Arcanum Wholistic Clinic

09/16/2026

What if your cravings aren’t evidence that you lack willpower?

It’s late. The day is finally quiet. You’ve taken care of everyone else, finished what needed finishing, and there it is: the chocolate, the salty snack, the little something that feels like the only part of the day that belongs entirely to you. And then comes the guilt.

At Arcanum, we want to ask a different question.

Not simply:

“How do I stop craving this?”

But:

“What am I actually hungry for?”

Sometimes food really is part of the answer. Your body may need more nourishment, more satisfying foods or a different balance of nutrients. But cravings can also show up in a much bigger picture: chronic stress, poor sleep, emotional depletion, habits of self-neglect and years spent putting everyone else first.

That’s why our approach to sustainable weight loss goes beyond another list of foods you’re “allowed” to eat.

This October, Alyson and Jeff at Arcanum Wholistic Clinic are hosting a Weight Loss Program for women who are ready to stop treating cravings as a character flaw and start getting curious about the information behind them.

We’ll explore the physical and emotional patterns that can shape the way you eat, and work toward changes that are actually sustainable. Because sometimes the craving is not the problem. It’s the messenger.

If this feels familiar, contact us to learn more about the October program.

09/09/2026

09/02/2026

Should dogs and cats be eating vegetables simply because we consider vegetables healthy?

It sounds like a strange question, but it points to something much bigger in pet nutrition:

Different species have different nutritional needs.

In our article “Dogs, Cats, and… Vegetables?”, Veterinary Heilkunst practitioner Aleks Mikic asks us to stop looking at animal nutrition through a human lens and instead pay attention to the animal itself, its anatomy, its teeth, its jaw movement and the way it naturally eats.

Cats, for example, are obligate carnivores, meaning they have specific nutritional requirements that must ultimately be supplied by animal-derived nutrients.

Dogs are different. Domestication has given dogs a greater ability to digest starches and a broader nutritional range, but that still doesn’t mean every ingredient marketed as “healthy” for humans automatically offers the same benefit to our pets.

And that is the larger question:

Are we feeding our animals according to their biology or according to our own food trends?

At Arcanum Wholistic Clinic, Veterinary Heilkunst looks at the individual animal as a whole, including nutrition, history, constitution and overall health.

Read “Dogs, Cats, and… Vegetables?” at Arcanum Wholistic Clinic.

Save this Reel if you’re interested in species-appropriate pet nutrition, and follow Arcanum for more conversations about natural pet health, Veterinary Heilkunst and whole-animal wellness.

08/27/2026

Should dogs and cats be eating vegetables simply because we consider vegetables healthy?

It sounds like a strange question—but it points to something much bigger in pet nutrition:

Different species have different nutritional needs.

In our article “Dogs, Cats, and… Vegetables?”, Veterinary Heilkunst practitioner Aleks Mikic asks us to stop looking at animal nutrition through a human lens and instead pay attention to the animal itself…its anatomy, its teeth, its jaw movement and the way it naturally eats.

Cats, for example, are obligate carnivores, meaning they have specific nutritional requirements that must ultimately be supplied by animal-derived nutrients.

Dogs are different. Domestication has given dogs a greater ability to digest starches and a broader nutritional range, but that still doesn’t mean every ingredient marketed as “healthy” for humans automatically offers the same benefit to our pets.

And that is the larger question:

Are we feeding our animals according to their biology or according to our own food trends?

At Arcanum Wholistic Clinic, Veterinary Heilkunst looks at the individual animal as a whole, including nutrition, history, constitution and overall health.

Read “Dogs, Cats, and… Vegetables?”at the link in the comments.

Save this Reel if you’re interested in species-appropriate pet nutrition, and follow Arcanum for more conversations about natural pet health, Veterinary Heilkunst and whole-animal wellness.

08/25/2026

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08/19/2026

Do wisdom teeth automatically need to be removed?

For many of us, wisdom tooth extraction has almost felt like a rite of passage: they appear, they’re assessed and sooner or later, out they come.

But the decision can be more nuanced.

Wisdom teeth may genuinely require treatment when there is decay, infection, gum disease, cyst formation, damage to neighbouring teeth or other pathology. At the same time, a wisdom tooth that does not require treatment may instead be monitored by a dental professional.

At Arcanum Wholistic Clinic, we’re interested in the question underneath the question:

Why are we intervening, and is the intervention appropriate for this particular person?

Our article “The Wisdom in Your Wisdom Teeth” (see caption for the link) explores wisdom teeth through a broader wholistic lens and challenges the idea that parts of the human body should automatically be regarded as disposable.

Whether you’re currently facing a wisdom tooth decision or simply interested in holistic dentistry, biological dentistry, oral health and whole-person wellness, becoming informed is a powerful place to begin.

Save this for your next dental conversation, and follow Arcanum Wholistic Clinic for more perspectives on Heilkunst, wholistic health and whole-person care.

08/15/2026

Why do the same emotional patterns sometimes seem to follow us, even when the circumstances change?

The same grief. The same fear. The same anger. The same worry.

At Arcanum Wholistic Clinic, we look beyond the emotion presenting in the moment and explore the individual’s larger history.

Within Heilkunst, this can involve timeline work: looking at significant experiences throughout a person’s life and identifying emotional patterns that may have developed around grief, anger, fear, guilt, shame or resentment.

Instead of asking only, “How do we make this feeling stop?” we may also ask:

Where did this pattern begin?

Our approach to wholistic health is individualized because no two people carry the same history. Your experiences, emotional landscape and health journey are uniquely yours, and your care should reflect that.

Healing isn’t always about silencing what the body or mind is expressing. Sometimes it begins with understanding the story underneath it.

Read our latest article, “Addressing the Roots of Emotional Schisms,” (link in comments) to learn more about emotional timeline work and the Heilkunst approach.

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