I have always loved, and been fascinated by, magic. There is something about having your mind blown by the unexplained. To see things vanish in thin air… or simply appear out of nowhere… captures our attention and intrigues us like nothing else. Watching a magician at work is great entertainment. Deep down, we know we…
We have a finite amount of time and energy each day that we live. How we spend that time and energy, therefore, is something worth devoting some attention. Wouldn’t it make sense to apply as much of that time and energy to things that you have some chance of positively affecting? In life, there are…
Are you getting fatter or fitter? Is your marriage getting stronger or weaker? Is the work you are doing becoming more meaningful or less meaningful? Is your life getting more exciting or more boring? Most things in life don’t just become that way all at once. We tend to think that the bad stuff that…
It’s been my experience that when purchasing knock-offs, you seldom get a product that is as good as the original. I’ve made the mistake before, buying a knock-off to save time or money, thinking I would get something just as good as the original, only to realize that it was not even close to the…
My son, Kyle, just graduated from high school. As we sat through different awards ceremonies, slideshows, senior events, and graduation itself, I could not help but look out over the group of seniors and be almost overwhelmed with that pool of potential. Two words that seemed to come up over and over at each event…
Do you have some great ideas? Do you sometimes see yourself doing something different with your life? Do you daydream about going certain places, buying certain things, or meeting certain people? What is it that keeps us from bridging that gap between dreaming about these things and actually going out and doing them? Our brains…
Nearly 50 million Americans ages 12 and older used drugs in the past month. Roughly 65% of young men (and 18% of young women) have reported watching pornography at least once a week, and an estimated 40 million Americans visit porn sites regularly. Over 16.5 million Americans have a shopping addiction. Up to 80% of…
I just saw a report on NBC that stated, “As of Sunday, at least 16,183 people had filed complaints with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they’d developed tinnitus, or ringing in their ears, after receiving a COVID vaccine.” I have had numerous patients complaining of tinnitus that they feel was the result of receiving…
Why don’t we change? We all think about, talk about, even dream about making big changes in our lives. Even if one area of our life is great, there is always another that needs work. And it seems like those are the toughest to change. One of the reasons we avoid change is because we…
Well, it’s that time of year again… spring. For many of us in the Midwest, this is when we emerge from a hibernation-like state. I get to see my neighbors again, after months of all of us seemingly holed up in our homes. It’s a time when many go from being completely sedentary to full-on…