Introduction: Rethinking Cholesterol Management in the Context of Rising Fatty Liver Disease

In recent decades, the medical community has increasingly relied on statins as the primary intervention for managing elevated cholesterol levels. This approach often stems from the assumption that high serum cholesterol is predominantly due to excessive dietary intake or endogenous overproduction. Consequently, patients are frequently advised to adopt low-fat diets and prescribed statins without a comprehensive evaluation of their lipid metabolism and clearance mechanisms.

Nourishing Earth in the Land of Plenty

Nourishing Earth in the Land of Plenty

In clinical practice, a growing number of patients present not with a lack of information, but with an inability to stop searching. They arrive having read extensively, queried AI tools, watched countless videos—yet remain dysregulated, uncertain, and unable to synthesize or act upon what they’ve found. This is not a failure of intellect or curiosity. It is a neurobiological loop disorder, rooted in the brain’s reward and inhibitory systems. The problem is not that patients seek help. The problem is that they have lost the capacity to know when they have found it.

The Bibliography

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The Divergent Meridians: How Neurology Illuminates a Classic Framework

The Divergent Meridians and Autonomic Imbalance

The divergent meridians occupy an esoteric and enigmatic position within classical Chinese medicine. They appear in the historical record earlier than the eight extraordinary vessels, yet their purpose and use remain shrouded in mystery. Unlike the primary meridians or the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, which have more defined functions and methods, the divergent meridians have no clear consensus on their clinical use. Many modern practitioners never use them.

The Hidden Core of Medicine’s Burnout Crisis: “One Who Cannot Be Pleased” & The Not Enough Loop

 Medicine, as a profession, has long been structured around ideals of perfection, self-denial, and relentless striving. But beneath the surface of its institutional and cultural demands lies a deeper, more insidious psychological pattern—one that operates both externally, shaping patient-clinician dynamics, and internally, driving physician burnout and self-invalidation.

Mindfulness, Autonomic Regulation, and Primitive Reflexes: A Neuro-Somatic Framework

My first introduction to deep somatic work was over 30 years ago with a clinician who had abandoned her psychology license to integrate hands-on therapies. With three PhDs, she realized that dissociated trauma survivors were cognitively processing their pain without ever truly feeling it in their bodies. This recognition was foundational in my understanding of why mindfulness must be embodied.

Character Analysis: "One Who Cannot Be Pleased" – The Inner Critic: A Blended Personality Defense

Overview: The Multi-Layered Defense of Judgment, Expectation, and Emotional Disconnection

This character structure represents a complex blend of Rigid, Psychopathic, and Masochistic defenses, creating a personality that operates through expectation, derision, and strategic invalidation to maintain control over their environment. This is not a single defense pattern but a layered adaptation—a personality defense constructed to protect against deep-rooted feelings of inadequacy and rejection.