The following blog was co-authored by my colleague Timothy Nelson, L.Ac (for an introduction, see "Eastern Medicine meets Western Psychology).  Tim's sections will be in in bold font.

I want to start this conversation, Michael, by talking about where exactly our philoso...

While meditation and body scan exercises are tried and true methods of learning mindfulness, you do not have to do these in order to become more mindful.  Some people really struggle to sit for lengthy periods of time, or find that they do not benefit much from doing t...

I am excited to announce that I will be co-authoring a series of blog postings with my friend and colleague Timothy Nelson, L.Ac.  Tim is a licensed acupuncturist in NE Portland, co-founder of Ancient Fern Medicine (www.ancientfern.com) and graduated from the National...

What is Ecopsychology and Ecotherapy?  Ecopsychology is a relatively new area of study for the field of psychology, though it deals with a topic that has been fundamental to the human condition since the inception of the species: our relationship with nature.  For most...