Dr Sonal wants to get healthy with you.

08/30/2026

You all already know that I know in my bones that travel is medicine, food is medicine, community and connection are medicine.

I never thought I would want to travel to pig out on salads. 🥗 and here we are. Also try cabbage if you are at home. It’s also delicious.

08/25/2026

There are times when the whole world grieves together. She was the best of us. ♥️🙏🏽♥️.

I am forever grateful to her for all the books her Dolly Parton Imagination Library sent my girls and every child in Tennessee since its inception. She was an amazing human being. She changed lives for the better.

Please feel free to share your favorite Dolly Parton story.

We went to Dollywood one time for spring break maybe a decade ago and she came out and introduced the show since it was the first of the week, a wonderful surprise to see her. She said that she had just been getting ready backstage but that her hair had been there for five hours getting ready before she arrived 😆🙏🏽🤣. 

08/25/2026

From Your Local Epidemiologist.
Listing what to check your fridge for by state and illness.

08/22/2026

All I know is my salad game has seriously suffered this summer. I literally have plans to sauté spinach and other vegetables tomorrow and blend them into a soup just because I miss daily greens so much. Sigh.

Do not eat, sell, or serve, Calco and Everything Sprouts-brand alfalfa sprouts. FDA’s investigation is ongoing. See the advisory for additional information. https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-shiga-toxin-producing-e-coli-salmonella-sprouts-august-2026

08/20/2026

We don’t know details yet, but this is truly horrible. Somebody really messed up. And so did the systems in place if it didn’t get caught. Truly tragic. 🥹🙏🏽♥️

The TBI confirms it is looking into the drug mix-up at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown hospital in Nashville that caused catastrophic complications in at least four patients, leaving two paralyzed.

08/20/2026

Sigh. Especially for those of us that like to eat spicy stuff.

Update: Additional recalls have been issued for jalapeños and products made with recalled jalapeños.

USDA-FSIS also issued a public health alert for certain meat and poultry products containing recalled jalapeños.

See the outbreak advisory for additional information: https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-salmonella-jalapeno-august-2026

08/18/2026

ONE SPOT LEFT. I saved it for you.

What if the healthiest thing you do this year isn't just changing your diet... but changing who you share dinner with?

That's one of the ideas behind our Travel as Medicine retreat in southern Spain

www.goldenleaf.community/travel-as-medicine

Yes, we'll learn about olive oil in depth, plant-based foods, movement, mindfulness, and longevity.

But something even more powerful happens when you gather a small group of people who are all saying yes to slowing down.

Conversations linger over dinner.

Strangers become lifelong friends.

You leave with more than memories—you leave with people who remind you of the version of yourself you've been missing.

There are only 10 rooms, because real connection doesn't happen in a crowd.

If your soul has been craving community as much as your body has been craving rest...

Come join us in Spain.
🤍 November 10–14, 2026
🇪🇸 Near Granada, Spain

And if that weren’t enough, we have a professional level photographer joining us on this trip and so we will get a short hour course on iPhone photography from him!

www.goldenleaf.community/travel-as-medicine

An Immersive Healing Journey to Southern Spain November 10–14, 2026 (near Granada, Spain) True medicine isn't always a prescription; sometimes, it’s a destination. Join a vibrant community of like-minded individuals (not limited to women or women physicians—partners, family, and friends are a....