“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” –Dalai Lama XIV I don’t know why I thought that there were no mosquitos in Europe. I especially don’t know why I thought there were no mosquitos in Amsterdam, a city that is literally made of landfill and canals….
One of the reasons I chose chiropractic as a profession is that I like to fix things. I think I got this from my mother. Whenever I asked a question, she had an answer. Sometimes, it was a wrong answer. But to her, that wasn’t the important thing. The important thing was to have an…
Want to healthify your hair? I know, healthify isn’t really a word. But why would you not want to healthify your hair? I was questioning if I should chime in on this whole hair thing and all. I don’t have naturally long, luxurious, thick hair. My hair is very fine, and as the years pass,…
I made a Facebook video, “Chill Out in Five Minutes or Less,” last April. I embedded the video below. But first…you need to know that the reason I posted it isn’t the reason I gave in the video itself. I want you to know why I posted it. I posted it because something happened to…
I’ve known Jack Tricarico for going on three and a half years now. Jack is an accomplished painter and poet from New York City. He also teaches tai chi and meditation. He is turning 80 next month. Since I’ve known him, he has touted the practice of tai chi, and credited it with saving his…
How do you spot if you’re talking yourself out of a good thing? I’m not talking about an impulse buy. I’m talking about that noun — that person/place/thing/idea — that you’ve been thinking about for weeks. Months. Years. Are you taking too long to think about it? Whether it’s an idea, a pair of jeans,…
Fear is Holding Us Back If you haven’t seen the movie, Defending Your Life, you should. It is an incredibly intelligent Albert Brooks comedy from 1991, starring Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep. I don’t know many people who remember the movie, and that’s unfortunate. For me, this was a bellwether story. It voiced something that I…