The afternoon of life The paradox of the afternoon of life is that just as we may feel we are finally hitting our stride – if we do not take a siesta, we risk burning out – never making it to the evening of life. I have found myself looking at living according to [...]
Why New Year's resolutions fail – and how you can cultivate lasting change I stopped making New Year's resolutions a long time ago because they never seemed to amount to anything. The most frequent resolution for me was to get back into shape or lose weight. But when we make resolutions to make big, [...]
In preparation for a series on consciousness and awareness, I have been doing some research, which led me to a number of product offerings designed to entrain the brain into a readiness state conducive to meditation. I have found a couple that I will use and be reporting back on in the coming weeks. [...]
I have spent the last few years trying to convince myself that turning 65 was a non-event. It turns out that God has a tremendous sense of humor. A few weeks ago, I, like many other boomers turned sixty-five. They say that sixty-five is the new fifty, and while I still believe that, the [...]
Cancer - a word you do not want to hear from your doctor When my wife was diagnosed with cancer twenty months ago, we immediately began to research both conventional allopathic treatment and alternative options, along with how to prevent a recurrence. For her breast cancer, it was clear that conventional treatment was the [...]
Many people are stuck in victim energy or see others as victims - what if we were not broken? We choose to remain broken, it is a way of being a victim and not needing to take responsibility for ourselves. We become our disease. Oh, I can't do that - I have cancer. Or [...]
What do cancer, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, Alzheimer's all have in common? Besides being words that we hope never come out of our doctors' mouths, there's something else; inflammation. Our bodies environment is hot, fat and crowded. Makes you cringe a little, doesn't it? The standard American diet has been cited by the six doctors [...]
It is in our psyches - going to market in the morning to bring home the freshest whole foods. In fact, here in Pittsburgh, the largest food retailer has special stores with "Market" in its name, and in the South East, another grocer chain has opened stores with both "Fresh" and "Market" in its [...]
Two weeks ago, we began our focus on health and wellness with a listing of the various theories that we use as informational resources for our clients in our health and wellness offerings. In my practice, I focus on a client's inner thought process that often destroys their approach to becoming healthy, and how [...]
Last week, I talked about the different diet approaches that provide the basis for our own food choices in the second half of life, which is a good starting point for anyone looking to make their own choices. My original intention was to simply summarize the points of each of the authors, but that [...]
