Imagine the following scenario: You and your spouse are invited to a large social gathering. Someone approaches you with a big smile and a warm greeting, and then asks you about your children, your job etc. You smile and exchange pleasantries and she then tells you how great you look, and how it was just

Do you find yourself having a hard time getting out of bed in the morning? Do you feel too tired in the evening to exercise? Have you put on a few pounds this winter? Have you noticed that this pattern occurs every year? During the spring and summer, you enjoyed long walks, running, swimming, riding

When you were a little child, your parents probably read you the classic children’s story, “The Little Engine that Could” written way back in 1930 by Watty Piper. I was read this story when I was a child and I read it to my children. But just in case you never had the opportunity to

Many of us either have had experience with or at least have heard of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation, sometimes called “rehab,” is often prescribed post-surgery or after one has sustained mental, emotional, or physical injury. Recently, a program of “prehabilitation,” already employed for a number of years prior to surgery, has been implemented for people with a

The concept of creating a special day on which to give “thanksgiving” in the United States dates to 1621 in Plymouth Rock.  Most kindergarten children can explain to you in colorful detail that the Pilgrims, newly arrived in this land, gave thanks at that time for a good harvest. In 1863, during the Civil War,

You go to your doctor for your annual checkup. She tells you to lose a few pounds (this does not come as a major surprise to you) and to decrease sugar in your diet. She wants to see you in three months to review your lab reports and check your blood pressure.  You leave the

The Yomim Tovim are over, the leaves have turned from green to beautiful shades of red, orange, and yellow. There is a chill in the air, and in the morning there may even be a light frost on the windshield of your car. Everyone is back to their routines of school, work, carpools, meetings, doctors’

The memories of summer are starting to fade and the days are getting a little cooler and shorter; teachers and students are back in school and Fall is about to begin.  For us as Jews, the arrival of this season also marks the emotional anticipation of the Yomim Noraim (Days of Awe/High Holidays). Many of