Lillian and I grew up together. I contacted her after she replied to one of my Facebook posts where mentioning she had cured herself of asthma long ago. What is fascinating for me about speaking with people who cured asthma is learning the various approaches they took to become asthma free. Sometimes their approaches to […]
Interviews
Living in Japan: Interview with American Writer Amy Chavez
Amy Chavez moved to Japan 18 years ago to teach English. Since then she has received permanent residency, opened a beach bar with her husband, become fluent in Japanese and has continued to advance her career as a writer. She and her husband are the only Westerners on a small island of 500 people – […]
An Open Letter to Anyone Who Has Ever Said, If You are Going to Live in this Country Learn to Speak the Language
Background: New Year’s Eve 2009 I step off a Malaysian water taxi at Uncle Chang’s Backpacker Lodge to meet that David. A year and a half later we would be married and me and the two bags Delta airlines would allow me were headed to his pueblo muy pequeño, 30 minutes north of Barcelona. My […]
Expat Living in Budapest: A College Grad on Why He is Working in Hungary
Nick Levitan graduated from college in May of 2011 with a degree in philosophy. With no headhunters banging on his door he decided his options were to move back in with his parents, go to grad school or see what opportunities were available outside of US borders. He chose the latter option and has been […]
Diet Can Cure Asthma
Ingrid Perri has been a naturopath in Australia for over 20 years. When she sent me an email regarding the enormous and permanent changes in her asthmatic patients when they modified their diet, I immediately wanted to hear more. My husband, David, had lived with asthma since the age of six. As an adult he […]
Asthma Prevention without Medication: The Doctor Who Shows You How.
Dr. Katie Hawn lived asthma-free for 23 years. Then, a cat at a friend’s house triggered a quick decline in her respiratory health, until she was at the point where she was hospitalized and diagnosed with asthma. Dr. Hawn, afraid of going down the path of lifelong asthmatic drug dependency, sought out her own treatment […]