Tips to Help You Fight Food Cravings Part 2 of 3

By Melinda Smith, M.A., Jeanne Segal Ph.D., and Robert Segal, M.A Editors note: Last month’s article discussed the difference between emotional eating and mindful eating. This month offers some tips to combat emotional eating. Emotional eating is turning to food for comfort, stress relief, or as a reward rather than to satisfy hunger. Mindful eating […]
Probing Ahead Part 4

By Alexander Germanis For as many years as mankind has been climbing mountains and exploring frozen wastes, it has developed ways to probe ahead in order to avoid thin ice and crevasses hidden beneath blankets of snow. Using the proper tools, like a walking stick or ice axe, has proven to be far more effective […]
Icing on the Cake How a Dental Implant Saved a Bride’s Wedding Day

By Alexander Germanis Although they are meant to be times of great joy and hope, weddings can often be filled with anxiety, trepidation, and even outright fear. The caterer may suddenly go out of business, the alterations to the bride’s dress might not be done right, or the photographer gets sick and can’t make it! […]
Advocate BroMenn Medical Center Neonatology Services: Keeping More Moms and Babies Together

By Becky Wiese The anticipation of a new baby is unlike anything else. The months of pregnancy provide an amazing perspective on life and the wonder of how all the various systems and parts of the body are knit together. It’s a special, and sometimes overwhelming, process, even when it all goes as it should. […]
Getting Rid of Possessions I’ts Harder Than You Think

By Harriet Edleson for Next Avenue If you’re ready to move to a smaller space or think you might want to downsize in the not-too-distant future, take a deep breath and start planning. It’s a much bigger task than you’ll ever imagine, partly because the process entails far more than just deciding which possessions to […]
Multi-Sensory Stimulation With Memory Care

Submitted by Bailey Kemp AD, CDP, Life Enrichment Director at Meadows Communities I am privileged to share with you the amazing response of using multi-sensory stimulation with patients that have dementia. What is multi-sensory stimulation? It involves using the senses of taste, smell, sight, hearing, and touch to interact and elicit a response from an […]
Partners in Sexual Addiction Recovery

By Crystal Hiser, LCPC, LMFT, CSAT, CMAT, Agape Counseling While there has been much publicity surrounding the term “sexual addiction” and the types of behaviors this entails, little has been reported in the media about the people who are in a relationship with a sex addict. There is a lack of coverage about those who […]
Clockwork Precision in Athletics Bringing Method to Madness Part 5
By Alexander Germanis William Shakespeare is credited with coining many of our modern idiomatic phrases. An extremely common one stems from the tragedy, Hamlet. Perceiving Hamlet must be secretly planning something despite his acts of insanity, the Lord Chamberlain Polonius remarks, “Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.” From this line, we have […]
A Pain in the “Back Pack”

Submitted by Eastland Chiropractic & Lifestyle Center With another school year upon us, the hustle and bustle of getting ready becomes a priority. With all the books, gadgets, and supplies that are required of students, it is important to make sure that they not only have a well-designed backpack, but also one that is properly-fitted […]
Your Pancreas The Body’s Quarterback

By Joen Lane, Ideal Family Weight Loss & Life Balance Center Last month we talked about carbohydrates and the effect that specific types of carbs have on your body once you ingest them. There are still many people who believe that it doesn’t really matter what we eat since everything is ultimately turned into glucose […]