Mark Hyman, MD
Food is the most powerful medicine for shaping your health. Dr. Mark Hyman, a 10x New York Times bestselling author and practitioner of functional method unravels the confusion about what to eat, and what not to, and unpacks with simple clarity how to heal from chronic ailments and improve your vitality.
Editor’s Letter
Dear Best Selfers,
Food is medicine and if this Best Self journey has taught me anything, it’s that 1.) everything is connected and 2.) food either feeds health or health problems. And that’s a wrap (just kidding). Admittedly, it wasn’t that many years ago that terms like microbiome, epigenetics…
Inside This Issue:
Interview: Mark Hyman, MD | Food: Unraveling the Confusion
In this powerful interview, Dr. Hyman unpacks the confusion over diets, food and presents a holistic view of eating habits for optimum health...
Yogananda & Me: The Human Story of a Spiritual Guru
Philip Goldberg writes the human story of the spiritual guru Paramahansa Yogananda...
Getting Unhooked: Learning to Detach From Reactivity in Parenting
Getting ‘hooked’ by reactivity in parenting and old habits is inevitable; what we do with those emotions is optional...
Mindfulness and Race: Bearing Witness to Our Racial Distress
Mindfulness doesn’t erase the reality of racial distress; however, it allows us to explore the question of whether we are contributing to suffering or...
Lessons from Beyond: How the Death of My Son Taught Me To Live
When a doctor cannot logically explain the communication he receives from his son after his tragic death, he relearns how to live life...
The Mobility Method: Taking a Proactive Stand For Your Body (and Health)
Understanding the connection between mobility and longevity connects us to greater wellbeing and vibrancy...
PULP (non)FICTION: Juicing vs. Eating — What’s More Beneficial?
An exploration into the truth about the health benefits of juicing vs. eating...
Ammunition 4 Good: An Artist’s Creative Stand to End Gun Violence
Artist Gina Raphaela grew up in a family of suppressed self-expression and set herself free via her mission driven art to end gun violence...
The C4 Way: Empowering Youth To Be Their Best Selves
There actually is a formula for living a good life — and empowering youth with a recipe that combines character, choice connection and contribution...
Spare Keys: Reflections on a Kidney Transplant
A self-professed ‘New Age Junkie’ who works in the wellness field is forced to confront his own mortality as he witnesses his kidneys fail...
Messages Beyond Movement: Partner Yoga For Kids
This delightful children’s book reminds us of the messaging beyond the yoga moves, to live peacefully within our bodies, with each other and in our...
Breaking Up With Sugar: 12 Steps to End Cravings For Good
Sugar gets a bum rap for good reason: It’s connected to myriad health problems. Here are 12 steps for ending sugar cravings once and for all...
Recipe: Linguine with Asparagus and Capers in Lemon White Wine Sauce
Seasonal transitions are opportunities to breathe in freshness and to renew, and discover recipes that echo that lightness and spirit...
Compostable K-Cups: Finally, a Solution to an Environmental Disaster
San Francisco Bay Gourmet Coffee Company is addressing the burgeoning environmental disaster created by single serving coffee machines, with their...
Stories in Motion: Oracles for the Modern Seeker
A highly sensitive child who could sense the emotions and stories of others, learns to express her true gifts and powers via oracles...
Taking Charge: The Key To Our Aliveness
How one woman’s search for deeper meaning and connection reveals a key energetic ingredient that she calls CHARGE...
To India And Back: A Woman’s Journey To Health and Truth
A woman’s journey to India to seek physical healing from debilitating chronic illness led to the reclaiming of self and a deeper understanding of her...