This year and to be candid, the last three years have been the most challenging of my 55 years of life and 30 years of marriage. Life experiences demanded far more of me than my career did. Sometimes I jokingly comment to my wife, “Who will try and kill me today?” I submit the following …

One of the major components of the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training for helping someone experiencing a non-crisis mental health challenge is to encourage the individual to engage in self-care. As an instructor for MHFA, each time I conduct the training I am struck by how difficult it can be to help someone engage …

I am often asked to recommend Lunch & Learn speakers for employers. Often, these requests for speakers are centered on a wellness topic. “We would like to have a speaker talk about nutrition,” they could say. Or they may ask, “Can you recommend someone to speak on the importance of sleep?” The challenge comes when …

Ever since COVID or what I commonly refer to as “lockdown”, I’ve expressed to others in my closest circle of friends and family my diminished sense of time. Remembering events is not the issue but sequences of events can be a bit foggy. What month was that wedding? Was it 2020 or 2021 we went …

Commuting across Atlanta does not need to be a waste of time as I often take the commute as an opportunity for self-care and enhancing my understanding of wellbeing.  Most often, this is via podcasts that inform, educate, motivate, and challenge me regarding wellbeing.  Many of the books sitting on my nightstand are books I …

In our fast-paced and nnEMF-saturated world, it’s commonplace to feel anxious, stressed, nauseated, and generally exhausted. The practice of grounding may offer a powerful drug-free remedy to these challenges as well as a multitude more. Combating inflammation, cardiovascular disease, muscle damage, chronic pain, and poor mood are some additional claims made by research in support …

Naaman was the commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man and highly regarded by the king, but he had leprosy. Eventually, Naaman found his way to the prophet Elisha, who provided Naaman with a cure: “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be …

Did you sleep well last night? Yeah, me either. In the last couple of years, my sleep has greatly improved though thanks to my wife doing some research and we both being aware of the causes of poor sleep. That doesn’t mean we always make the right choices and later (like last night) pay for …

It’s the time of year when many organizations are setting their calendars for the coming year. Hopefully, part of that strategic planning includes an annual wellbeing calendar containing carefully selected wellbeing campaigns. A wellbeing campaign details an employer’s time-specific strategic focus on a designated emphasis related to employee wellbeing. A campaign may include motivational education, …

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