True Stories, Wellness Blog
When I saw him a couple of years ago, I noticed it at once. Something about him was different. Biting my tongue, I thought, “My god, he looks like he’s dying.” My childhood friend. From the perspective of a health practitioner and out of general concern for the...
Lifestyle, Nutrition & Diet, Weight Loss, Wellness Blog
It’s a shoe-in for everyone’s Resolution List and the number one contender on a client’s questionnaire. And no wonder. Just this week I watched as a sampling of pedestrians on their lunch hour passed across the thin of my windshield: Three-fourths were, how to put...
Lifestyle, Nutrition & Diet, Wellness Blog
When an individual is faced with a problem, their initial strategy may include finding a way to cope with the situation. For example, if they don’t have enough money to pay the rent they may have to borrow money from a friend to handle this crisis situation. In this...
Autoimmunity, General, True Stories, Wellness Blog
Sometimes my knees would swell to the size of a football. Sometimes it was a wrist and other times a foot or ankle. I was never sure where or when the swelling and intense pain would strike next. I was, however, certain of one thing; with each passing year, and lately...
Happiness, Lifestyle, Wellness Blog
My wardrobe was in dire need of revamping, Gretchen said. And Gretchen should know. Gretchen, keen student of such male fashion foibles as threadbare clothes, offered to be my personal shopper for a day. Admittedly, I needed help, and took the opportunity to have a...
Happiness, Lifestyle, Wellness Blog
For quite some time, I had the idea of forming of Conscious Living Group although, admittedly, I wasn’t exactly sure what that would look like. Delaying no longer, I put my foot down, set the date and decided we’d… uh, figure it out at the meeting. There, one of my...
Supplements, Wellness Blog
In April of 2010, Reader’s Digest published an article titled “5 Vitamin Truths and Lies.” The article cited several research studies finding the use of vitamin supplements ineffective in improving health. So, what do you think? Were they right? Many people have...
