How to raise healthy eaters is one of the hottest topics among parents. During my son’s school days, in my interactions with other parents, their most common complaints was about their children’s eating habits. Of course, everyone wanted to raise healthy kids with eating habits to match. Every parent wants to…
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It’s fun to share a good laugh, but did you know it can actually improve your health? With these laughing exercises we can take advantage of the powerful benefits of laughter. We’ve heard it more than a hundred times that laughter is the best medicine. It brings people together even as…
Finding Zen at the dentist’s office – A parent’s guide to zapping your child’s fear of dental visits
Finding Zen at the dentist’s office – A parent’s guide to zapping your child’s fear of dental visits
Ever heard of white coat syndrome? It is the fear of visiting doctors (and of course, dental visits). Or just about anyone wearing a white coat. Now most adults are terrified of dental visits—so let us not even talk about kids. To prepare them for their first, second or subsequent dental…
As a child of the sixties and growing up with my Grandmother, I believed she could work miracles. And over the years, I learned that she indeed could. Whenever someone in the family had a tummy ache or any kind of pain, she’d simply walk into the kitchen for the perfect…
Virtually everyone on the planet would like to be healthier. I know I want a healthy life, and I know you would too! But that’s easier said than done, especially today when we have easy access to junk convenience food, are more stressed out than ever, and aren’t as physically active.…
As much as we want a good doctor, we must also try and be good patients. I was upset yesterday after a conversation with my uncle. He’s in his seventies and my aunt is in her sixties. Both have health issues and must take medications on a regular basis to lead…
Okay, before you think I am slurring, zwodder is a dialect word from Somerset and means “a drowsy and stupid state of mind”. When that state occurs, stress isn’t far behind. With the A to Z Challenge for 2017 drawing to a close, do you feel that way? I guess most…