Affirmations for Loving Your Body Can be an Integral Part of Being Healthy Do you have favorite affirmations for loving your body? Have you ever recommend one to a patient? Has a doctor ever recommend one to you? In Feb 2020, I had C0VID-19 or very severe flu. The understanding around C0VID-19 long haul syndrome […]

Blue light blocking glasses are quite popular right now. Blue-light blocking glasses, also known as amber glasses, primarily block blue light in the spectrum. This is the light that is emitted from screens and devices. It seemed like every time I would ask someone about their effectiveness, it was not clear. So I took a […]

You are enough, each and every day Last night I had a conversation briefly with an old friend. We’re both Internists. Which means that through the course of our training and work, we’ve taken care of some of the sickest patients in the medical system. If quickly came up for me in the conversation that […]

Chia Seed Pudding can be delicious Looking for a fast, nutrient dense snack? Chia seed pudding is one of my favorites and this is topped with rose dukkah (pistachios and rose petals). Let’s Revisit Chia Chi chi chia… in my childhood when there were 4 TV channels, I remember endless commercials for the chia pet. Never […]

Hey~ EXHALE! Remember to Exhale. I can’t tell you how often my husband would walk by while I was charting on weekends or late at night and would say this to me. He could overlook my posture, however the shallow breathing was too much. So today, I am going to share more about this reminder. […]

5 Tips on How To Sleep Deeply from Harvard’s Division of Sleep Medicine At the beginning of the pandemic Harvard Med’s Division of Sleep Clinic released a paper with their best recommendations for sleep (Yuan, 2020). Let’s explore the 5 Tips on How To Sleep Deeply that they offered. Firstly, I loved that they leaned […]

Come on a visit to San Francisco with me! As you may recall the quote, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t look around once in a while you could miss it.” It is a voice that echoes inside every Gen X mid-lifer’s psyche from the movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Above all, I have […]

Laundry Soap Is Toxic Even Though It Smells “FRESH” Here’s the truth about what scented laundry products emit through dryer vents. What “smells good” in laundry soap is toxic. How do I know? Recently, I was sitting near an open window. It was a lovely day, birds chirping, when out of the blue, a sickening, […]