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When I was a kid, whether I was playing baseball or performing a musical recital, I was coached: Put your HEART into it!   Old songs like “Heart of my Heart” or “You Gotta Have Heart” present the heart as the harbinger of emotion and memory and the true source of...

How much time do you spend watching the news on TV or your computer screen?  Covid-19 has dominated the airwaves, and if that isn’t bad enough, the apparent murder of George Floyd has brought violence and chaos to many communities. As a result, we have become...

  Become Balanced, Resilient and Strong The world is out of balance, but it does not have to be that way.  Our brilliant minds and bodies have the power to overcome anything - even the coronavirus!  It may appear daunting, but I believe our inner wisdom preserves and...

Leelah is a godsend. Since working with her, I have gotten my energy back, my brain back, and I am on the road to greater overall health and well-being. I simply could not have done this on my own. It would have taken a decade of research, trial and error, and tons of...

  Anybody have a stuffy nose, cough, or congestion?  A few weeks ago you were feeling fine.  So, what happened?!  As of this writing we are transitioning from Winter to Spring. Winter is a time that engages many of us in a more sedentary lifestyle.  Confronted by...

Your blood test charts your body’s roadmap, and the resonating message is:  Balance is everything! And, no one thing, by itself, creates balance.  We want our blood sugar level to remain in a range safely below the threshold of diabetes.  At the same time we try...

So, what is the big deal about herbal remedies for what ails you?  Herbal remedies have been sought since antiquity.  Besides, if it comes from a plant and it doesn’t kill you, it must be good for you!  Ah, if it were only so simple.  The fact is, herbal solutions to...

Sometimes the answers really are Blowing in the Wind.  Bob Dylan’s classic song of the early 1960’s became enigmatic of a generation that questioned the status quo.  My parents’ generation penned “The Greatest Generation,” had fought and died in WW11.  Some were...

I bought a snail and a Beta Fish!    The snail does not move much.  Much of the day he looks like a little stone on the bottom of the aquarium.  If you introduce another snail, it’s no big deal! One snail will peacefully coexist with the other, carrying their own...

In the wake of the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh last week, my thoughts have been distracted.  I believe, that in the face of violence and hatred, we respond with love, and we embrace each other with love and compassion. In the wake of tragedy, there are no...

A couple of weeks ago the temperature was in the 100’s.  Here in Scottsdale, Arizona, it gets the hottest in the late afternoon. Any physical work, especially outdoors, must be done in the early morning as the heat becomes oppressive.  While our skin heats, sweats,...

Last week I wrote ”The Challenge of Change.”  But, what happens when habit becomes compulsion?  The power to choose becomes compromised by the rewarding flood of dopamine that comforts an anxious or depressed mind with a brief sense of satisfaction and well-being. ...