Have you ever spent a few days with a close friend and realized by Sunday evening that you’re starting to use their favorite catchphrases, sitting with the […]
A lot of people shrink the value of cardiovascular (“cardio”) exercise down to one simple idea: burning calories in order to lose weight. That’s understandable, because weight […]
Imagine sitting at a dinner table where the food never stops arriving. You aren’t hungry anymore, yet you keep chewing, swallowing, and reaching for the next plate […]
There is a reason the same pattern of eating keeps appearing wherever serious experts are trying to solve difficult human problems — e.g., psychiatrists trying to reduce […]
In 1910, Leo Tolstoy crept out of his house in the middle of the night to escape Sophia, his wife of forty-eight years. By this time, their […]
Have you ever heard the term “diabesity”? It is a phrase used in lifestyle medicine and brain health circles, and also by Dr. Daniel Amen, to describe […]
The story of “the boiling frog” is one of the most famous allegories about how a life can be lost through simple neglect. It begins with a […]
A story is told about a father who sat down to read a magazine, but he was constantly interrupted by his young son who was bored and […]
On just about any given day throughout all the platforms of social media, you’ll find memes disparaging how we’ve lost the “personal touch” with one another, choosing […]
Pastor Robert Tallent once told the story about how there was a barber in a small community who had been the only barber in town for years. […]