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…
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…
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…
If there is one thing humans are great at, it’s procrastination. We consistently put off until tomorrow what we should be doing today. I don’t believe it’s because we are lazy. I believe our minds work in a way that we justify not doing things until they really, really need to be done. Obviously, some…
There is one question that has come up more than any others in my twenty-two years of practice… How do I lose weight? I’ve watched people try to lose weight and fail. I’ve watch them lose weight, only to gain it all back. I’ve watch them spend a ton of money on gimmicks and programs…
Several years ago, I heard a portion of a presentation being given by Montel Williams. One thing he said caught my attention. He warned the audience that there were “two freight trains heading toward you right now.” Those two freight trains, according to him, were chronic illness and a lack of doctors in the future.…
There is a tendency for us (the media, doctors, scientists, etc.) to get hyper-focused on a particular thing as being the answer to our health care woes. We pick out certain foods as either the solution to all of our problems, or the ultimate cause of all disease. In the past, the foods that have…
If I ask you to think about the worst day you’ve ever experienced in your life, you will become filled with certain emotions. If I then ask you to think about the greatest day you’ve ever experienced, you will become filled with a completely different set of emotions. Have you ever responded to a situation…
If you have read any of my articles or have heard me speak, the one thing that is consistent is my appreciation for the human body’s ability to function the way that it does. It is made up of 70 trillion cells, contains millions of miles of blood vessels, has a heart that beats 40…
There are few things that will get your attention as fast as pain. We will do just about anything to avoid it, and once we have it, we’ll do just about anything to get rid of it. We have medications specifically designed to reduce pain, procedures to deaden pain, and even an entire specialty within…