Category Archives: Life Plan
If your kid is fat, they’re fat, and you should do something about it.
The December 5, 2011 Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine reports a troubling study. The known fact is that 30% of children are overweight, but only 25% of the parents of overweight children ever remember their pediatrician discussing it with them. The study concludes that one of three scenarios are occurring: 1) pediatricians aren’t screening …
Surge, Burst, HiiT, Tabata Training
My favorite type of exercise for overall fitness and fat-burning goes by several names: surge training, burst training, high intensity interval training, or Tabata training. These are all variations of a common theme that I discuss below, but before I do, let me ask you a question: “If you could burn fat for 25 minutes straight, …
Symptoms of Adrenal Stress
Very simply, the adrenal glands sit on top of the kidneys and secrete hormones which help us to deal with stress. They are a big part of our stress defence system. You must know that the adrenals need to be nearly non-functional before any problems will show up on a blood test, but like it’s …
Symptoms of Low Thyroid
You may very well have a thyroid problem and be completely unaware of it. How would you know? Every week in practice I encounter people who I believe have an under or over active thyroid. Often when I suggest that, I’m met with a response like, “No, I just got it tested and it’s fine.” …
Joyce Meyer’s 12 Power Thoughts
I am fan of Joyce Meyer’s message, and specifically her teachings on the Battle of the Mind. I encourage people to purchase her book Power Thoughts and begin to declare and decree the affirmation statements daily, hourly if necessary. Darkness can not be present with light, and similarly, postitive thoughts illuminate the mind. The purpose of …
The Radical Health Coaching Process
A good doctor is a teacher, healer, and coach. He has an understanding of where health comes from, what makes us sick, what we can do to get well, and what we must do to stay well for decades to come. I have the opportunity to work with practice members within the walls of my …
Your Brain’s Not Bad, Just Broken
You live your life through your brain. It has created every tissue cell in the body and is responsible for every aspect of your life: your thoughts, attitudes, immunity, bodily functions, ability to relate to others, and an endless list of other functions. When it stops, life in this dimension is done. Game Over. Unfortunately, …
Creating Your Radical Life Plan
Pastor Rick Warren taught me to look at the word radical differently. Typically when one thinks of the word radcial they more than likely envision an extremist, a rebel, a rogue - someone or something that goes against the grain. While those can be synonyms and definitions of radical, the term really comes from a Latin …