Blooming Wellness
Dr. Eek's Health & Wellness Blog
In 1968, I was born the 5th of 6 children to a young couple in a small town outside of Boston, MA. My parents were very active in their church community, and raised my siblings and me to embrace the traditions and beliefs taught there. My father was a hardworking man and my mother stayed …
Interview by Dr. Eeks I wish all celebrities well, but I don’t care about who they vote for, what products they buy, what food they eat, what clothes they wear, what wellness trend they jump on, or what causes they support. If I want advice, I listen to people who have experience or credentials related …
Hi everyone, Dr. Eeks here. I’m excited to post a conversation I had here in New York City with Steve Dakh, one of the co-founders of the blockchain Ethereum, as well as one of the creators of KryptoKit, a wallet for cryptocurrencies. Steve is the horse’s mouth when it comes to crypto: He knows everything …
Interview by Dr. Eeks From nuclear war to mass shootings, we worry about a lot of things that could kill a lot of people. I mostly worry about emerging infectious diseases or EIDs. It could be a vector-borne disease, like ones transmitted by mosquitoes. Dengue fever is an example. It could be a zoonotic disease, …
A conversation between Mia St. John and Dr. Eeks Hey all! I’m thrilled to feature Mia St. John who is famous for her exceptionally successful international boxing career, most notably being a five time World Boxing champion. Mia is no longer boxing, but she’s still fighting, and in some ways, her greatest opponent. She has …
An interview with Dr. Eeks We’ve all experienced the magic of mermaids through movies and books, but who becomes a professional mermaid, what do they do, and what inspires them Raina Mermaid, owner of Halifax Mermaids in Canada and author of Fishy Business: How to be a Mermaid describes her journey to become a mermaid, how …
Hi guys. This is an interview I did a few years ago with psychiatrist Daniel Carlat, M.D. Since the questionable efficacy of antidepressants is in the news (again) and “anti-psychiatry” is trending ( again), I thought it was timely to share. In fact, it’s like we are in the same spot all over again, which …
(This is a guest post written by Dr. Douglas Watt, Ph.D. His bio is included at the end of the piece.) Depression: It’s Not a Chemical Imbalance: In Part I on depression, I talked about the uncritical acceptance of a cultural meme propagated by big Pharma and by mainstream Psychiatry that depression can be meaningfully …
By: Dr. Eeks I had the great pleasure of doing an interview with Holly Christensen, who is the founder of Alaska-based The Magic Yarn Project. Her story recently went viral, but in case you missed it, The Magic Yarn Project is about creating Disney-styled princess wigs for kids with cancer. As Holly mentioned, “It’s been …
Hi gang, Dr. Eeks here. I was really happy to interview expert Dr. Joseph Burgo on narcissism, sociopathy, dating and more. Here is a copy of his bio from his website: “Joseph Burgo, Ph.D. has practiced psychotherapy for more than 30 years, holding licenses as a marriage and family therapist and clinical psychologist. He …
On the Problem with Depression, a guest post by Dr. Douglas Watt It frequently comes as quite a shock when people learn that depression is now the most expensive condition facing Western societies, when you put together the cost of treatment with the cost of lost productivity (including the devastating cost of total disability for …
Evolutionary Perspective on Health, a guest post by Dr. Douglas Watt We are dangerously close in the United States to spending 20% of our GNP on healthcare – this year it will top $3.2 trillion or ~$10,000 per person. Yet we lag behind virtually all other Western democracies in nearly every health biomarker, including longevity, …
