1/22/23 |  Loving Life and Dying a Good Death

1/22/23 | Loving Life and Dying a Good Death

Dear member, We live in a time and in a place where “fear of death” is our default cultural setting. Yet, we will all die. The wise ones say that unless we conquer this fear, we will not actually begin to fully live—we will not be able to expand to our fullest, most...
8/9/22   |   Cloud School of Health

8/9/22 | Cloud School of Health

Dear member, The word “doctor” comes from the Latin word for “teacher”. At Cloud Medical we believe that, in the future, primary care is destined to focus far more onteaching our patients to powerfully unlock their innate, natural health and healing capacities—and not...
9/21/20    |    SALUTOGENIC EUDAIMONICS

9/21/20    |    SALUTOGENIC EUDAIMONICS

Dear Members, In the meta-crisis of our time, despite the profound uncertainties that we face in nearly all directions, something is becoming increasingly clear:  Many essential aspects of our flourishing (or even survival) are contingent upon the depth and quality of...
8/17/20    |    THE “10 HEARTBREAKS”

8/17/20    |    THE “10 HEARTBREAKS”

Dear Members, Since earning my medical degree and pledging to uphold the code of the Hippocratic Oath in 1999, I have been flooded, flayed, buffeted, and gobsmacked by a sequence of events involving the patients who had entrusted their care to me.  I call them my...
7/21/20    |    TOASTERS & TORNADOS

7/21/20    |    TOASTERS & TORNADOS

Why no one needs (or wants) insurance in primary care medicine.   Dear Members, Many people ask why we no longer accept insurance plans at Cloud Medical?  The reason is both simple and complex. We do not take our decision to disentangle our practice from...