We’re fast approaching my favorite time of the year: Thanksgiving! Then, following close afterward is Christmas and New Year’s Day. Combined, these are often called the “happiest time of the year”. But, is it? These three…
Tag: mind-body-spirit
One sunshiney Florida day, my family took a ride in our speedboat. The boat’s construction placed the passengers in the bow and the driver in the back. I’d jumped into the driver’s…
New York City-based cardiologist Robert Ostfeld, M.D., is the founder and director of the Cardiac Wellness Program at Montefiore Medical Center. A Yale- and Harvard-trained physician, Ostfeld strongly recommends that his patients…
Browsing Pinterest, I find myself absentmindedly pinning photos of neat, minimalist rooms, filled with just enough, and no more. Orderly shelves, neat cabinets, bare countertops, organized closets . . . something about…
So you’re in this relationship and every time something goes wrong, whether or not you had anything to do with it, you end up saying Sorry! and taking the blame. Maybe it’s…
Most people haven’t heard of “type 3 diabetes”. But they probably know the condition by its more common name: Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer’s isn’t a normal part of aging. It causes symptoms such as…
by Neil Nedley, M.D. There is a popular website ad featuring two teenagers from the 70s flanked by the caption, “She married him? And they have seven kids?” The ad highlights a…
1. Try, Try again Our taste buds change over time, Lynn Rossy, Ph.D., a health psychologist and author of The Mindfulness-Based Eating Solution, says. The things you despised before may be no big…
1. Focus on the other person. Where are they living? What did they go through to give you this gift? When is the last time you did something like that for them?…