In this day and age of ultra-processed food, eating well to support our health and quality of life takes work. As much as we would like to rely on our healthcare and food industries for reliable information and products, their goals are different from ours. What we lose in convenience when choosing to eat well,…
If we believe the marketing surrounding athletic performance enhancing supplements, miracles occur all the time. Only a few dollars worth of their latest magic bullets are what is keeping you from spectacular athletic success! Or so the promotions say. The fact that products of questionable abilities continue to be marketed indicates that many of us…
As an optimistic person, though tempered by reality, I like to embrace a message of hopefulness when addressing our responses to our world. Not a Pollyanna response of everything is going to be just the way we want, but a positive message that there is power in choosing our path. Feeling empowered means feeling better…
Choosing to age healthfully, as in maintaining a desirable quality of life as we get older, is one of those “I really wish I didn’t have to” challenges of adulthood. Adulting (a newish term that I really like) is never easy. It often means changing some behaviors that we have spent a lifetime creating. For…
Addiction starts off with a whimper and brings change with a bang. Even after my years of sobriety, I still marvel at the subversive nature of addiction. How it incrementally comes to control our lives that we hardly notice the changes until damage is done. As a behavioral characteristic that is firmly rooted in our…