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Speaking Events & Publications

By Lauren | November 9, 2015

Speaking  I am passionate about advancing Gemmotherapy and appreciate every opportunity I get to speak to practitioners and individuals who are seeking a research based process to support “living well.” Living well involves moving yourself…

Acute Care 101: Three Stages of Acute Care

By Lauren | November 9, 2015

Last week I shared with you a story about Kelsey and how her acute symptoms appeared over the course of twenty four hours. The first symptoms, mental and emotional, were very subtle and are generally…

Acute Care 101: Acute or Chronic?

By Lauren | October 26, 2015

What’s the difference between an acute or a chronic symptom? This post is the first in a new series with a focus on acute care. Just in time for allergy and flu season, I will…

The Inside Scoop on Birth Control: What Moms of Young Girls Need to Know

By Lauren | October 20, 2015

Over the last weeks I have written a series of posts on the back story of birth control. While the availability of birth control options for women was a huge step forwards culturally it has…

The Inside Scoop on Birth Control: Endometriosis

By Lauren | October 12, 2015

In this recent series, “The inside scoop on birth control” I have shared the reasons suppressing a menstrual cycle can be problematic, addressed the birth contol dilemma head on and told one woman’s story of the price her health paid…

The Inside Scoop on Birth Control: What’s a Girl To Do?

By Lauren | October 5, 2015

So, if hormonal birth control can cause a range of chronic conditions in women of all ages, what is the answer? Well, that sure is the question of the hour and certainly one I see…

The Inside Scoop on Birth Control: Convenience Has Its Price

By Lauren | September 28, 2015

Last week I went head-on into a trendy topic of “not needing your period.” It all got started with this article that has gained considerable traction in social media forums and was even reposted in…

Gemmotherapy Answers: Women DO Need To Have Periods!

By Lauren | September 22, 2015

Early in September an article claiming that women did not need a menstrual cycle circulated through multiple social media channels, so I am pretty sure you have seen it at one point or another. Because it…

Living Well Series: Ditching Dairy 

By Lauren | September 14, 2015

The value of removing dairy from our family diet honestly never registered on my radar for the first twelve years of my post cancer health journey. Then, in the summer of 2013, I paid a…

Living Well Series: Stage Four, Harmonizing the Body

By Lauren | September 1, 2015

This post concludes a four part series on the healing process we refer to as the Living Well 4™ in my practice. These four stages became clear to me while conducting a yearlong collaboration with…

Living Well Series: Stage Three, Optimizing Organ Function

By Lauren | August 25, 2015

  In my practice and research I have come to identify four stage of healing that the body moves through when using natural remedies to heal the root of the problem. I refer to this…

Living Well Series: Stage Two—Clean and Fortify Organs

By Lauren | August 18, 2015

Last week I shared Stage One of the Living Well 4 and described the basic protocol used to open elimination. The importance of opening elimination first became imminently clear in a two year international collaboration with European…