Philosophy

Breathing in Spirit: How to Recognize and Cultivate Inspiration

By Brandon LaGreca / December 18, 2021 / Comments Off on Breathing in Spirit: How to Recognize and Cultivate Inspiration

Being connected to a universal stream of consciousness may sound as unattainable as it is mystical, but to do so is an inherent feature of a broader spiritual reality we all share. From pre-civilized shamanic peoples to modern spiritual traditions, the same theme has echoed across millennia—we are not human beings having spiritual experiences but spiritual beings having human experiences.

The Rain Man Effect: How to Recognize and Hone Intuition

By Brandon LaGreca / November 19, 2021 / Comments Off on The Rain Man Effect: How to Recognize and Hone Intuition

What is intuition and how do we experience it? This is a question I’ve thought a lot about as a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. Though my work is based on the science of herbal prescribing and acupuncture point indications, there is also a subtle art to the medicine that draws heavily on intuition.

The Future of Cancer Therapy: Personalized Medicine

By Brandon LaGreca / August 22, 2021 / Comments Off on The Future of Cancer Therapy: Personalized Medicine

Aside from the respiratory symptoms and mild fatigue, she felt fine. She didn’t hear much else after her doctor suggested a tentative diagnosis of non-small-cell lung carcinoma.

Symphonic Health

By Brandon LaGreca / July 23, 2021 / Comments Off on Symphonic Health

Each person is a unique album of divinely inspired music. Sometimes deep scratches of trauma disturb the quality of the sound, but unlike a fixed vinyl album, the human brain and heart can change, can heal, and once again play the sublime chords of the soul.

The Future of Cancer Therapy: Naturopathic Oncology

By Brandon LaGreca / June 24, 2021 / Comments Off on The Future of Cancer Therapy: Naturopathic Oncology

For the first time since she heard the word “cancer” she was not feeling overwhelmed. Suddenly, healing seemed possible with a roadmap of consulting with a healthcare model that was as invested in her health as her disease.

Beginner’s Mindset

By Brandon LaGreca / May 26, 2021 / Comments Off on Beginner’s Mindset

Healing takes time, and it takes the right trajectory. A healing mindset maps the course ahead, providing guidance on treatment options and lifestyle changes that will most effectively help you arrive at your destination of optimal health. Awareness of the obstacles clears that path so you don’t waste time, energy, and money on medical red herrings.

The Promise and Peril of a Coronavirus Vaccine

By Brandon LaGreca / October 31, 2020 / Comments Off on The Promise and Peril of a Coronavirus Vaccine

Will global governments mandate that every citizen be injected with a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2? Does the greater good outweigh the repercussions of introducing an RNA vaccine into the human gene pool? These are serious questions with critical implications for the future of human health and medical freedom.

Environment, Terrain, and Germ: The COVID-19 Story

By Brandon LaGreca / September 2, 2020 / Comments Off on Environment, Terrain, and Germ: The COVID-19 Story

One bug, one drug—such is the philosophical undercurrent to allopathic medicine. Sometimes that principle works. I suffered for three weeks with pneumonia before the right antibiotic enabled my recovery. Even if the overwhelming majority of microbes that constitute the microbiome and virome support life and diversity, the human body can get overwhelmed when imbalanced. While…

The Pros and Cons of Masks

By Brandon LaGreca / August 3, 2020 / Comments Off on The Pros and Cons of Masks

My Facebook feed is an even mix of those questioning the conventional narrative of donning a mask (and practically everything else related to pandemic) and demeaning or self-righteous pleas to get everyone to wear a mask. Dare I say both sides can learn something from the other? Before a nuanced discussion on the topic, we…

Is the Coronavirus an Exosome?

By Brandon LaGreca / July 4, 2020 / Comments Off on Is the Coronavirus an Exosome?

I’ve been thinking a lot about the content of this video in which Dr. Zach Bush introduces the notion that viruses are synonymous with exosomes, fragments of genetic material (microRNA) that communicate danger within a species and enable adaptation. Exosomes represent the possibility of rapid evolution.