Being Thankful

If I ask you to share three things in your life right now that you dislike or create stress for you, could you do it? Of course, you could. What if I then asked you to share three things that you are very grateful for in your life? Could you come up with three things?…

Health Without Science

We have learned so much about sickness and disease. We not only know how each organ, tissue, and cell functions, but we know how it all works together. We understand how food gets broken down into proteins, carbohydrates, and fats, how they all get absorbed into the bloodstream, and how the body utilizes those nutrients…

A Dash of Common Sense

As we walked by some local shops while on vacation several years ago, the shop employees worked hard to win our attention and lure us into their stores. Many offered a free pair of earrings, just for coming in. They assured us that there “were no strings attached.” We had no interest, and were able…

Can You Control Everything?

If you are reading this, you likely have an interest in wellness and understand that wellness goes far beyond what we eat and how much exercise we get. I do write about diet and exercise, but I know that you can get a good amount of decent information related to those two things on the…

11.1.2019

1. Health benefits of turning clocks back… This weekend, we will turn our clocks back as Daylight Savings Time ends. As I take a deep dive into the science of sleep, it turns out that Daylight Savings Time has been a great opportunity to study the effects of less, or more, sleep in large populations,…

It Is What It Is

We often do not have control over the difficulties we encounter throughout our lives. Something bad will happen, or something happens that we are unhappy with, and we are left standing there in disbelief. The situation often leaves us merely complaining about what has just occurred. Here’s the problem… complaining gets us nowhere! When things…