Are you feeling irritable and apprehensive, constantly tired to the point where getting out of bed each day is a chore, and you no longer have the energy to get through your normal daily routine? Perhaps you’re having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, or you’re feeling unable to cope with the slightest social or professional obligations. Okay, the holidays are here and that’s enough to put anyone in a funk. Most people have more than their share of chores and not enough time to get it all done. And others feel left out of what appears to be a happy social and familial whirl of events for everyone else but not them. Sometimes, however, these feelings have been around for a while and last long after the last string of lights are packed away.

According to Dr. Alex Strande, M.S., Ph.D., feelings of anxiety and depression are very common in our fast-paced society and often exist together. Dr. Strande is a naturopath and director of the Simply Healing Clinic in Irvine, California. Naturopathy is the practice of natural, non-invasive methods of healing that employ herbs and other botanical substances, sound nutritional principles and exercise to stimulate the body’s inherent healing processes.

Dr. Strande is able to get these results because he uses highly concentrated doses of pure liquid botanicals, grown in controlled conditions. “You will not see other holistic practitioners, naturopaths or homeopaths using these concentrated doses, and that is why most of them will help patients feel a little better but won’t actually banish the underlying pathology forever.” He stresses that with the complete cooperation of a patient who is motivated to get well, his success rate with depression and/or anxiety is 100%. He stresses that the majority of illnesses occur because of our high-stress, twenty-first century lifestyles, but in partnership with him and his natural healing methods, we can learn to heal ourselves and live healthy, happy and drug-free lives.

Alex Strande, M.S., Ph.D., is a Traditional Naturopath and a Microbiologist. His office is in Irvine, California. He can be contacted for questions and appointments at 949-553-1882. Please visit his website at www.simplyhealingclinic.com.