Which is better? The carrot or the stick? Is it better to criticize someone or to try to help build them up? When working with people of any age, we always want to be positive. Here are a couple of
How This Unique Approach For Treating Hard-To-Solve Conditions Is Different From Anything Else You’ve Tried “Do…or do not. There is no try.” This iconic quote is from Yoda, in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. * And it
How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Treat IBS By Healing Your Gut Microbiome A couple of years ago, I spoke with an old friend whom I hadn’t spoken with for a couple of years. I asked him how he was doing,
Why the Mind-Gut Connection Is the Key to Solving Your IBS & Ongoing Stomach Issues Most people are at least somewhat familiar with the concept that our bodies are integrated systems that talk with and affect one another. However, traditional
Hello, again. Yes, summer is officially over, and children and adolescents are returning to school. Many of them haven’t been to school for the past year and a half, as they had to participate in remote learning from home. Now
In previous years, the summer always seemed to have passed too quickly. This year, with the pandemic and the Delta variant, many students are actually glad that summer is over and are excited to get back to in-person schooling. Their
Migraine headaches can ruin your day. Anyone who has had one knows the pain, sensitivity to light and sound, and nausea make anything other than lying down in a dark room practically impossible. Especially for people who have them chronically,
Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD), or Paradoxical Vocal Fold Movement (PVFM), occurs when the vocal cords close instead of open when we breathe in. It is very common among high school athletes, and is often triggered by performance anxiety on the
I’m honored to have been featured on John Smith’s Searching For Integrity Show. John interviews people with integrity and wants to share their stories, because he believes our country suffers from what he calls IDD: integrity deficit disorder. I shared
I believe that being a parent is the hardest job in the world. And the current pandemic is making this job even harder. We parents do the best we can. And my feeling is that each generation of parents gets better
