Elizabeth G. Motyka, M.D. is an obstetrician and gynecologist with a private practice focusing on conscious wellness, holistic gynecology and the use of alternative and complementary therapies in repairing and recovering from surgery. She is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at UNC, where she coordinates educational programs on integrative medicine and lectures on the use of alternative and complementary therapies in women's health. Thomas M. Motyka, D.O. is a clinician, researcher, educator and nationally known speaker in the area of integrative health and osteopathic medicine. He is a board-certified internist, currently in private practice in Carrboro, NC and at the University of North Carolina where he runs the "Osteopathic Manipulation Clinic." Dr. Motyka is clinical Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, and lectures widely on complementary therapies and the osteopathic approach to pain and musculoskeletal conditions. M. Nathaniel Mead is a freelance writer who has coauthored and ghostwritten books on cancer, AIDS, allergies, and autism, in addition to chapters for numerous books on integrative medicines. A former long-time contributing editor to Natural Health magazine, he has also written articles for Utne Reader, American Health, Environmental Health Perspectives, Advances: The Journal of Mind-Body Health, and many other publications. He has lectured at Duke University, the UNC School of Medicine, and the National College of Naturopathic Medicine on using nutrition and botanicals in tandem with conventional therapies.