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
Oct 16, 20239 min read
Tight Hip Flexors
These muscles are really catching my attention more recently, maybe because I've been sitting for longer stints at a time driving to...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 6, 202310 min read
Learning to Check In with Self
Much of my work, it seems, is helping people tune into themselves. We are so busy, so overwhelmed, living in fight-or-flight, that we...
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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
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
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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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 23, 20238 min read
Exciting News!!
Super exciting news: Jeremy and I are getting married... in less than two weeks. He proposed back in November, on the second anniversary...
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Dr. Penny Lane
May 18, 20229 min read
Headaches after Concussion
In my clinical training as a family nurse practitioner, I remember it being pressed upon us that the medical community has largely failed...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 24, 202216 min read
Eczema
Nearly a quarter of our little ones have eczema, an inflammatory skin condition. Just as asthma has, eczema and most all other forms of...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 3, 20223 min read
Limbic Healing: A Necessity in Our Functional Treatment Plan
Functional medicine practitioners see a wide-variety of clients and because we are the system-focused clinicians, where so much of...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 6, 20223 min read
Yoga & Autism
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (NCCIM) which is part of the National Institute of Health (NIH) considers...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 1, 20225 min read
Meditation for Beginners
This week I've stumbled across a number of new studies on the benefits of #meditation and I am even more excited about where we are going...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 20, 20228 min read
Chaotic Life?
This has been my story most of my life. My mother always said I did too much and it aggravated me because well, I did it all quite well....
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Dr. Penny Lane
Nov 19, 20218 min read
Can I Trust You? Will you Listen to Me?
When I work with midwifery clients, I typically offer them a stack of cards which lists a variety of options they may have during their...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 4, 20217 min read
Creating a Healing Environment
For the past three years, I have been providing primary care and functional medicine consults within my home office (see pictures below)...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 28, 20216 min read
Relationship-Centered Care
Midwifery is very relationship-based. It prioritizes mutual decision making so much so that the American College of Nurse-Midwives has...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 28, 20218 min read
Integrative Medicine
This philosophy to care is not new, but I find that it is far more unfamiliar to healthcare consumers than I might have appreciated. More...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 23, 20216 min read
Pranayama: Introduction to One's Breath
From ancient times we have understood that breath is vital to life. Root languages often utilize the same word for breath as they do for...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 21, 20216 min read
Yoga is for Everyone
Since ancient times, yoga has been continuously adapted to suit the needs of individuals from different times, cultures, and traditions....
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 15, 20217 min read
Alcoholism: Understanding the Underlying Cause
My mother was an alcoholic by definition. She certainly drank more than four #beers a week, but I don't think I ever identified as having...
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