1. List I reviewed this week… If there’s one thing that we ALL want, it is to BE HAPPY. Sonja Lyubomirsky has a great book, The How of Happiness, which lists and explains twelve proven actions and strategies you can use to increase your happiness. I’d recommend implementing one, two, or maybe three of them.…
1. Book I am reading right now… Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor (from 161-180) and a Stoic philosopher. He wrote Meditations, which is a series of personal notes and reflections that he wrote for himself in an effort to continue to improve. It wasn’t written to be published. He wrote it in Greek, so…
1. Something I re-read this week… We change the articles and postings we hang on our office bulletin boards every week. This week, one of the rooms had the Paradoxical Commandments of Leadership, which I will post below (It’s SO good!). A patient, after reading it, asked me if I had heard the song Anyway,…
1. Documentary we watched this week… There is a new documentary called Shark Whisperer (on Netflix) that we watched this week. “Marine conservationist and social media activist Ocean Ramsey fearlessly swims with sharks in this documentary about her risky mission to protect them.” The footage is stunning, beautiful, and unbelievable. Ocean Ramsey is obsessed with…
1. A reminder I had this week… I was fishing this past week in northern Ontario, deep in the middle of nowhere. I found myself relying on a map quite a bit. This reminded me how important a map is when it comes to getting where you want to go or getting what you want…
1. New “condition” I learned about last week… I have a four-year-old patient who was scheduled to undergo surgery to remove her tonsils and adenoids. The surgeon canceled the surgery, stating that she felt the child is suffering from a condition she calls Milk and Cookies Disease (MCD), also known as Milk and Cookie Syndrome.…
1. Commemorative gift we had made… My daughter, Quincy, graduated from Ohio State University last month. She was on the Ohio State Water Ski Team, and last fall won the Women’s D2 Jump National Championship. I posted about that last fall. We wanted to commemorate this accomplishment with something special, but couldn’t figure out the…
1. Craziest medical advice I heard this week… Every day patients tell me about recommendations their medical doctor gave them that is absurd. Not only is it ineffective, but often, it is dangerous. I had one this week that is worth sharing. It was easier to make a video than write it all out, so…
Sorry for being a day late! This week got away from me. But here it is… 1. Interview clip I saw this week that got me thinking… Paul Tudor Jones is an “American billionaire hedge fund manager, conservationist and philanthropist.” He is an expert in managing risk. I saw a short clip of a portion…
1. Wellness tip… One supplement every NEEDS to take is vitamin D. Vitamin D is actually a hormone and is critical for so many functions within the body… especially the immune system. I encourage you to get your vitamin D levels checked any time you have bloodwork done. I take 5000 I.U. every day. I…