(originally published in The Edge magazine, page 2 in August/September 2022, Edition #344) by SchaOn Blodgett, CCP, BTAT In my last column, I brought up one of RuPaul’s famous sayings, “If you can’t love yourself, how the hell are you going to love someone else?”. So, how do you go about that? In this life, so many are just trying to be understood, find their “tribe”, be appreciated, and most importantly, be heard and seen authentically. To find this, in my current opinion, it’s more about knowing yourself, being truly honest with yourself, and finding the compassion for you (from within your ..read more

(originally published in The Edge magazine, page 3 in June/July 2022, Edition #343) by SchaOn Blodgett, CCP, BTAT For the last month, I’ve been sitting here racking my brain on HOW can I talk about “Joy” with everything that we’re still dealing with, without appearing inauthentic, out of touch, and dismissive. Hearing on almost a daily basis of someone within my family, friend, or acquaintance circles having a stroke, being diagnosed with some cancer, some heart/blood clot issue, or finding out someone died by suicide. It’s overwhelming at times. Tonight I was sitting here watching the openin ..read more

(originally published in The Edge magazine, page 3 in April/May 2022, Edition #342) by SchaOn Blodgett, CCP, BTAT I saw a meme the other day, “Adults: ‘Kids are resilient.’ Also adults: ‘Well, I’m off to therapy to discuss all the traumatic s*** I’ve been carrying around since childhood.’”. While yes, humans in general tend to be “resilient”, this meme brings up a few things. First, that initial statement is used to minimize and brush under the rug childhood trauma that those children will likely carry with them for the rest of their lives. Next, the meme brings a very valid point. Yes, peopl ..read more

(originally published in The Edge magazine, page 3 in Feb/March 2022, Edition #341) by SchaOn Blodgett, CCP, BTAT In Holistic Medicine, there is a saying: “Fear eats the light – Light dissipates Fear.” How do we see this impact the mind (information), body (matter), soul (energy)? Think of the last time something scared or startled you. Many people’s instinct is to jump just slightly, then maybe to run the other direction – or possibly at it to fight. That moment when you jumped just slightly is Kidney 1 (Ki1) disconnecting from the ground energy. If it doesn’t reconnect, or you’re unable to ..read more

(originally published in The Edge magazine, Nov. 26, 2021) by SchaOn Blodgett, CCP, BTAT The very first time I heard the saying “New Normal”, even before the lockdowns began, I knew. Very early on, Naturopathic Doctors in other states had their clinics raided by the CDC and FDA[1]. Why? They dared to put forth ideas of possible treatment options in patients they were seeing and helping to recover quickly. About 6-months later, one of those treatment options, high-dose IV Vitamin C, was talked about on MedPageToday[2] as a possibility for some patients, but it was put forth by Western M ..read more

(originally published in the Edge magazine, July 7, 2021) by SchaOn Blodgett, CCP, BTAT With everything going on today, people may not be aware that the practice of medicine, in all its forms, is governed mostly by each state individually. In Minnesota, we have an amazing law that our community in particular needs to know called the “Unlicensed Complementary and Alternative Health Care Practices” under MN Statute 146A1. This law provides not just consumer protections, though also for practitioners of Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM), which also includes massage. As a consumer ..read more

(originally published in Natural Awakenings Twin Cities Magazine, June 2021) by SchaOn Blodgett, CCP, BTAT Many people may not be aware that the practice of medicine, in all its forms, is governed mostly by each state individually. Here in Minnesota, we have a law that the holistic community needs to understand called the “Unlicensed Complementary and Alternative Health Care Practices” under MN Statute 146A. This law provides not just protection for practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), which also includes massage practices in our state, it also provides consum ..read more

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Psinergy Natural Health & Holistic Wellness Receives 2021 Best of Minneapolis Award Minneapolis Award Program Honors the Achievement MINNEAPOLIS June 13, 2021 — Psinergy Natural Health & Holistic Wellness has been selected for the 2021 Best of Minneapolis Award in the Holistic Medicine Practitioner category by the Minneapolis Award Program. Each year, the Minneapolis Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enha ..read more

(This article is for information purposes only. This information is not intended to mitigate, prevent, treat, diagnose, or cure COVID-19 in people.) Studies on herbs and other natural options are always exciting for me. Why? Natural Medicine gets a lot of flack because many of the things we use aren’t proven through large scale studies. Often our push back on this, especially when it comes to herbs, is that we have utilized XYZ for hundreds if not thousands of years for ABC with empirical success through observations and experiences of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of practitioners ..read more

Right now, many are pretty shocked at the death toll COVID-19 is racking up around the globe, especially in Italy. With many media outlets super-hyping this disease, many are afraid of getting this and wonder “If I get this, am I going to die?”. Some things to consider with this, 81% of known cases are considered mild to moderate, and many experts are stating that there is likely many more that are asymptomatic, meaning they are not exhibiting symptoms but still creating the antibodies naturally to defend against this.1 Yes, 14% of known cases are considered severe requiring hospitalization ..read more