FAMILY WELLNESS

FAMILY WELLNESS

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month so I thought I’d say a little something on behalf of the kids.  I’m going to take a break from my typical focus on adults to sound the trumpet for America’s youth. I went to a conference a few years ago which had...
AN EDUCATION

AN EDUCATION

With the start of a new academic year, I have been thinking a lot about school.  From pre-school through residency I spent over a quarter of a century being formally educated. Most of that time was spent sitting in classrooms and lecture halls.  In residency, it got a...
FOLLOW YOUR SPIRIT

FOLLOW YOUR SPIRIT

I am a true believer in spiritual guidance.  Even before I totally identified what my spirit was doing I could feel it. To clarify, one doesn’t need to subscribe to any particular religious doctrine to have a spirit.  Although my spirit led me to a personal...
KNOWING WHAT YOU WANT IS IMPORTANT

KNOWING WHAT YOU WANT IS IMPORTANT

It may seem obvious that it’s important to know what you want in life.  However a lot of us get to a place where we don’t. Usually the journey starts with a clear destination.  Somewhere along the way we either get sidetracked or we realize we don’t really want to be...
SATISFIED WITH SATISFACTORY

SATISFIED WITH SATISFACTORY

Settling is something that doesn’t sit easily with my spirit. My issue with settling is that to me it equates to being satisfied with satisfactory.  I’ve been type A since birth so being satisfactory has never appealed. With time and maturity I have learned there are...