OCTOBER 2020 – Compass men’s residential treatment facility report

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This month we were blessed to tour Set Free Alaska’s new Compass residential substance abuse rehabilitation center for men in Homer. This sixteen-bed facility opened on August 17, expanding the existing outpatient treatment center (closer to town center) opened earlier this year. The Compass Program allows men to work in the house, cook meals, and…

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SEPTEMBER 2020 – Wheel in the Sky

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This month, we are privileged to post some thoughts from Dr. McAnally’s ‘s friend and collaborator on various projects (including the Beyond Pain website), Ya’akov Ben-Adir. Courtesy of WikiImages “…keeps on turnin’ – I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow…” announces one of my favorite bands. I don’t know enough about physics (let alone astrophysics)…

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AUGUST 2020 – Welcome, Virginia and Kylee!

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You’ll see two new faces up front this summer at NAPM; introducing Mrs. Virginia Warren and Ms. Kylee Nicholas, who we’ll let tell their own story briefly below. Katrina and Theresa have moved away from “the front lines” as many of you know already; Katrina is focusing full time now on her practice of Traditional…

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JULY 2020 – Justice, Mercy, Humility

Like many of you I’m sure, I have been overwhelmed with competing emotions over the past several months, many of which have to do with COVID-19. Honestly though I’d say at the forefront of these for me has been gratitude – for myself and my family, but also for our community and state. Alaska has…

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JUNE 2020 – Transitioning to Telemedicine

Photo by Allie on Unsplash So, it seems as though we’ve been fast-forwarded into the Jetsons age (or Star Trek) in some ways by COVID-19. Telemedicine appears to be here to stay for the near future, and many experts are predicting it will stick around even once this crisis has passed. There wasn’t a functional…

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MARCH 2020 – CoVID19 Update and Perspective.

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OK, I admit I’m a little unnerved by this whole coronavirus thing. My bravado (and I’ve heard this from enough people to know I’m not the only one) is a little bit better maintained I think, by voicing things like “I’m not worried about getting sick or dying – I just don’t want to get…

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JANUARY 2020 – Plan, Do, Repeat.

New year… New decade… New energy for a lot of people. Maybe you’re not so lucky, but regardless of where you find yourself on the spectrum of health, wellness and your general outlook on life right now, I want to talk about taking what’s new and making it old. As in routine. Habit. From McAnally…

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DECEMBER – 2020 (Pain Management) Vision…

Katrina White, MAc, LAc and Dr. McAnally were honored to be interviewed this month by MedPageToday; the official transcript is available for viewing at https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/pain-points/83801   Here’s the initial rough draft with a little more information… At the outset of a new decade, as we race towards the era of the Jetsons, more money is…

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