Day 29 of 31-Day Series “Your Last Health Resolution”  With three days remaining in my series, my wife and I needed to connect. She's in the midst of her own 31-day series on "Resurrected Dreams", as well as launching a new stationery line and children's clothing line. She's designing and sewing the line herself. [...]
Day 28 of 31-Day Series “Your Last Health Resolution” Henry White, a 21-year-old junior, played basketball for Grambling State University. According to those around him, White was "in tremendous shape". At 6'6" White looked the part of a college athlete. But the morning of August 26, 2009 would push his body to the limit. White [...]
Day 27 of 31-Day Series “Your Last Health Resolution” This is our final week in this series. We now move from Mind-Body Connection to the final element in the PRIMEpathway wellness model: Essential Elements. We'll discuss sunshine, water, air and micronutrients. We start with sunshine. And we sure do need it up here in Minnesota. [...]
Day 26 of 31-Day Series “Your Last Health Resolution” Make Your Bed This particularly topic might seem humorous if the research wasn't so compelling. Have you ever really considered how making your bed could impact your life?  A survey of 68,000 people revealed some interesting correlations. 59% of people don't make their beds. Not [...]
Day 25 of 31-Day Series “Your Last Health Resolution" How do you change your mind to optimize your health? Your mental state can have a direct affect on your risk for disease. This Harvard School of Public Health report shows just one affect: “Negative emotions are only one-half of the equation,” says Laura Kubzansky, HSPH [...]
Day 24 of 31-Day Series “Your Last Health Resolution” Richard Davidson's colleagues call him the "king of happiness research." The professor or psychology at the University of Wisconsin has dedicated decades to trying to understand the essence of bliss and the effects on the body. In a study published in the Proceedings of the National [...]
Day 23 of 31-Day Series “Your Last Health Resolution”  I've studied a lot of research pertaining to longevity. And researchers have discovered much in the past 15 years. Perhaps the most compelling study of longevity involves the world's largest concentration of centenarians (people living over 100 years) in Okinawa, Japan.  Dr. Bradley Willcox, [...]
Day 22 of 31-Day Series “Your Last Health Resolution” Today we move from our discussion of Intake to the fourth element of the PRIMEpathway™ wellness model: Mind-Body Connection. Tom Rath and Jim Harter published some interesting findings in their book, Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements. A Harvard study collected research from a network of 12,000 [...]
Day 21 of 31-Day Series “Your Last Health Resolution” I hate to even write this post honestly. It makes me sick to my stomach. Those of you who know me know my passion for justice. It drove me into serving as an officer in the Marine Corps. It drives me today. The Associated Press just [...]
Day 20 of 31-Day Series “Your Last Health Resolution” Weight management doesn't just involve counting calories. As we've covered in the previous days, much depends on the type of calories you're consuming. But you should still ask the question, "How many calories do I need?" Knowing your daily caloric needs gives you a benchmark for [...]
