Minimize Stress by Staying Present Those who have enjoyed this column in the past will recognize a theme I often return to: Stress leads...

A New Year, a better you! Happy New Year 2025! We at MONACO Wellness are grateful for our followers, clients, friends and colleagues for...

Movement and Health A recent study out of Washington University in St. Louis concludes that movement is essential for health and may also...

Relationships are essential Readers of this blog will recognize what I have labelled essential nourishment: occupation, spirituality,...

Relationship Ever since those first few days of life, when we formed an intense bond with our mothers, we have sought secure, emotionally...

ESSENTIAL NOURISHMENT In the practice of integrative nutrition, lifestyle issues are as important as food, exercise and medicine, if not...

YOUR STORY We all have a story. We should tell our stories, write them down, share them and embrace their lessons. Others can learn rom...

Fear and otherness A state of fear invokes the “fight, flight or freeze” stress response. We know that stress leads to disease. ...

Inflammation and obesity In a recent article in Health Central, medical writer Jennifer Lutz explores the complicated relationship...

Medical Marijuana In our continued exploration of “alternative” and natural, nontraditional modalities to prevent chronic illness or...

Our Mothers on their day! They say man was created in God’s image.  However for me, the power and presence of maternal love is the...

LETTING GO Many of us struggle with anxiety.  In general anxiety results from loss of control or a perceived sense that control may be...

HEALING YOURSELF The perception of modern medicine is that pharmacology, surgery and other treatments “cure” diseases and heal the sick....

Learn, Earn and Yearn I have heard sociologists describe the modern human life  cycle as having three phases: The “learning” phase...

A Sense of WONDER Research shows that older people who live with a sense of wonder live longer and richer lives. They look forward to...

YOUR WEIGHT That’s it. Game over! Oprah endorsed the use of GLP-1 weight loss drugs. The numbers of people using these drugs is going...

MINDFULNESS I have spoken often about the health of living in the present. That is not always as easy as it sounds. Here’s a tool you can...

Trauma - part 2 I see many patients with this combination of complaints: anxiety, depression and poor sleep. On deeper questioning, they...

TRAUMA Many us have experienced trauma. For some, it happened recently. And for others, it took place years ago, even in childhood. In my...

STRESS and HEALTH Greetings friends. After a brief break from writing this column, I am glad to be back. I’ve essentially been on a...