My family and I recently traveled to Texas.  My oldest son was slated to play in the Southwest Regional for the Little League World Series.  What’s the first thing I did?  Text a long-time friend of mine who was real involved in Little League in Texas and usually volun...

Are you an optimist or a pessimist?  The answer to this question can have a dramatic influence on your health!  Most folks don’t know if they’re one or the other or a little bit of both.  I didn’t even know where I stood until I did the research for this article.  I’ll...

Last week we talked about the benefits of better sleep, which is great and all, but how do you actually do it?  How do you start getting better sleep today and thus reap the rewards?  I have 12 simple, straight-forward tips to get you sleeping better starting tonight!...

Kids never want to go to sleep.  Or at least mine don’t.  When they were younger especially, I would tell them, ‘I wish someone would make me eat and make me go to bed at a decent hour’.  There’s a point in life when our rational mind takes over and we decide sleep is...

Stress.  Let’s face it.  We all have it.  The people who don’t read this article are simply in denial or aren’t ready to face it.  Stress is the kudzu that looks pretty benign at first,but then takes over everything. It grows out of control.  This can lead to adrenal f...