate Shut Down
Court says NO to pre-K flu vax mandate Breaking news… 12/16/15… 3:30 pm. The City of New York is enjoined from enforcing the flu shot mandate for day care and preschool. Read the order and decision. And read this commentary by litigator and vaccine injury expert Robert J. Krakow, Esq. explaining what this decision means. Legislature …
Health Lessons From Hollywood — Episode 93
#93 – Health Lessons From Hollywood ** December 9, 2015 Guest // Suzanne Somers ** Host // Kelly Brogan, MD Yes, we want to be healthy. Once we stop nodding at the basic platitudes — sound sleep, regular exercise, smart nutrition — however, we’re left wrestling with the brutal realities of living in the real world: It’s hard …
The OCD Cure You Haven’t Heard Of
“Every time I have the thought that I want to harm my husband, I have to spend about 15-20 minutes organizing the utensils in our drawer just perfectly. It’s exhausting and so disturbing. I love him more than anyone in the world.” For Amy, this was her daily reality, on 40mg of Prozac, when she …
What is Happiness?
As a psychiatrist, one might assume that I have professional insights into the healthful pursuit of this illusory goal. The truth is that mental health in America (and by insidious extension, the world) is about suppressing inconvenient, inappropriate, and decontextualized symptoms of distress rather than promoting a state of contentment and emotional satisfaction. For my …
For You… Because Giving Makes Us Happy
Well, it’s Thanksgiving again It’s that time of year when we kick off the national Sprint of Insanity… the third week of November through year-end. If we could peer into our collective frazzled consciousness right about now, what would we see? I can’t believe I signed up to (fill in the blank). Haven’t ordered our …
Happy Conscious Holidays! Upgrading Santa
When I was a kid, my family really got into the theatrics of Christmas. My uncle or father would dress up as Santa Claus, complete with stuffed gut and husky voice, so that we kids could take a sneak peak at him while he unloaded our epic amounts of loot on Christmas Eve. I still …
CPS and Medical Marijuana — Episode 92
#92 — CPS and Medical Marijuana ** November 25, 2015 Guests //Indra Lusero, Esq and Heather Thompson, PhD ** Host // Valerie Borek, Esq Across the country, states are legalizing marijuana use. Parents are discovering that medical marijuana can offer life-changing relief for their chronically ill children. But when child protective laws are not simultaneously updated, families …