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 "Why is this okay for your patients but not for your son?" I think all of us have had a version of that moment. The appointment where something didn't sit right. The prescription that felt like it was covering something up rather than fixing it. The quiet voice in...

The connection between the microbiome and behavior is wilder than you think. Okay, stay with me on this one because it’s going to connect some dots you might not expect. I was recording a podcast episode recently with Claire Forsyth, an animal kinesiologist from...

Allergy season is coming. Let's get ahead of it this year. It happens every spring. The messages start coming in. The appointments fill up. And the question is almost always the same — she's been scratching since last week, what do we do? I get it. I really do. When...

Early in my career, I was working at a busy general practice. Back-to-back appointments. Fifteen-minute slots.  The kind of pace where you're already thinking about the next patient while you're still in the room with the current one. One afternoon, a couple came in...

People ask me this all the time. At the clinic, at dinner parties, in my DMs. "Dr. Lily, what's the most healthy breed of dog to get?" And my answer is always the same. It's not what they expect. From a purely medical perspective — the healthiest dog you can get is...

I saw Dr. Judy Morgan at VMX back in January. VMX is the biggest veterinary conference in the world — 20,000 professionals, every major pharmaceutical company, every prescription diet brand. It is, in every way, the epicenter of conventional veterinary medicine. And...

The body is always honest—even when the mind says 'I'm fine. I want to tell you something personal before we talk about your pet. I see my acupuncturist regularly. It's part of how I take care of myself — not because something is "wrong," but because I believe in...

We drank champagne out of disposable cups last Saturday. There was no fancy glassware. No caterer. Just our small team, standing in our brand new space on Crenshaw Blvd after an afternoon of laughter, an energy cleansing, a blessing — and finally, a quiet moment that...

I want to tell you something I don't talk about very often. There was a time in my twenties when I couldn't leave my apartment. Not wouldn't — couldn't. Depression had settled into my bones so deeply that opening the curtains felt like an act of courage I didn't have....

So here's a story I didn't see coming. A few months ago, I got an email from Dr. David Haworth's team asking if he could be on my podcast. My first thought? "Wait, the Dog TV board member wants to talk to ME?" My second thought? "Okay, I'm definitely going to ask him...