by drsstephenson | Aug 19, 2020 | Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition, Physical Fitness
If there’s one thing that never goes out of style, it’s a fad diet. “I’ll sell you X, Y, or Z for easy weight loss” is a trick as old as the hills. Sometimes it’s a book touting some special tricks you’ve never heard of before, an article or a membership site with...
by drsstephenson | Jul 31, 2020 | Mindfulness, Nutrition, Physical Fitness
Whether you are exercising at home, social distancing when you walk the neighborhood or hike the trails, or are keeping a treadmill-width apart from the next person at the newly re-opened gym, I hope you are exercising. Exercise is so important for your physical as...
by drsstephenson | Jul 14, 2020 | Mindfulness, Relationships
I saw a startling article the other day, from a job discovery platform called DirectlyApply. It showed what remote workers could look like in 25 years. God willing, we won’t all still be stuck at home and social distancing for a quarter of a century, but I do suspect...
by drsstephenson | May 27, 2020 | Lifestyle Medicine, Mindfulness, Physical Fitness
Meditation is an important part of my life (and an essential part of my stress management efforts), but people often tell me, “Oh, I could never meditate!” They say they are too impatient, they don’t like to sit still, they can’t quiet their minds, they are too busy,...
by drsstephenson | May 21, 2020 | The Chalkboard
This spring has stirred many thoughts and some have been those of simple self-reliance. While home gardening has already grown in popularity over the last few years for a million reasons, the idea of cultivating an edible garden at home now has never been more...