Tomas Lafayette Picard, M.D.

Dr. Tomás Lafayette Picard, author of Mental Housekeeping launched into life with his tongue firmly in his cheek, looking for the humor in all the wrong and right places. Picard pursued an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and then graduated from Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City, Missouri. Following a year of post-doctoral physiotherapy study and an internship at a large five-doctor clinic in Florida, he received an offer to take part in a multi-year research project being conducted by the Italian government on the efficacy of chiropractic on job performance and absenteeism so he moved to Italy. During his worldwide travels, he has spoken to audiences on three continents regarding alternative health and personal development. An enthusiastic life-long student, Picard has been certified in such fields as acupuncture, reiki, clinical hypnosis, ayurveda, Network Spinal Analysis, yoga, meditation and the Silva Method, among others.