I didn’t plan to specialize in hormones. I trained as a naturopathic doctor with a focus on mental health, drawn to questions of mood, anxiety, resilience, and meaning. And hormonal health found me anyway, as a language that explained everything I was already seeing....

“If you try this and hate it, we’ll learn something.” Sometimes a great plan brings no relief. Many patients come into my practice having read, researched, consulted, and asked thoughtful questions for years. They have tried different diets, bought various...

In 2012, Facebook collaborated with university researchers to manipulate the news feeds of almost 700,000 users for a week (Frizell, 2014). Unbeknownst to them, one group of users was shown less positive content from their friends, filling their daily feeds with...

The sweltering heat wave has died down for a moment in Toronto, and it’s cool enough to keep windows open. The air is light and misty. I love the lushness of plant life all around, the freshness it brings to the air. It feels like after one long Winter and a...

“The patient is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be met.”— Rachel Naomi Remen M was a mother of two, in her mid-50s. She booked an appointment because profound exhaustion had descended on her like a fog. She ate intentionally: fibre, fruits, and...