by Dr. Pentz | May 31, 2018 | Holistic Psychiatry, Integrative Medicine |
Integrative mental health options help many children and teens. A chapter I co-authored appears in “Complementary and Integrative Treatments in Psychiatric Practice,” a guidebook on how to best integrate complementary and alternative treatments into psychiatry. The...
by Dr. Pentz | May 31, 2018 | Journey to Spirit |
After the loss of my mother, I contemplate the ways we were alike It has been over two months since my mother passed. So little has changed around me yet so much has changed within me. My siblings and I are now orphans in this world. It is a club I never considered...
by Dr. Pentz | May 3, 2018 | Holistic Psychiatry, Integrative Medicine, Journey to Spirit, Uncategorized |
As new program director for UNM’s online integrative medicine program for residents in training, I now have the privilege of nurturing trainees to shift the medical paradigm toward empowered wellness In early March I attended a mini retreat in Tucson for national and...
by Dr. Pentz | Apr 3, 2018 | Journey to Spirit |
When my mother died during Holy Week, I saw how rituals kept her grounded. My mother passed away in the early morning hours on Saturday of Holy Week. Given her strong faith, the timing of this was not lost on any of us. Her last few weeks proved to be most difficult....
by Dr. Pentz | Mar 30, 2018 | Journey to Spirit |
As my mother is dying, I confront new realities about her sovereignty, about navigating swirling emotions The past few weeks, my mother’s lung cancer has rapidly advanced its invasion on her body, jolting me into a web of complex emotions that feel unfamiliar to me....
