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Weight Loss and Mindfulness

Mindfulness Practice has been studied and found to be a useful and therapeutic adjunct in weight loss.[1] As a functional medicine physician, one thing that mindfulness can do that I have found to be clinically very helpful is to direct it at eating itself.  A lot of...

Mindfulness and Boredom

"In order to live free and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.” ~Richard Bach - Illusions (1977) If I recall accurately – despite the handicap of a 70-year-old brain – when I read the book Illusions over 40 years ago, the...

Grief, Mindfulness and Healing – The Passing of Dr. Voss

This week I experienced deep grief with the passing of my dear colleague, Dr. Voss. Her passing, like any death, provides us with a moment to reflect on our lives and our purpose for being here in our temporary bodies. We must all face the ending of our physical body...

Dealing with Anxiety and Depression During COVID

Mindfulness Meditation I noticed a definite uptick in depression and mood disorders in my patients ever since the COVID problem.So, several months ago, we began the weekly Mindfulness and Healing Groups to introduce my  patients to a mindfulness practice. The success...

Mindfulness Meditation Found to Relieve Chronic Pain

Mindfulness Helps With Pain The first three articles in this series on mindfulness, applied as a clinical tool and based on peer-reviewed studies, showed that mindfulness meditation may have a significant effect in the prevention and treatment of the first three...

Dr. Charles Gant, MD, PhD

Charles Gant MD, PhD was a nationally renowned pioneer in integrative and functional medicine, nutrition-based medicine and substance abuse. He was beloved by patients and colleagues as a doctor, healer, author and teacher at National Integrative Health Associates from 2005 until his passing in 2023.