Rheumatoid Arthritis or Osteoarthritic Fingers
My grandmother had big knuckles in her fingers, Herberden's nodes, and when I turned thirty, many years before even finding my first grey...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 85 min read
Joint Pain in the Mornings: Osteoarthritis
Aging has its privileges, but one of the reasons it isn't always embraced is because we are more inclined to joint pain, and general...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 89 min read
Painful Menses in Our Youth: Dysmenorrhea
My oldest daughter, now 30 years-old, started her menses when she was crazy young. She was prepared though, not real bothered by it, nor...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Apr 306 min read
Beltane
A #Celtic holiday and time to welcome the abundance of the fertile earth, Beltane (sometimes spelled Beltaine or even Bealtaine) is a day...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 196 min read
Restorative Yoga: The Gentle Flow
Yoga is a eight-limbed life practice of self-care, and only one of those arms focuses on the physical movement most of us know as yoga,...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 162 min read
Abhyasa: Balancing Effort and Surrender
Everyone has an idea they are selling about achieving optimal health, and I am convinced that for most everyone, it is more a collection...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 1210 min read
Why I Love Caring for the Little Ones
As most of you know, my career started as a nurse in the Obstetrical Intensive Care Unit, and then I worked for a smidge in the Neonatal...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 188 min read
Trauma-Informed Maternity Care
Yesterday I wrote a bit about maternal and child outcomes being pretty catastrophic here in the United States which I relate to the...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 512 min read
Teens & Suicide: Let's Make Safe Space to Talk About It
Suicide rates are increasing across all populations. I talk about this regularly with clients, and in each and every class I teach...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Dec 9, 202313 min read
The Moon & its Effect on Us
The Moon has a powerful and magical influence over many aspects of life here on this amazing planet. We don't like to lean into this much...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 11, 20237 min read
Childhood Memories: Understanding Our Resiliency
My memory, I am learning more and more, is not typical in that I can remember my childhood like it was last week. I don't have a few...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 7, 20232 min read
Hair Loss from Stress & Trauma
There are a variety of causes one might lose their hair, abruptly or more gradually, and in spots or patches or more throughout the...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 7, 20236 min read
A Witch's Diary: Another Old Book Discovery
If you're new here, I love old books, particularly on medicine and midwifery, botanicals and raising a family. Witches were the women...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Apr 5, 20236 min read
Vitiligo
Vitiligo, made popular by Michael Jackson, is an autoimmune disease and while doctors have long claimed many of these diseases are life...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Apr 3, 20237 min read
Heart Health & Trauma
Yep, I am touching on this one again, because although I've written about heart health and integrative medicine, even shared some about...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 26, 20235 min read
Psoriasis versus Eczema
This is a tricky one and admittedly, it can be a challenge even for experienced clinicians to tell these apart. They are both itchy, but...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 21, 20233 min read
Yoga Hikes
Maybe you're familiar with this trend, maybe you're even familiar with the term, "Hikyoga," or maybe this is all new to you, but if you...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 16, 20234 min read
Women's History Month: March
We do live in an amazing time. Women are more and more becoming embolden to speak their voice and really live in their truth. We are...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 16, 20234 min read
Osteopenia: Let's Talk About Bone Health
If we want to live our lives with vitality through to the very end, we really must appreciate the importance of protecting our bone...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 27, 20238 min read
Crohn's Disease: A Functional Medicine Approach
This is an interesting one for me because it really seems a super straightforward, well-known condition that is often misdiagnosed,...
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