Dr. Caitlin A. Connor, DAOM, PG Dip, AMP, EHP-C, Special Projects, IJHC  Since the Epstein files came out, much analysis has been directed to the names mentioned in the documents. Some of those names have sparked conversations concerning abuse, accountability, and ways to prevent this situation from happening again. While these conversations are important, they

Melinda H. Connor, D.D., Ph.D., AMP, FAM, EHP-C Beverly Rubik, Ph.D. Ann L. Baldwin, PhD. Ann Marie Chaisson, MD, EHP-C David R. Comings, Ph.D., EHP-C Paul H. Smith, PhD. Betsy E. Lehrfeld, JD Wayne Miller Energy healing practices, also called “biofield” (human energy field) practices, are an extremely diverse group of complementary, and/or integrative health

Caitlin A. Connor, DAOM, PG Dip, AMP There has been an explosion in AI services and materials recently. There have been executive orders given so that AI companies cannot experience legal issues. However, someone forgot that as the AI systems scraped information from scientific publications of various types, anything in medicine can be used to

 Melinda H. Connor, DD, PhD, AMP, FAM, EHP-C, Executive Director, IJHC  We are in an extraordinary time in the US, watching the structure and content of our government change. A wonderful fiction author whose books I love, Patricia Briggs, said in one of her volumes, in essence, “change is never really just good or bad

 Dr. Caitlin A. Connor, DAOM, PGDip, AMP, EHP-C   I’m tired. I’m tired of having conversations with energy practitioners who decide to tell me that energy healing cannot be researched. I do research on energy healing. I have for over 20 years. There is a database on naoep.org with links to over 15,000 peer reviewed journal

 Melinda H. Connor, D.D., Ph.D., AMP, FAM, EHP-C   How does one define a professional when looking at an energy healing practitioner? Is it their behavior? Is it that their work-space is appropriate? Is it that they hold themselves to the highest levels of integrity? Do they dress appropriately? Do they maintain proper and healthy boundaries?

How do you tell if they are a good Healer?Melinda H. Connor, D.D., Ph.D., AMP, FAM, EHP-C Students come to me regularly with the question of what constitutes a good healer and how do I select one for myself? The answer is that it is a mix. The basics are the same if you are

Dr. Melinda H. Connor,   DD, Ph.D., AMP, FAM, EHP-C When one looks at the scope of energy practices across this country it is interesting to see that there is little direct focus on the societal laws which govern us day to day from within the community. Instead, there is a marked expectation that the community

One of my earliest memories is of my mother telling me, “A good husband is a wonderful thing and a good marriage makes life happy. But never forget that sometimes a husband can die, and then, my dear, it’s up to you. Always make sure that you can manage your own life.” As time went by, I began to see the wisdom of her words, and I came to value my independence. Even more, I saw that when a woman controls her own life and her own money, she can function successfully either with a husband or without. Above all, she can make her own decisions about how she wishes to live her own life. It never occurred to me that such independence of mind and action—perhaps especially for a woman—would be endangered.