1. Good news I heard this week… It is clear that the divorce rate is very high. I had assumed that it was getting worse each year, and had read that the divorce rate was spiking during COVID. This week, I read that the divorce rate has been steadily declining over the past decade. What…
If you ask any doctor or nurse what they think is wrong with our current healthcare system, they will give you a long list. Despite more hospitals, doctors, medications, and advanced diagnostic equipment, we continue to get sicker and sicker. And I am not talking about COVID-related sickness, I am talking about the chronic illness…
1. Great speech I heard this week… Hal Elrod is the author of the best selling book, The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM). He has a documentary, The Miracle Morning Movie, premiering on December 12th, which I will be watching. While looking for more info on Hal, I…
It’s been a crazy year! 2020 will be a year that will be talked about in history books. Life, as we knew it, will never be the same. These past ten months have been filled with uncertainty, fear, frustration, and confusion. What I have found interesting is how people have responded. I’ve had some patients…
1. Something I had posted in my office this week… Each week, we change what we post in our treatment rooms, and this week, there was one that people seemed to really like. It is ideal for spring, but seemed to resonate around this Thanksgiving holiday. It’s titled, For the Garden of Your Daily Living.…
Years ago, I was thinking about a professor I had while studying for my doctorate. His name was Gale Lewellan, and he was a professor of Neuroanatomy. He was one of my all-time favorite professors. Ten years after graduating, I decided to call him and thank him. To my surprise, he answered his office phone.…
1. Study that concerned me this week… There is a new pill, called the polypill, that has made the headlines this week. It is a combination of three blood pressure medications and a cholesterol medication combined in one pill. A new study showed that this pill combined with an aspirin daily reduced heart problems and…
I have noticed an odd phenomenon that is happening more lately. I’m sure you’ve noticed it too. It’s extremes. What I mean is that people are being pushed into being labeled as one extreme or another. We have many biases, prejudices, and beliefs about others that can cause us to see them as we believe…
1. Something I read this week… As my daughter, Quincy, applies to colleges, she has been writing essays as part of that application process. I have enjoyed and been impressed with her writing style and the content. This week, I read an essay she wrote in response to the following question… “Get comfortable with being…
If I’m ever flipping between channels and come across a nature show, I’m likely to stop. I’m fascinated by anything as it occurs in nature, whether it be the lifecycle of a mosquito, how a cloud is formed, or the mating rituals of grizzly bears. I am always reminded how, in nature, things happen the…