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A REAL Wellness Tip - From Friedrich Nietzsche
Featured in: Wellness Report
You will not gain insights like this at worksite wellness sessions - and that's a pity. But, it's here for your consideration.If REAL wellness were offered at worksite wellness functions, employees would learn life skills large and small, particularly in the areas of philosophy and human happiness. As it is, worksite wellness is largely a medical endeavor focused on risk reduction and prevention, neither of which contributes much to the work setting as a learning environment. If philosophy were on the worksite wellness agenda, workers would have continuous opportunities to increase their capacities for reason, exuberance and liberty toward higher quality of life.
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I'm depressed
Featured in: A Patient's Journey
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan rage on, with no end in sight, and the debate on health care reform seems to be going nowhere.I've always hated this time of the year, with it's shorter days and colder temperatures, but this year seems to be worse. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan rage on, with no end in sight, and the debate on health care reform seems to be going nowhere.
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I have mantle cell lymphoma, and to be so bold as to quote a line from another blogger "it may kill me." Actually it is killing me, albeit very slowly at this point. In the mean time, I'm still able to function mostly as normal, going to work, riding my bike, playing golf and even planning for vacations.
In fact, if it wasn't for that fateful blood test of March 26, 2002, I still might not even realize I am sick.
But that isn't the case, so I decided to chronicle my life from the beginning (not from when I was born, mind you, but from that fateful day), and remembering it's not just about being sick. Even if you've been diagnosed with a terminal illness, that doesn't mean life ends.
We're all going to die, most of us just have different perspectives on when that is going to happen. It's how we deal with the living part of our lives, that makes a difference.
Is sickness caused by the germ or a poor immune system?
Featured in: Nutrition & Life
Kill the microbe or improve the immune system? What is the best way to prevent illness?This question which first came up in France in the mid 1800s is still worth asking today, because one's view of how to obtain optimal health and wellbeing depends upon which side of this debate one agrees with. Germ Theory was put forward most famously by French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur, and states that certain sicknesses are caused by the invasion of micro-organisms that cannot be seen without a microscope. As such, treatment or prevention involves figuring out which microbe (bacteria, virus, fungus, parasite) has invaded the body and then killing it to prevent or stop the disease. This is the theory upon which western medicine is based. You get sick, you go to the doctor and get an antibiotic/antiviral/antifungal to get better. Much of our food, like milk, juices, canned food and even nuts like almonds are pasteurized in order to eliminate the bacteria to avoid sickness. Many people use anti-bacterial soaps and hand sanitizers in order to prevent the spread of infection. These actions are all about killing the germ, and are in support of Germ Theory.
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I have always been interested in what we can do to make ourselves as healthy as possible. We cannot change our genetics, but there is much that is within our control that can have an impact on whether we are healthy or whether we suffer with pain and disease.
I was the top graduating student at the University of Toronto in Physical and Health Education in 1992, where I studied anatomy, physiology, exercise physiology, nutrition and how exercise can improve health. In 1997 moved to Vancouver and started a personal-training business.
I became frustrated by my inability to help my clients through their various aches and pains, and pursued further education through the CHEK Institute in San Diego. I learned an incredible amount, and became far more effective with my clients suffering from low-back pain, but still found some clients did not respond as I felt they should and I didn't understand why.
I began to read and read. I began to appreciate how nutrition and other lifestyle factors can have a huge impact on healing or the lack of healing. It became obvious to me that there is a lot more to orthopeadic problems than simply looking at the physical. I took the CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Consultation course which solidified what I had been learning. Disease is a function of bodily systems being out of balance, and when we do what is necessary to bring the individual back into balance our health is restored.
My hope is that through this site you can travel the wellness journey with me and prevent illness, or if you are ill, you can learn some ways to become well again.
An Afternoon of Exuberance In St. Petersburg
Featured in: Wellness Report
Andy Borowitz, Taylor Branch, former Senator Bob Graham, Olivia Gentile, Jane Velez-Mitchell and I at a festival of reading.Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) raised eyebrows in Iowa today when she refused to respond to a supermarket cashier's question about her preference for paper or plastic bags, calling the inquiry 'totally hypothetical.'
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Time Under Tension - the secret to weight-training success
Featured in: Nutrition & Life
"Time Under Tension" is a technique that is useful in ensuring you get the results you want from your weight-training program.I remember being a fly on a wall many years ago, listening in on a conversation between two exercise physiologists at the University of Toronto, arguing over which is more important for overall health, a weight training program or a cardiovascular training program. I think weight-training program wins the argument hands down, especially when one considers that if the exercise program is designed well, the participant will be getting a cardiovascular workout at the same time. So unless you are training for a particular athletic event such as a triathlon or 10km race, why bother spend all that extra time doing cardio? Most of us have better things to do with our time, and furthermore, aerobic training tends to break down muscle tissue which is counter-productive if you are trying to build strength or burn fat.
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I have always been interested in what we can do to make ourselves as healthy as possible. We cannot change our genetics, but there is much that is within our control that can have an impact on whether we are healthy or whether we suffer with pain and disease.
I was the top graduating student at the University of Toronto in Physical and Health Education in 1992, where I studied anatomy, physiology, exercise physiology, nutrition and how exercise can improve health. In 1997 moved to Vancouver and started a personal-training business.
