A 2014 article published in Physical Therapy listed several barriers to exercise that pregnant women identified. Some of these obstacles included new physical limitations, a sense of exclusion at the fitness center, and lack of understanding from others. My guess is that these feelings only intensify for new moms once baby comes, creating a slew of road blocks to getting back to a place where you feel like “you” again physically. Continue reading
How to Get Your Doctor to Listen to You – Part 1
“A doctor who cannot take a good history and a patient who cannot give one are in danger of giving and receiving bad treatment.”
– Anonymous
Doctors are not typically known for their listening skills; however, what you might not realize is that patients are considered poor listeners too. A Consumer Reports survey asked 660 primary-care physicians about their patient challenges and found that 37% of doctors believed patients’ not following advice affected their ability to provide optimal care. Continue reading
How Much Sugar Should You Eat Per Day?
A Tricky Question
As I began to research for this article, I expected to find an easy response to, “How much sugar should we eat per day?” However, I ended up on a lengthy goose chase to get a straightforward answer. Continue reading
I’m Gluten Sensitive – But What Does That Mean?
I have a gluten sensitivity.
What this boils down to is that when I eat food containing gluten, my body reacts to it in abnormal ways including intense headaches, nausea, and bloating, which are just a few of the symptoms generally associated with gluten sensitivity.
Rumination: How It’s Harming You
Yesterday’s post described a simple method to increase your happiness by sending a daily gratitude list to others in your life.
Today, let’s talk about how our tendency to ruminate on the negative events that occur day to day can actually be harming our health and our relationships. But first, what’s rumination, and why is it so bad for us?
The #1 Thing You Can Easily Do to Increase Happiness and Improve Relationships
Six years ago…
My girlfriend Amber had an idea. She proposed that we email a daily gratitude list to each other to help keep in touch and to try to stay more positive. I was on board, and two other friends were as well.
Since then, creating and emailing out a gratitude list has remained a daily activity that I enjoy doing. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that