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A lot of people are leaving right now, creating a lot of suffering for those left behind, and for the amount of time preceding the loss. You would think that with all the times we have experienced death in our own past lives, observed death of others and heard or read of multitudes of people […]
A gray hair or fine line staring back at you in the mirror are just two signs that might make you think that the impact of time passed is starting to make itself visible. These are just a small signal of what goes on at the cellular level in your body. You can’t change time. […]
Fat-soluble vitamins, that is. Oftentimes we blame disease on genetics. As it turns out, nutrition is more influential. Vitamins are classified as water soluble and fat soluble. Vitamin C is an example of water-soluble vitamins and we all know that it is crucial for our immune system. There are four fat-soluble vitamins: A, D, E, […]
Remember what it was like to be 20? You walked with that bounce in your step. You could stay up all night, you worked hard, played hard and still leapt out of bed the next day, consequence free and eager to greet the sunrise. Ahhh…Remember that? Fast forward 20-30, maybe 40 years. Things may be […]
It is all over the Internet, root canals are bad, haven’t you heard? It must be true. “I googled and found all root canals are toxic.” “My best friend’s wife had a root canal and it’s never felt right to her.” Even President Obama badmouthed root canals during his 2010 State of the Union address […]
I was having a conversation with one of my new clients from California and we were talking about our animals because he just had to put his dog to sleep. Because his dog was on another horrible pet food. We were talking about their spirits when they pass, and the fact that our pets, while […]
When I was a boy, I would see scary things on the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people helping.’ ~ Mr. Rogers Are you beginning to look for the helpers amid the current upheavals: the people who have found a way to be thoughtful, helpful, […]
From the time we’re infants, we are continuously pressured to obey, conform, and be pleasing to others and to authorities. When we do this well, we may get our rewards in social approval, and if we don’t, we may suffer the consequences. The problem is that if we are merely an obedient product of our […]
A few years ago my daughters told me they were worried about my forgetfulness, my loss of words, my confusion. They suggested… or rather insisted… I get tested. A flutist, writer, artistic director, busy playing and performing, I simply refused. But when l finally agreed to trek uptown with my younger daughter to a hospital […]
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, economic uncertainty, the fight for racial equality and a significant disruption to our children’s daily routines, parents and educators have their hands full. From distance learning to basic everyday activities, our kids are coming of age in a new, ever-evolving world, a world significantly different from the one we grew […]
