Are you highly sensitive?
The highly sensitive person, or HSP, refers to an innate personality trait characterized by heightened sensitivity to stimuli in one’s environment, including emotional, sensory, and social cues. HSPs tend to process information more deeply than individuals who do not possess this trait. And while sensitivity may sometimes be perceived as a bad thing in our society, it brings a lot of intriguing qualities (and in other cultures is perceived very favorably).
The Story of Systems Medicine
Modern medicine has brought some amazing advancements. The development of antibiotics. Increasingly sophisticated and targeted cancer treatments. Medical imaging techniques, like PET scans and MRIs. Cardiac surgery, organ transplantation, and minimally invasive surgery. These advancements have led to increased life expectancy and have enhanced quality of life for many people.
The greatest strength of modern medicine, though, can also be its greatest weakness: the challenge of greater and greater specialization and precision. We seek to understand things by taking them apart, down to their most basic elements, studying individual genes, proteins, or molecules in isolation. In doing so, we run the risk of losing sight of the big picture.
This is where systems medicine comes in.
Energy Psychology
Energy psychology (EP) is a family of integrative approaches to psychology that brings together the insights of energy systems (such as the channel system in Chinese Medicine) with contemporary psychology.
Integrative Approaches to menopause symptoms
While menopause is a normal and expected transition, it is not without its challenges. Individuals may experience a variety of symptoms in the transition to menopause, including hot flashes, vaginal dryness, weight gain, bone loss, skin dryness, and increased risk of heart disease. Thankfully, while menopause itself is not avoidable, many options are available to ensure a patient’s wellbeing through the transition. In additional to conventional treatments (like hormone replacement therapy and other medications), a variety of complementary therapies can provide benefits as well.