Cliff’s Notes
Explore. Learn. Thrive.
Cliff’s blog brings you evidence-informed insights from the world of integrative medicine — plus practical strategies you can use right away. Each post is written with patients and readers in mind, offering practical insights, science-backed tips, and easy ways to support your body between visits. Think of it as your go-to resource for learning, inspiration, and taking charge of your own wellness.
This is more than a blog — it’s an invitation to take part in your own healing process.
*Note, our blog is a digital archive of past newsletters available to view at any time
Entering the Body Temple
From growing up in Central L.A. in the ’60s to Venice in the ’70s, I learned to be in protect mode to family, friends and myself. These days, in Beverly Hills, not much has changed—
Reclaiming Our Subconscious
Hippocrates taught that mind and body are inseparable—two movements of one living intelligence.
Inflammation: Friend, Foe, or Just Misunderstood?
Over 40 years ago, I traveled to southeast Pennsylvania to observe an osteopath who mainly treated the Amish. His method was unusual — he injected sugar water into torn ligaments, shoulders, and even hernias.
Statins, Muscle Pain & Real Prevention
This past year, I’ve seen a growing number of clients with severe back, hip, shoulder or leg pains that either started or markedly worsened after being placed on a statin for prevention. Many cases like these in the past took 1 to maybe 3 sessions at the most —but now the pain is much more severe.
Functional Flow: The Science of Healing, The Art of Beauty
After working with over 33,000 individuals across four decades, the reality is this:
It’s easier to change someone’s religion than how they eat! Because eating isn’t just about nutrition, it’s tied to emotion, memory, comfort, and stress. Most people don’t eat from hunger. They eat from habit.
Ivy League Blues: The Symptoms of Overthinking
We all know someone who overthinks everything. Maybe it’s you—replaying conversations, forecasting disaster, or just trying to control every outcome. It may feel like you’re being responsible, but your body doesn’t see the difference. To the nervous system, overthinking = threat.
The Warrior-Healer: Tactical Healthcare as the Way of Mastery & Truth
There comes a moment where you must choose—comfort or mastery, dependence or sovereignty, deception or truth. The world has trained you to be weak, to trust systems that do not serve you. Modern medicine manages disease, not health. Holistic wellness sells hope, not mastery. Both create dependency.
Anxiety, Fires & Our Responsibility to the Next Generation
Kids don’t just hear what we say—they feel our stress, our anxiety, our overwhelm. If we’re stuck in cycles of fear and reaction, they internalize that as their normal. And today after 45 years of treating generations of families, I’m seeing the negative effects that were once only affecting adults.
Unlocking the Secrets to Weight Loss: Beyond the Scale to Exponential Health
In our pursuit to be at our best physical size and shape, it's crucial to understand the distinction between LOSING WEIGHT vs LOSING FAT AND INFLAMMATION. These concepts are often used interchangeably although EACH represents completely different aspects of improving and gaining exponential health.
Harnessing the Power of Sunlight and Sleep for Exponential Health
Sunlight is more than just a mood booster—it’s a natural healer with profound health benefits:
Your Health’s Secret Weapon: The Power of the Lymphatic and Glymphatic Systems
Explore essential nutritional tips that can help you maintain a balanced diet, boost your energy levels, and support your overall health.
Grace, Discipline, and the Freedom to Heal!
Grace is nature’s unseen intelligence, it takes us beyond the boundaries of science—it turns carbon dioxide into oxygen, waste into nourishment, and pressure into diamonds. It’s a reminder that transformation happens when we align with life’s natural rhythms.