By Barbara Braver If I had followed my first instincts this morning, I would have arisen and then closeted myself in one room with a lot of books written by people who had wise things to say to me.  I would spend every moment of the day with these wise people, and maybe a box of chocolates.  My chosen friends…

by Jon Coppelman and Kathryn Hayward, MD A couple of weeks ago, I had the honor of presenting a Bay Path Strategic Alliances Kaleidoscope talk. Jon and Nancy Coppelman, who participated in Living Whole Ávila, Spain in June 2017, braved the Mass Pike traffic from Boston to join us in western Massachusetts. International Integrators is offering our first New England…

Soon to Be Announced: A 12-Month Study of a Living Whole Immersion Retreat   By Kathryn Hayward, MD, Bill Manahan, MD and Sara Warber, MD “Living Whole is more than just a glimpse of life’s possibilities. It was, and continues to be, a well-defined path.” When you look on the internet for wellness retreats, your search is well rewarded. We…

By Kathryn Hayward, MD and David L. Thomas, Jr., JD International Integrators has grown and evolved into the “Living Whole Movement” as Dr. María Laura Chacón Roldán, one of our physician facilitators, has characterized it. The latest developments in the Living Whole Movement include: Living Whole Burgers on Mallorca Living Whole Integrative Health talk in Massachusetts on October 8, 2019…

By Bill Manahan, MD and Kathryn Hayward, MD   We Have Been Duped: Tobacco A recent conversation between Kathryn and Bill… Kathryn: “My Dad recently told me, ‘I got introduced to smoking during the Korean War (1950-1953). The government always gave us cigarettes in our rations.’” Bill: “The tobacco fiasco was just a few years ago, when I was in…

By Barbara Braver In the spring of 1988 I was offered a new job, a new opportunity, a new adventure.  I was with my beloved Jan Pierce, of blessed memory.  We were in a rural part of Pennsylvania, as I remember, and went into a junk cum antique shop.  I was drawn to a wooden carving of the head of…

By Barbara Braver I am sitting in my comfortable chair with a mug of tea, sorting myself out and moving into my new day. My morning ritual is in a quiet corner of our old house, which has stood on this rocky New England coast for more than three centuries.  I am recent to it, having been part of its…

Part 2 Our Summer Solstice Sojourn celebrating Stephanie’s 11th birthday with 11 days of movement and nature Integrative Health combines the best in conventional medicine, food, movement and mind/body/spirit disciplines. In Part 2 of this two-part series, David Read continues to recount how his family shared eleven days of cycling, nature and nurturing relationships with family and friends. To read…

Part 1 Our Summer Solstice Sojourn celebrating Stephanie’s 11th birthday with 11 days of movement and nature Integrative Health combines the best in conventional medicine, food, movement and mind/body/spirit disciplines. In Part 1 of a two-part series, David Read recounts how his family shared eleven days of cycling, nature and nurturing relationships with family and friends. By David C. Read,…

By David C. Read and Tom Courl Boys weekend and vegan/plant based? – No Problem! This past spring, a friend had a milestone birthday and the usual group of seven long-time friends got together to plan something – like we do for all our big birthdays. For Tom’s 60th birthday we rented a log cabin in the Berkshires near the…