Parental advice is best served as a hand-me-down plate. That is, tell your kids what your parents told you so they’ll know what to tell their kids. Sound complicated? It’s not. Instead, it is listening, listening and understanding. It goes like this:
IMPAIRED JUDGMENT WITH STRESS HIGHLIGHTS
December 11, 2021 by
Do you have impaired judgment? If you are a highly judgmental person, are you a good judge? Either way there’s a prize waiting for both: stress induced health problems. No one’s got time that.
TOBACCO LIES CREATE LASTING TRAUMA
November 29, 2021 by
Tobacco lies are an example of an industry working to keep their customer base while killing them off at the same time. Even worse is the suspicion and doubt the industry wove into the fabric of farm life in a region dependent on tobacco. Tobacco and education are not friends. Who doesn’t see someone spark […]
HEALTH LITERACY TEST: WHEN NOT TO RUB SOME DIRT ON IT
November 18, 2021 by
Health literacy in the cardio rehab gym is pretty basic. No one saw an ad and signed up. No one quit their old gym for this new one because they didn’t want to hear another, “IT’S ALL YOU BROTHER, PUSH IT.” And the grunting and groaning that follows. On a sixty pound bench press attempt. […]
GROWING UP: THINGS TO DO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
November 17, 2021 by
Growing up too fast in not a good thing. Neither is a prolonged childhood, Peter Pan. But there are thresholds along the way, things to wait on as well as things to accomplish as soon as possible. Twitter asked a question: “Why would you wait to get a covid vaccine during a pandemic?” It made […]
LINE UP: NO ONE WANTS TO LOSE THEIR PLACE?
November 12, 2021 by
The line up is everywhere. From the grocery store to the gas station to the box office, there’s a line of people holding their place. And waiting. Waiting more. Then someone takes cuts.
GOOD MEDICINE FOR HARD TIMES
November 10, 2021 by
Good medicine comes in many flavors. When it works the way it’s supposed to, the struggle to deliver is worthwhile. However, the struggle to deliver is never ends. Everyone has feelings about good medicine, starting with, “Is it good enough?”
HEALING PROCESS? “BUT YOU LOOK FINE.”
October 19, 2021 by
The healing process starts after a problem is identified. At least that’s the normal step. ‘Normal’ being the operative word. If something feels off, you get checked out, and you were right. Something is indeed ‘Off.’ It’s a lump, a bump, a mole, a dry cough, night sweats, chest discomfort. Need I go on? Why […]
GOOD INTENTIONS START TOMORROW
September 30, 2021 by
Why do good intentions pave the way to hell? Because of the follow up. More precise, it’s the lack of follow up. Say the right thing, then do the right thing and you stay out of hell. Does this sound right? Sounds like accountability to me. So why the gap between what is said and […]
MEDICAL SCIENCE FOR STREET DOCTORS
September 23, 2021 by
Medical science seems complicated from the outside looking in. If you’re on the inside looking out, it’s even more complicated. But it’s different for Street Doctors, or SDs. From them nothing is too complicated. And that’s a problem, a big problem. Not for them, for their ‘patients.’ Where do Street Doctors come from? Start with […]
