Healing isn’t just physical – it’s emotional, spiritual, and creative. As a physician specializing in integrative medicine, I combine evidence-based science, mind-body techniques, and the power of creative expression to guide you toward holistic well-being.
Unlock your innate healing potential through the transformative power of integrative medicine & creative expression through art, music, & movement.
Feel healthier, joyful, and more vital through a mix of experiential and informational components.
Read my scientific papers on the neuroscience of creativity’s impact on adaptive emotional regulation & healing outcomes.
The CHIA Center for Healing & the Integrative Arts will incorporate an integrative health clinic, yoga, dance & art studios, a wellness spa, & cafe with an interactive sculpture garden.
I will be speaking at TedX West Vancouver on October 11, 2025.
Escape with us for a weekend getaway to learn how nutrition, creativity, and connection can remedy these symptoms. You won’t just feel great over the weekend, but will learn valuable information to take home with you to improve your health and vitality!
I was interviewed in the recent documentary “Menopause – Coming in Hot!” as an expert on using creativity for treating menopause symptoms, as well as recommended diet for menopause and glucose control.
I’ve been a guest on several popular podcasts, speaking on holistic healing including creativity, nutrition in medicine, retreats, nutrition for families, integrative medicine and holistic approaches to health.
Join us on June 1 at the Delbrook Community Recreation Centre in North Vancouver for a vibrant and heart-opening dance experience! Inspired by the expressive spirit of samba and guided by the pulse of live drumming, we’ll explore grounded, playful, and liberating movement that awakens embodied vitality. Buy tickets via EventBrite.
Throughout Gerhard Richter’s artwork, he repeats a theme that resonates with me: he paints what one can’t see, what is not there. This concept, however beautiful, I feel is incomplete.
My portrait series ‘Faces and Their Magic Realism’ is a personalized reinterpretation of Richter’s theme: to paint what you can’t see, but is, in fact, there.
Baby Blue Eyes; Poppy (2011)
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