Deciding How To Respond

A tense and heated election is taking place, and when completed, half of the nation will be thrilled… and half of the nation will be quite upset. As easy as it is to get completely wrapped up emotionally in the outcome (and I do believe emotions will be running high due to the significance of…

Intention Deficit Disorder

Young males have been getting diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) a lot over the past few decades. It is hugely over-diagnosed, very profitable for the drug companies, and likely mostly due to our sedentary lifestyle, toxic foods, and stressful environments. Everyone has heard of it, most are familiar with it, and too many have…

No Argument Against Healthy Living

I have a patient, Mark, who is in his mid-60s, exercises at least 30 minutes each day, eats whole, real foods, avoids junk food, does not smoke, drinks minimally, maintains an appropriate body weight, and has made healthy living a priority for most of his life. Another patient of mine, a co-worker of Mark’s, came…

Be a Warrior…Not a Worrier

Our ancestors worried about starvation. They worried about tigers or bears coming into their camps. They worried about injuries leading to infection and death. These worries were valid, as they had no access to grocery stores, got eaten by tigers and bears, and even minor injuries could cost them their lives. I’m not sure what…

No One Is Coming To Save You

Imagine being stranded in the woods. You’re alone, you’re lost, and you do not know what to do. You have been waiting for someone… anyone… to come rescue you. Surely someone realizes you are missing, they will alert the authorities, and help should be on the way. But it’s getting late, the temperature is starting…

“There Is No Substitute”

A slogan is defined as “a short, memorable phrase or motto that is used to express an idea or purpose.”  A slogan I’ll never forget is the one Porsche used starting in the ’70s or ’80s, which was… “There is no substitute.” It’s short, memorable, and definitely expresses an idea. Tom Cruise made it more…

Self Deception

I’m sure you have seen the videos online where they show an expert performing some type of activity, and the caption says, “What you think you look like.” Then they show a person performing that same activity, but failing miserably, and that caption says, “What you ACTUALLY look like.” It is pretty amusing, but unfortunately…