I Contain Multitudes
Ed Yong’s 2016 New York Times bestseller arrived at a pivotal moment in biology, introducing a general audience to one of the most profound scientific shifts since Darwin: the discovery that every animal—including every human—is not an individual at all, but a living ecosystem. The trillions of microbes that inhabit us sculpt our organs, educate […]
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
We’ve all wondered, at some point, what drives a person to the edge — what could possibly bring someone to a place where survival itself seems secondary to the next fix. In In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, physician Gabor Maté answers that question not with judgment but with one of […]
Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine
The Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM) is a global educational authority and interprofessional community of healthcare providers, researchers, and academics united by the common goal of advancing knowledge, practice, and policies that champion treating the whole person—mind, body, spirit, community, and planet. AIHM represents the bridging of once disparate silos across health and […]
Institute for Functional Medicine
The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) is a global network of practitioners, educators, and advocates dedicated to advancing the transformation of healthcare, driven by a calling to redefine what it means to be well. IFM envisions a future where patients and practitioners work together to not only manage symptoms but also address the root causes […]
Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine
The Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine has been the global leader in innovative integrative education, evidence-based clinical practice, and influential research since its establishment in 1994 at the University of Arizona. Founded and directed by Dr. Andrew Weil, the Center’s research activities integrate complementary therapies with conventional medicine, investigating the mind-body connection and its […]
The Conversation Project
The Conversation Project is a public engagement initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement with a goal both simple and transformative: to help everyone talk about their wishes for care through the end of life, so those wishes can be understood and respected. The Project believes these conversations should begin at the kitchen table—not in […]
Active Minds
Active Minds was founded by Alison Malmon when she was a junior at the University of Pennsylvania following the suicide of her older brother Brian, who had concealed his struggles with depression and schizoaffective disorder for years, suffering in silence while believing he was the only one struggling. Recognizing that Brian’s story is the story […]
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project provides lifesaving and life-affirming services to LGBTQ+ young people through multiple interconnected programs. Crisis Services offer counseling support 24/7, all year round. Peer Support provides an affirming international community for LGBTQ+ young people. Advocacy works to change hearts, minds, and laws in support of young LGBTQ+ lives. Public Education helps allies and […]
National Alliance on Mental Illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. What started as a small group of families gathered around a kitchen table in 1979 has blossomed into the nation’s leading voice on mental health, now […]
Rough Initiations
“Rough Initiations” by Francis Weller explores how traumatic experiences in modern life—cancer, war, rape, childhood neglect—mirror the structure of traditional indigenous initiations but occur without the sacred container of community and ritual. Weller reveals that both genuine initiation and trauma share key characteristics: they usher individuals into an alternate reality outside consensus, radically alter the […]