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...

DEALING WITH STRESS We hear about stress everyday. Where does it come from, and why is it so important? Stress comes from many sources,...

NEW YEAR? It’s that time of year again. Time for making resolutions where we endeavor to be healthier, decrease our bad habits and add...

The Present We spend too much time reliving things in our pasts that trouble us. This leads to stress which threatens our health. We...

The Holidays and Family This time of year, our thoughts turn to family. Those thoughts could bring us great joy, or they may be fraught...

SUPER AGERS Last week we discussed health issues related to children. In this edition, we are examining the other end of the spectrum -...

CHILDHOOD OBESITY As a Pediatrician for nearly 40 years, former fat kid, and open heart surgery survivor, I have been concerned about the...

The Apology It is inevitable that, sometime during your hopefully long life, you will do something which hurts someone close to you - a...

FORGIVENESS We all have had the experience of being wronged by someone. Nearly every human on earth has, at some point in their life,...

Less Than? Many of the problems that exist in the world today are the result of one group of people feeling that another group is “less...

Getting Along One of the most important aspects of our mental and physical health is our connection to others. “No man is an island” is...

More Stories This past week, because of a series of family events, funerals and weddings, we had the opportunity to reconnect with...

The Power of Purpose Having purpose - a reason to get up in the morning that gives us the feeling that we are truly contributing to the...

Human Connection It is interesting, I hope you’ll agree , that although Homo Sapiens have been around for something like 100,000 years,...

MOBILE MEDITATION Did you ever notice that when you’re faced with a tough decision, hit with writer’s block or just needing to “clear...

MONACO Wellness Health/Lifestyle Coaching - what is it? Our philosophy: Rather than the usual medical model of using medicines and other...

SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS We seem to be living in an era of rampant self-righteousness and this is not healthy. So many people have strong...

Travel Benefits We had the occasion, this past July fourth holiday, to transport our daughter’s belongings in a 10 foot U-Haul box truck...

Life and Risk Life is a journey which comes with inherent risk. Folks have been thinking a lot about risk in life lately, especially...