by drsstephenson | Dec 14, 2021 | Blog, Lifestyle Medicine, Mindfulness
Are You Inflamed? December 14th, 2021 / Lifestyle Medicine Maybe you’ve heard of chronic inflammation. It’s not that kind of red, angry inflammation you get when you skin your knee or twist your ankle or get a splinter. It’s the kind that happens inside your...
by drsstephenson | Dec 13, 2021 | Blog, Lifestyle Medicine, Mindfulness
Holidays and Stress December 13th, 2021 / Lifestyle Medicine & Mindfulness Don’t you just love the holidays? The carols, the cookies, the consumerism? What? You don’t? You might be gratified to know that it’s not just you. Looking at a variety of surveys...
by drsstephenson | Oct 15, 2021 | Blog, Lifestyle Medicine, Mindfulness
6 Ways To Avoid Burnout And Get Your Energy Back October 14th, 2021 / Lifestyle Medicine / Mindfullness By Stephanie Burns Burnout, or that frustrated, irritated, exhausted, helpless feeling people get when they experience a high level of chronic stress over time,...
by drsstephenson | Jul 28, 2021 | Blog, Mindfulness
As I was writing my book, Vibrant, I went back and forth about including a section on stress. Should stress be part of the Vibrant Triad? Ultimately I decided no, because in reality, stress weaves its way through all parts of life. You can have stress related to food,...
by drsstephenson | Apr 28, 2021 | Mindfulness, Nutrition, Relationships
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and I’ve been pondering the mental health state of the world after a few long hard years of social distancing, isolation, decreasing diet quality, and more sedentary living. Really, the pandemic has been a recipe for a mental health...
by drsstephenson | Apr 28, 2021 | Lifestyle Medicine, Mindfulness
Sleep is one of the most important bodily functions for getting rid of metabolic waste products, healing and rebuilding the body, consolidating memories, and maintaining our physical as well as psychological wellness. Yet, a process so central to so many beings on...
