Should You Consult Your Doctor?

Somewhere in the small print of most nutritional supplements, exercise devices, or wellness products are the words “consult your doctor before use.” This disclaimer is a simple statement meant to protect the product manufacturer from liability. You will also almost always see the words “for informational/educational purposes only,” and that “the product is not intended…

Delayed Gratification

You will benefit greatly from getting a better understanding of something called delayed gratification. I know you know what these two words mean, but how can you apply it to your daily life? In 1970, a psychologist named Walter Mischel conducted an experiment with children. He placed a cookie in front of them and gave them…

Catastrophizing

Human performance and optimal living are heavily impacted by physical obstacles, set-backs, limitations, or traumas. What I find amazing is how these obstacles, set-backs, limitations, and traumas affect individuals differently. While someone’s progress gets halted by an obstacle, another finds a way around it. A set-back may cause one person to sit down, complain, and…

From Spectator to Participant

There is a story from an Olympics years ago, where a pole vaulter, on the podium after just receiving his gold medal, looked around the stadium as the National Anthem played, and wondered… how many people in this stadium could have beat me had they just picked up a pole vault when they were younger?…

What We Need In Healthcare

As I was driving along the highway recently, here in the Cleveland area, I noticed that there seemed to be a hospital or medical facility everywhere I looked–huge hospital systems, specialty clinics, urgent care facilities, and more. There’s a hospital in Twinsburg, the town next to where we live, and I remember when it was…