What do you think of yourself? How do you evaluate your own worth? If you struggle with feelings of low self-esteem, you’re not alone. Even the most confident and outwardly successful among us experience what can sometimes be crushing self-doubt. Self-esteem isn’t static. Some studies have found that our feelings of self-worth change as we…
Dealing With Disaster
Life throws you curve balls. Sometimes they’re little bumps that you can handle. But sometimes they’re blows that knock you flat and leave you wondering if you’ll ever get up. And if you do get up, you’re not sure you’ll be the same. That’s what happened to me. Four years ago, I set out on…
Fighting Disease and Depression With Fermented Foods
Recent research has shown that fermented foods can not only improve gut microbiome diversity, but lower the inflammatory response in your body that affects conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). While I was still in active practice, I was passionate about helping people with RA. In fact, I treated more than 3,000 people with this…
COVID-19 Survivors Have Broad, Longer-Term Immunity
People who have recovered from COVID-19 retain broad and effective longer-term immunity to the disease, according to a new study. Findings of the study, which is the most comprehensive of its kind so far, have implications for expanding understanding about human immune memory as well as future vaccine development for coronaviruses. For the longitudinal study…
Tips for Maintaining a Strong Immune System
We live in challenging modern times, so maintaining a robust immune system is of utmost importance. Think of your immune system as being a shield that guards you against all of the bad elements out there. When it’s in top form, this immune shield is working to protect you 24/7 and you probably won’t even…
A Guide to Dealing With Dissatisfaction With Ourselves
Our relationships are also harmed by this dissatisfaction with ourselves…
Kids Set Free to Roam on Their Own Feel More Confident Navigating in Adulthood
The distance from home that kids are allowed to roam and play has shrunk significantly over the past 50 years. That’s largely due to parents’ concerns over safety, especially in cities. More recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has further restricted children’s independent activity. As a doctorate student in psychology, I studied factors that affect people’s spatial…
Reducing the Stress of Procrastination
Procrastinating? We all do it to some extent. Sometimes procrastination can even be helpful—pointing to a need to reevaluate something or allow more time for something else. However, all too often, procrastination plays a detrimental role in our lives, leading to a small payoff in the present with a much larger cost in the future….
Spider Venom Could Be the Miracle Cure for Heart Attacks
Research has found that the venom of spiders—occasionally the cause of seizures and even death—could actually be life-saving for those suffering from heart disease. Heart disease continues to be a leading cause of death in the world. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, nearly 60,000 Australians suffer a heart attack every year, with heart…
Why Is Male Fertility Declining?
In the United States, nearly 1 in 8 couples struggles with infertility. Unfortunately, physicians like me who specialize in reproductive medicine are unable to determine the cause of male infertility around 30 percent to 50 percent of the time. There is almost nothing more disheartening than telling a couple “I don’t know” or “There’s nothing…
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