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Category: Mind Body Spirit

Aug 7, 2024

SPEND TIME BY THE WATER– “BLUE SPACE IS HEALTHY!

There is plenty of summer remaining … so make time to get to the water! Research shows that spending time outdoors has many positive effects on your health. Moreover, new research has found that being near a body of water makes us calmer and healthier. You know that special feeling you get when you drive […]

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Jun 2, 2024

Exercise & Fitness … More Than Just Physical!

We’ve all heard it before – encouragement to exercise to trim our waistline or to speed up our metabolism.  However, there may be more benefit to lacing up those sneakers than you’d think.  Recent studies have established a link between exercise and cognition, making physical activity even more important. The Benefits: Exercise has been shown […]

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Apr 15, 2024

Lower Blood Pressure and other Benefits of Tai Chi

In addition to lowering blood pressure, this gentle form of exercise can help maintain strength, balance, flexibility and mental health and is an ideal activity for all ages! This research was brought to my attention by my friend and mentor from Dalton, Peter Frieder, Chairman,Gentex Corporation and current Board Chair at WVIA. Peter is celebrating […]

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Apr 1, 2024

HEALTH & EXERCISE TIPS FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: Part II of II

This column is dedicated to the memory of John R. O’Brien, Esq., who recently passed due to medical complications associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). John was a source of joy and inspiration for those fortunate to have known him. Twenty years ago, John hesitantly agreed to contribute to my column on MS with two requirements: […]

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Mar 11, 2024

AVOID BEING STUCK IN AN EXERCISE RUT: Part II of II

PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME, “IS THERE SUCH A THING AS AN EXERCISE RUT?”. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY DO NOT SEEM TO BE IMPROVING WITH THEIR EXERCISE PROGRAM. They exercise 3-4 times a week for 30 to 45 minutes and they feel frustrated and STUCK in a rut. The purpose of this column is […]

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Dec 18, 2023

This Holiday Season: Be Religious and Spiritual because It will improve your immune system!

Holiday Spirit Requires a Healthy Mind, Body, Spirit! Happy Holidays! It is at this time of year that we celebrate life with great hope and faith. People of many faiths take time to reflect, respect, and resolve. Christians celebrate Christmas, the miraculous birth of Christ, the Son of God, and the Messiah. Jews celebrate Chanukah, […]

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Mar 8, 2023

STUCK IN AN EXERCISE RUT?

Part II of II PEOPLE WILL OFTEN ASK ME, “IS THERE SUCH A THING AS AN EXERCISE RUT?” THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY DO NOT SEEM TO BE IMPROVING WITH THEIR EXERCISE PROGRAM…they exercise 3-4 times a week for 30 to 45 minutes and they feel frustrated and STUCK in a rut. The purpose […]

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Sep 19, 2022

MINDFUL EATING

A NEW APPROACH TO WEIGHT LOSS There are many reasons why losing weight, the number one health goal in America, is the most elusive. Not the least of these reasons is the psychology of eating…because in the land of plenty, we eat mindlessly! Consider the facts; first, we blamed it on the fact that the […]

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Dec 27, 2021

Merry Christmas: Mind Body and Spirit

While the Christmas spirit is still strongly present and the New Year just days away, I thought it would be appropriate to reprint a column from Christmas 2006. The forward to the column was written by Father Scott Pilarz, President of the University of Scranton who passed away on March 10, 2021 from complications related […]

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