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Get Fit to Prevent Falls This Winter
By Marilyn Shreve
As cold, dark days creep in, we are reminded that winter is here—and with it, slippery patches of ice and snow. Practicing good fall prevention—like wearing rubber-soled shoes and having snow and ice removed from ...
Continue Reading Physical Activity Plays a Crucial Role in Chronic Disease Prevention
By Marilyn Shreve
Almost instantly after your finish your exercise "sweat" session, your blood pressure drops and feelings of anxiety die down. Don’t be surprised if your find your sleep improves too! In addition to stronger bones and ...
Continue Reading Health is Learning From Nature
By Marilyn Shreve
Yes, it is true, nature has healing power! Allowing ourself to integrate nature into your day more fully will make you healthier and happier. Use nature to turn over a new leaf, to discover, create ...
Continue Reading Health Is Enjoying a Pet
By Marilyn Shreve
When thinking about things to do to maintain your health, HAVING A PET belongs high on this list. Research suggests that our fluffy friend is good for your physical and mental health. Pets are non-judgmental ...
Continue Reading Think Health For a Change—Rethinking your health
By Marilyn Shreve
This book is the result of many years of counseling patients and friends about their health. The right words at the right time have the power to help improve a person’s health and consequently their ...
Continue Reading Health is Being Resilient
By Marilyn Shreve
Recently, facing two right hip operations and a fractured femur, I found myself thinking about the importance of being resilient. When something goes wrong, you tend to bounce back or fall apart. Resilience means being ...
Continue Reading Be Positive, It’s Good for Your Health
By Marilyn Shreve
Through positive thinking and commitment, you can move from one health accomplishment to another, using your successes as steppingstones. I recently suffered a fractured femur leaving me unable to put any weight on my right ...
Continue Reading Be Strong, Be Brave, Be Optimistic!
By Marilyn Shreve
Be Strong, Be Brave, and Be Optimistic! Think Health For A Change is the result of many years of counseling patients and friends about their health. The right words at the right time have the ...
Continue Reading POSITION YOURSELF CALM
By Marilyn Shreve
Three ways to keep your body more relaxed and Think Health for a Change. AT YOUR COMPUTER—Knees should be even with hips, with your computer monitor at eye level (7 Minute Back Pain Solution) ...
Continue Reading Medication Adherence Statistics
By Marilyn Shreve
Medication non-adherence is an enormous problem that is largely unaddressed by the healthcare system. Researchers have been studying the cause of medication non-adherence for decades and hundreds of papers have been published. Some of ...
Continue Reading Everyday Inspiration_Think Health For A Change
By Marilyn Shreve
We believe in home and that our home should restore us from the stresses of the day and ready us for tomorrow. We believe in seeking the balance between hustle and rest and learning to find contentment in both. We believe in kindness, knowing we are made better when we all work together. We believe…
Continue Reading Make Yourself Stronger
By Marilyn Shreve
More than ever we need qualities like grit, resilience and drive as well as physical power and stamina for a healthy mind and body. Fortunately. having one can make building all the others easier, research has found. Studies indicate that increasing your physical strength ” allows you to see that you can do difficult things…
Continue Reading The Biggest Obstacles To Changing The Standard of Health Care Are The Excuses
By Marilyn Shreve
Michelangelo had his Pope Julius II, Mozart his Colloredo. But they did not make excuses about the restrictions placed upon them. They made masterworks that changed the standards of art and music. In the US healthcare system, the medicines are complex, and the regulations are stifling but using the complexity of our healthcare system as…
Continue Reading Three Cheers for America’s Birthday!
By Marilyn Shreve
The Pledge of Allegiance just thirty-one words… whether we are aware of it or not, these thirty-one words carved out a place in our hearts—in the shape of a true patriot: a love of liberty, a defender of faith, a promoter of unity, a champion of peace, a protector of democracy and a guardian on…
Continue Reading For Long-Term Health and Happiness, Marriage Still Matters
By Marilyn Shreve
A new study in the journal Global Epidemiology authored by Dr, Brendan Case (Associate Director for Research at Harvard University’s Human Flourishing Program gain and Dr. Ying Chen, research associate), it makes the case in its findings that married women were more optimistic and had a greater sense of purpose. Their findings’ were striking. The…
Continue Reading Another Medical Revolution Is Under Way
By Marilyn Shreve
We sometimes forget that, as recently as the 19th century, people suffered through gruesome surgeries without anesthesia. The first part of the 20th century saw only slow progress in clinical medicine. Even by the early 1970s, doctors, for the most part, could only observe the human devastation caused by serious diseases. Physicians had little in…
Continue Reading AWAKENINGS
By Marilyn Shreve
Spring, a time of awakening. Everything is clear and fragrant. “Live in each season as it passes: Breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.” Henry David Thoreau Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it. By finding beauty in the ordinary , you can add…
Continue Reading Declutter Your Mind
By Marilyn Shreve
“If you don’t know what to do with it, or where to put it, or why you ever bought it in the first place, or if looking at it depresses you, throw it out,” say Leslie Raycraft my friend and CEO of Posh Organizing in Connecticut. According to Gail Blanke, a personal life coach, here…
Continue Reading It’s Time to BREATHE
By Marilyn Shreve
Studies have shown that increasing the flow of oxygen to the brain and lungs can help reduce stress and impose endurance. As we face change in our world, just a thought to help you remember to breathe.
Continue Reading Hope, Wish and Dream DAILY!
By Marilyn Shreve
Record your holy cow revelations. Answer the big “why not?” questions. Make your own life…in dreams there are no impossibilities. Capture new ideas that encourage you to press on regardless. Expand on those magical callings that give your heart wings. Celebrate the dreamer in you. Life is the grand adventure and only a life worth…
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