By Susan Boskey “Plant cannabinoids are well-known to be very safe and to have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and neuroprotective properties. In cases of endocannabinoid deficiency, cannabis use may be the correcting compound, eliminating the symptoms of the condition. Regular cannabis use can decrease chronic inflammation and…
By Susan Boskey As a cannabis educator, one of the things I help people understand is why cannabis has so many health benefits. Ultimately, it’s all about the biological system, known as the endocannabinoid system (ECS), discovered in 1992. Very generally speaking, the ECS regulates…
By Susan Boskey In this time of continued great uncertainty during strange dystopian days of lockdown and masks, I see a brilliant opportunity for a post-pandemic reality that far exceeds doom-filled media projections. The questions become: To whom or to what do we rely on…
By Susan Boskey “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Election year 2020, Corvid-19 fears, and wild swings in the stock market have only served to further agitate many who are already dealing with multiple challenges. After 6 months…
By Susan Boskey During this season of Covid-19 a new scientific study done by Realm of Caring was released June 8 after two years of in-depth research: A Cross-Sectional and Prospective Comparison of Medicinal Cannabis Users and Controls on Self-Reported Health. The study includes both…
By Susan Boskey Happy 420! What does wellbeing have to do with celebrating 420 this year? My curiosity got the best of me wanting to know how “420” as a code term for cannabis got started in the first place. As the story goes, “A…
By Susan Boskey “The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state…Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.” ~James Allen, As a Man Thinketh, 1903 In only…
By Susan Boskey We are living through very strange and uncertain times. Given the spread of Covid-19 in the U.S. changes keep happening at a faster and faster pace. Children are out of school. Parents are trying to figure out how to keep bread on…
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By Susan Boskey The counterpoint to increasing societal polarity is the increasing visibility of soul pain. Friends and family witness the ways despair has crept into the lives of their loved ones. Though more people see the matrix for what it is and don’t want…
By Susan Boskey Once you recognize your conditioned separate self perpetuated by the societal matrix, you are at choice. You can see the matrix for what it is while still navigating your life in it. The difference is, when you see the matrix, you gain…
By Susan Boskey Cannabis is medicine for the soul to help embolden human resilience; it offers a counterpoint to the mental dysfunction and rising tide of emotional and physical violence in North America. Statistical evidence, as mentioned in Part I of this series, proves this…
By Susan Boskey The cannabis plant is incredibly versatile as many in legal states are quickly discovering. As a certified cannabis educator and practitioner in private practice, I find a number of medicinal uses that even surprise me. For example, I know someone with macular…
By Susan Boskey Yes, there really are U.S. doctors that specialize in cannabis, but not more than you could count on two hands. These informed MDs who help patients with how to use cannabis are truly inspirational to those of us who are lay practitioners….
By Susan Boskey Recently I was invited to be on a panel about cannabis use for seniors. In an email exchange with one of the organizers I asked, “Are you referring to recreational or medicinal use?” The response I received back was unexpected. She said,…
By Susan Boskey The ancient cannabis plant continues to bless we humans and animals while exceeding expectations of its medicinal use. Cannabis of today acts also as a portal to possible new discoveries for health and wellness. In this age of legal cannabis along with…
By Susan Boskey As far as I can tell, nothing in life is ever simply all one way, either good or bad. Think: people, politics, places, technology … and cannabis for that matter. It seems to me that we have entered (Maybe it always been…
By Susan Boskey “Almost everything you think you know about the health effects of cannabis, almost everything advocates and the media have told you for a generation, is wrong.” [1] Yes, this is from a February 2019 article by a writer, Alex Berenson, “Marijuana, Mental…
By Susan Boskey With the Super Bowl coming up this next weekend, something surprising happened. The organization called Acreage Holdings with John Boehner (former US House Speaker) on the Board of Directors, submitted a 30 second commercial expressing the value of families having access to…
By Susan Boskey As a Cannabis Practitioner and Coach I often speak with seniors like myself. I can honestly say that many, if not most, are very interested to learn about cannabis and how they might use it for themselves medicinally. Some have told me…
