wellness newsletter

Imagination can take us anywhere, but we sometimes choose terrible destinations. Some of my favorite memories of my now-grown son are watching him “flying” in the backyard, caught up in ...

Every year, I give myself the same gift: guilt. Did I eat too much? Spend too much—or not ...

There’s a proverb that says, “A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.” It’s hard to offer a ...

Early in my career, I had an elderly patient who lived in a long-term care facility. She had ...

Remember the childlike wonder of Christmas? The smell of pine, the soft glow of twinkling lights, and the ...

Yesterday, I caught myself texting far longer than I meant to, nodding and muttering, “Uh huh,” to my ...

The day I committed to a ketogenic diet, I cleared my kitchen of every carb, determined to make ...

A friend of mine is celebrating a health victory of sorts—several glorious infection-free months. Julie contracted leptospirosis—caused by ...

As a kid, I'd spend hours climbing trees, building forts, and picking up bugs. Nature had a calming, ...

Remember when you were a kid, filled with laughter and imagination, and all you wanted to do was ...

As the days grow short and cold creeps in, we can get lost in a gloomy countdown to ...

I am often asked how I got into Chinese medicine, which some people find a strange profession. I ...

Retirement can be deadly for a lot of people. And if you aren’t retired yet, you might want ...

I’ve been looking at images of the end of the world since I was 8 years old. The ...

Read enough articles, books, and research on better health and self-improvement and you’ll notice a pattern—they almost all ...

I have a theory about traffic. That theory is that traffic becomes a living force in your world ...

One thing my husband and I fiercely agreed on when our two older children were in elementary school ...

You hear a lot of talk about “chasing your passion” but growth and purpose are the stuff that ...

I’m a curmudgeon when it comes to pets. “Who needs ’em,” I say. Oddly, I also talk to ...

The human gut microbiota, a bustling metropolis of bacteria, archaea, and fungi that live primarily in the colon, ...

Hey there, wellness enthusiasts! I’m filling in for Matthew Little this week and wanted to share some refreshing ...

A beautiful thing about people is that we tend to improve in the most fundamental ways as we ...

As heat waves roll across the continent, some of us struggle more than others. Our house has one ...

We live beside a lady who watches our driveway like a hawk with the help of her dogs. ...

Not long ago, people could only dream of the foods we have today. Tasty, cheap, and ready to ...

If a great white shark stops swimming, it will die. Its body doesn’t pump water through its gills. ...

The healing power of music has been recognized since the times of ancient Greece and ancient China. These ...