Category Archives: mind and body balance

Your Fresh-Face, Fountain-of-Youth Guide to Spring

By Dr. McLean Sheperd | Published: March 12, 2013

Isn’t it funny how our cultural perspective values a thin body, but we like our faces “fat?” Full and round and sensual a la Mila Kunis, Emma Stone. Now a word of warning here: cultural perspective does not equal truth. Our views of beauty are subject to the time and place in which we are living. [...]

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Get That Glow

By Dr. McLean Sheperd | Published: January 4, 2013

  If your New Year’s resolution includes a fresher, brighter, more beautiful you—why not start with square one? (Your skin.) Here are three mind, body, spirit tips to shine:   1) Protect It: Applying SPF-30 (or higher) to exposed skin in an elegant, non-toxic form is a daily must, even in the winter months. In [...]

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Your A-Game, Part IV: Meet the Sex Stars

By Dr. McLean Sheperd | Published: October 5, 2012

I’ve told you about how, in my mid-30s, I suffered a personal health crisis. My own successful recovery using supplemental bio-identical hormones and nutrition launched me on a path of learning what the “new game of medicine” is.   … And what is it? Well first, let’s talk about the old game. In the old game of medicine, [...]

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How I Got My A-Game Back (and No, It’s Not Hype)

By Dr. McLean Sheperd | Published: August 21, 2012

How I Got My A-Game Back (and No, It’s Not Hype) Posted On: August 20, 2012 – 3:36pm BY: DR. MCLEAN SHEPERD – / I started to learn more about the concept of restorative medicine out of necessity. I was in my mid 30s and my own health seemed to be declining more quickly than ever. I [...]

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Music to Soothe your Dog’s Soul… And Yours

By Dr. McLean Sheperd | Published: August 17, 2012

There is nothing like music to calm the nervous system, or to revive it. It can help us increase our exercise capacity, revive us at work, and add mojo to our romantic rendezvous. We love it and we thrive on it. But what does it do for our health? Of late, I have been using music [...]

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The Body Garden

By Dr. McLean Sheperd | Published: June 26, 2012

Just as the health of the planet relies on the balance and well being of the creatures who inhabit it, so too does human health rely on the right balance and composition of microorganisms sharing space on the body’s surface. As above so below. You are comprised of ten times more bacterial cells than human cells. That ‘s right, though [...]

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Medicine Dance

By Dr. McLean Sheperd | Published: June 13, 2012

Last week I went to California to experience the amazing vital essence of dance. Artist/healer  Gabrielle Roth was at Esalen Institute, sharing her unique form of dance which draws from indigenous and world traditions, using tenets of shamanistic, ecstatic, mystical and eastern philosophy. Fundamental to this 5Rhythms dance practice is the idea that everything is energy and moves in waves, [...]

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Community Planting

By Dr. McLean Sheperd | Published: April 26, 2012

Tonight we packed up early from the day of patient care for one of our after hours staff events.  Our destination was an apartment complex off of Ashley Phosphate, where we were greeted by an crowd of bright, bilingual Hispanic children.  Our activity tonight: planting a garden together. One of our staff members knows a [...]

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Field Trip to Sajune

By Dr. McLean Sheperd | Published: April 22, 2012

  Last month,  I took a road trip to the Sajune Medical Center in Orlando, Florida.  There I was greeted by the friendly and busy staff of Dr. Sangeeta Pati.  Dr. Pati has been a mentor for me in recent years as I have undertaken the path of Integrative Medicine as it related to what I [...]

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  • Dr. McLean Sheperd

    Dr. McLean Sheperd, of Sheperd Integrative Dermatology, is a board certified dermatologist, advocating a whole body approach to skin wellness. Dr. Sheperd pairs traditional practices with holistic and organic healing for a comprehensive and tailored treatment plan based on individual patient needs.