Helping Teens Understand Unhealthy Dating Relationships
Most adults would agree that the teen years can be a vulnerable period. Teens juggle the mastery of many tasks during this phase. One of the most important is developing the tools needed to form healthy partner relationships. Unfortunately, for many teens, an introduction to unhealthy relationships occurs during this time. According to the CDC,…
Roe v. Wade, the Story of Two Sides
A few days ago, several friends and I went to the Arena Stage to see “Roe,” a play by Lisa Loomer. It was an incredibly powerful play about the landmark Supreme Court Ruling (Roe v. Wade) handed down 44 years ago. My husband remembers participating in one of his early political marches as a teenager…
Food, Glorious Food – A Valuable Resource
“You waste life when you waste good food” – Katherine Anne Porter Not a soul would go to bed hungry if we did not waste the food we grow….
Fit or Thin: Which is more important??
In the media and in medical literature, there are debates about which is more important for a long healthy life, being fit or being thin. There isn’t a simple answer, so I’d like to thank my colleagues for debating these points with me recently. For sure, FITNESS is VERY important. Fitness – being able to…
Bob Dylan and the Women’s March in Washington: Let Your Life Speak!
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? And where have you been my darling young one? I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways I’ve stepped in the middle of seven sad forests I’ve been out in front of a dozen dead oceans I’ve…
Mindful Eating to a More Healthy Living
Humans, as we know, traditionally have five senses: Sight (ophthalmoception), hearing (audioception), taste (gustaoception), smell (olfacoception or olfacception), and touch (tactioception). We are fortunate if we have all five senses intact. Which sense is most important to you? Would you rather be deaf than blind? Could you forgo your sense of smell? Did you know…
Can You Walk Off Your Dumplings?
We just came back from a week of vacation to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Looking back, it was truly a foodies trip since we had gone to California quite a few times and did not need to sight see so much. Being Vietnamese, going to LA is a big treat as it has the…
A Message for 2017
Good Bones Life is short, though I keep this from my children. Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways, a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways I’ll keep from my children. The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative estimate, though I keep this from my children….
Get Fit, Live Longer
There is much discussion in the medical literature about which is more important for a long healthy life, being fit or having a healthy weight. There isn’t a simple answer, so I’d like to thank my colleagues for debating these points with me over the past few days. For sure, FITNESS is VERY important. From…
I Am Grateful for Aleppo’s Suffering
I used to wonder why some humans do not seem to mind inflicting pain on others. Why can’t we all try to get along with each other? Why can’t we, especially if we are religious, practice what we were taught in churches and temples and mosques that everyone should try to be kind and loving…