Did you know you can safely clean wax out of your ears? You don’t need me as your doctor to do it. “Safely” means NOT using a Q-tip in your ear canal. That can be disastrous, even if you have done it for years. A relevant study was published in the Journal of the...
In honor of National Hydration Day on June 23, let's dive into hydration. To review the pitfalls of dehydration and your thirst sensation, review my post on thirst. H2O = Happiness A poll of 2,000 Americans found that drinking water and happiness are directly...
It's summer! More access to the great outdoors! . . . and the sun . . . and swimming . . . and sports . . . and sprains, bug bites, sunburn, headache, earache . . . What to do? Of course, practicing prevention comes first. Cover up, use nontoxic sunscreen, use...
Water is a living being. As such, water has a life cycle. Understanding water's life cycle will help us choose water to support our life cycle. After all: the water cycle and the life cycle are one- Jacques Cousteau Let's dive in! As told to us by the great "Water...
I had a cold. My nose was dripping, sometimes gushing like a faucet spewing a thin liquid. It burned the delicate skin under my nostrils as I hastened to wipe it away. My eyes watered in waves like my nose. I had a slight headache in my forehead. It tickled in the...
You most likely know that you need to hydrate your body, especially in the desert. So you drink water. Is that the end of it? There is more! Hydration can be a lot more fun than simply putting water in your gullet. And hydration can be so much more effective than...
Spring’s here. My response this year is to get in the dirt. I am compelled to abandon my computer, get out of my head, and immerse myself in Nature. The compulsion is so strong that I cannot focus for long on email and phone responses, nor do anything outside of just...
Call 707-998-8410, and you just might hear the voice of a kid encouraging you that way. 700 callers per hour have taken advantage of this free hotline since they launched it February 26. Kids' voices will prompt you with a menu of options: If you're feeling mad,...
Living in the high desert of Arizona, I am very grateful for water! How can we better protect water and perhaps have an abundance of water in the ground? This is what I ponder today, World Water Day 2022. Fortunately, I have help from a community known as Water...
Michele wanted to know exactly what I do when I meditate. As you will see, it is an adventure. An adventure into the Stillness where I find peace. I was interviewed on Todd and Michele's Adventures in Meditation platform in the "Every Day Meditators" Interview series....
