“Wow, what a marvelous Lexus! I bought it 12 years ago!” When was the last time you had an ecstatic reaction like that on seeing your old Lexus, Mercedes, or Toyota? By now, it is just a car, which gets you from A to B. Truth be told, it was just a car the day …
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There is a law of holes. When you are in a hole, the first thing you need to do is to stop digging. The road to happiness and satisfaction is full of potholes. Some of them are tiny, and only make your car sink and jump a bit. Others can swallow you up, car and …
Okay, you can breathe out now! Most of us do not know how to breathe right. And that worsens stress and tension. But let us back up a little first. React already! Split-second decision making is the essential survival mechanism all human beings have been blessed with. Without it, the species would have died off …
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“I’m mad, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” “Don’t get mad, get even!” Comments and advice about anger are pervasive. People get angry, and then do something about it: act on it, get even, whatever. It usually makes matters worse. Act on your anger? We have all seen examples of problems this can …
His heart felt like it would leap out of his chest. The chest started to tighten up, and a burning feeling spread up from there to his face, and then his head. Someone was hammering away inside his head, desperate to burst out, as soon as his head exploded. Most people have experienced symptoms like …
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” -Socrates Why examine? We are human beings. We are alive for a short period of time. We spend a lot of time being dead: the period before we are born, and then after we stop being alive. In the big scheme of things, a single human being is …
Want to have some fun? Try crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a small row boat. You are going to bob wildly with each wave, always on the verge of flipping over. On the other hand, you could make the journey on a cruise ship. You will barely notice the waves. They will not disturb the …
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of …satisfaction? Fulfillment? We know that these were not the terms chosen by Thomas Jefferson for the US Declaration of Independence. Our Creator has given us some unalienable rights, and governments are supposed to protect those. Life and liberty seem just fine. But what about this pursuit of something? Pursuit …
Losing weight, as millions of people have discovered, is seldom easy. Maintaining the weight loss is even more difficult. However, data exist to prove that it can be done. And the reality is that it must be done, since obesity is increasing rapidly, and spreading misery in its wake. What is obesity? The standard definition …
Sleep is vastly undervalued. We like to “burn the midnight oil,” and then brag about it. For medical interns, working long hours with little sleep is almost a rite of passage. World leaders and corporate titans take pride in declaring their ability to function round the clock. They are all sadly mistaken. Human adults need …
Sleep Deprivation Makes Us Obese and Inattentive: Can We Make Up Sleep Debt? Read More »