How mental health and brain health go together like peanut butter and jelly …
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the phrase: Salt and … Macaroni and … Batman and … Bacon and … Thunder and …? […]
04
May
2026
Articles by Dr. James Scott, Jr.
Scott Free Clinic Blog
30
Apr
2026
Human flourishing and the renewed search for what makes life whole …
There has always been a deeper question beneath human existence that no amount of information, productivity, or medical advancement can fully silence: what does it mean for […]
30
Apr
2026
New research is changing how burnout is understood and treated …
Long ago, the Daily Bread published a snippet about a first-grader who wondered why her father brought home a briefcase full of work every evening. Her mother […]
29
Apr
2026
Debunking the chemical imbalance myth for a more accurate understanding of depression …
For decades, if you walked into a doctor’s office feeling a heavy, persistent sense of despair, you were likely given a very specific explanation. You were told […]
27
Apr
2026
Some good news and bad news about what we have learned about mental health over the last decade …
The understanding of mental health has changed in significant ways over the past 10 years as researchers have identified specific physical processes that influence how we feel […]
23
Apr
2026
How biological proximity can affect your spiritual life …
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 […]
22
Apr
2026
The top 10 benefits of consistent cardio exercise …
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 […]
20
Apr
2026
Mental obesity is the unavoidable consequence of frictionless consumption …
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 […]
16
Apr
2026
Why the Mediterranean Diet is the number one diet for mental health, brain health, and physical fitness …
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 […]
14
Apr
2026
The importance of actually liking your spouse …
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 […]