Fear can be the thing that keeps us from living the life we want, especially in our fear-saturated world today. Fortunately, there are some great insights about fear that can help us get above its gravitational pull—like Frank did. Just the idea of talking to a woman he was interested in scared Frank, a “roll-up-your-sleeves,…
5 Powerful Foods That Lower Blood Sugar Naturally
According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), more than 25 million people in the United States are living with some form of diabetes, and that means that there is a huge population in this country that is struggling to regulate their blood sugar. While losing weight and starting a course of diabetes medications prescribed by your doctor…
The Top 5 Reasons Your Body Loves a Detox
There are a million reasons to detox, and probably a million different ways to go about it. But what must one look for? What’s the best way? I’ve seen from my years in practice that to be completely effective, a detox program needs to contain the following key components: fiber to scrub the gut, bind toxins…
Manage Stress and Build Resilience
It’s hard to avoid stress. Work, money, current events, and the hassles of everyday life are just a few of the things that can cause stress. Long-term, or chronic, stress is linked to several health conditions like heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, and anxiety. It’s important to learn how to manage stress so…
Managing Chronic Pain in Adults: The Latest Evidence on Psychological Therapies
Many people with chronic pain (or persistent pain, a term some prefer) feel misunderstood and offended when their GP or pain specialist suggest that they need ‘psychological treatment’: “The pain is real, it’s not in my head”. But psychological methods of treating chronic pain or, rather, treating the problems associated with chronic pain have been used for…
Simplifying Our Mental View
I’ve found that nearly all of us make things harder and more complicated by adding a mental layer of difficulty. We make simple things complicated: Overwhelm: Doing one task at a time is pretty simple, but we get overwhelmed by all the things. We think about an entire list of things that we haven’t done…
Vera Mirkin’s Vegetarian Chopped “Liver”
Dr Mirkin’s mother lived to 106, so she must have done something right! This really does taste a lot like chopped chicken liver and it is yummy. Ingredients 3 onions, chopped 3 tablespoons olive oil 3 hard boiled eggs 2 cups walnuts cayenne and salt to taste (you may add other seasonings if you wish)…
The Importance of Being “Awe Inspired”
Our emotional state has great influence over the degree of inflammation we may suffer from. Feeling “awe inspired” has been found to be the most powerful emotion in fighting inflammation Introduction: The field of positive psychology is providing valuable insights on exactly how our emotions influence our physiology. One are of body function that is…
Sync Pink Noise With Brain to Get Better Deep Sleep
Gentle sound stimulation—such as the rush of a waterfall—synchronized to the rhythm of brain waves significantly enhanced deep sleep in older adults, report researchers. The sound stimulation also improved the older adults’ ability to recall words. Deep sleep is critical for memory consolidation. But beginning in middle age, deep sleep decreases substantially, which scientists believe contributes…
Who Is to Blame for Vaccine Hesitancy?
Commentary Tennis star Novak Djokovic famously (or, depending on your perspective, infamously) refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as a condition for entering Australia to play in the Australian Open. Djokovic’s refusal prompted National Review’s Kevin Williamson and Charles Cooke to engage each other in an online debate over the merits of government-mandated Covid vaccination. Williamson finds such mandates to…
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