I became frustrated by my inability to help my clients through their various aches and pains, and pursued further education through the CHEK Institute in San Diego. I learned an incredible amount, and became far more effective with my clients suffering from low-back pain, but still found some clients did not respond as I felt they should and I didn't understand why.
I began to read and read. I began to appreciate how nutrition and other lifestyle factors can have a huge impact on healing or the lack of healing. It became obvious to me that there is a lot more to orthopeadic problems than simply looking at the physical. I took the CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Consultation course which solidified what I had been learning. Disease is a function of bodily systems being out of balance, and when we do what is necessary to bring the individual back into balance our health is restored.
My hope is that through this site you can travel the wellness journey with me and prevent illness, or if you are ill, you can learn some ways to become well again.
Die Gedanken Sind Frei: REAL Wellness, Liberty And The White Rose Society
Featured in: Wellness Report
Americans are fond of reminding themselves that liberty comes at a price. Other citizens in unlikely placcs have also paid the price of freedom.Die gedanken sind frei
My thoughts freely flower
Die gedanken sind frei
My thoughts give me power
No scholar can map them
No hunter can trap them
No man can deny
Die gedanken sind frei.
I think as I please
And this gives me pleasure
My conscience decrees
This right I must treasure
My thoughts will not cater
To duke or dictator
No person can deny
Die gedanken sind frei
Tyrants can take me
And throw me in prison
My thoughts will burst forth
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Why I Am, Like Ingersoll, "Nothing But A Secularist Who Goes Around Promoting Secularism"
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Don recalls an historic occasion featuring the profound eloquence of Robert G. Ingersoll to explain why he is a secularistOne
highly charged word in this country, used by the devout to label
non-believers with a term they consider offensive or insulting, is
"atheist." When I was a teen in Catholic high school, the word was
usually linked with an economic system, as in "commie atheist." I
frankly did not know much about either, but I was irreverent enough
(i.e., asking impertinent questions like "how do you know that" or "but
who made God?") that at least one nun warned me that I might become one
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Promoting Wellbeing by Understanding the Essence of Humanity and Fostering Mind-Body-Spirit Development
Featured in: Quality Advocate
Discusses ways to foster the realization of positive human potential and community wellbeing.I've written two related posts this time:
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Dr. Steve Beller is a clinical psychologist, author, consultant, researcher, software inventor, and CEO/President of National Health Data Systems. His life goal is to work with others to help re-direct the course of humankind, so we don't have to be ashamed of the world we’re leaving our children.
Toward that end, Dr. Beller spent the past 25 years in creative pursuits, including inventing unique software systems, writing about the healthcare crisis and cures, and developing close personal and professional bonds with fine individuals across the globe.
Dr. Beller's current activities are devoted to (a) consumer empowerment through comprehensive mind-body-environment health assessments yielding deep understanding, “information therapy” supporting self-maintenance and knowledgeable decision-making, and guidance from collaboration with health professionals & peers; (b) continuous improvement of sick-care and well-care safety, effectiveness and efficiency through use of evolving evidence-based guidelines; (c) international efforts to improve the health and well-being of the elderly and impoverished; (d) establishment of cost-effective information exchange architectures using next-generation technologies; and (e) supporting first responders and trauma department staff in pandemics, disasters and terrorist attacks.
For more, please see his extended bio here.
The Czar of REAL Wellness Rules - With A Little Help From A Subject
Featured in: Wellness Report
Don offers his opinion on the matter at issue in the hotly debated campaign for governor of New Jersey.While nobody asked him to "rule" on the propriety of a campaign ad in New Jersey, "The Czar" has nonetheless decided to do so. For that matter, nobody asked him to assume the title of "Czar of REAL Wellness," either, but these are trying times—a true leader does what he thinks his country needs in a time of peril. Therefore, the "Czar of REAL Wellness" shall offer his opinion on the matter at issue in the hotly debated campaign for governor of New Jersey.
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Convergence of 3 Core Healthcare Reform Issues: American values, personal responsibility, and pragmatic solutions
Featured in: Quality Advocate
In the past few weeks, there's been a wonderful convergence of discussions focused on core issues underlying our country's healthcare reform debatesIn the past few weeks, there's been a wonderful convergence of discussions focused on core issues underlying our country's healthcare reform debates; these issues are: American values, personal responsibility, and pragmatic solutions for a sustainable healthcare system.
For example, in the past two weeks, the Hasting Center posted the following blogs:
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Dr. Steve Beller is a clinical psychologist, author, consultant, researcher, software inventor, and CEO/President of National Health Data Systems. His life goal is to work with others to help re-direct the course of humankind, so we don't have to be ashamed of the world we’re leaving our children.
Toward that end, Dr. Beller spent the past 25 years in creative pursuits, including inventing unique software systems, writing about the healthcare crisis and cures, and developing close personal and professional bonds with fine individuals across the globe.
Dr. Beller's current activities are devoted to (a) consumer empowerment through comprehensive mind-body-environment health assessments yielding deep understanding, “information therapy” supporting self-maintenance and knowledgeable decision-making, and guidance from collaboration with health professionals & peers; (b) continuous improvement of sick-care and well-care safety, effectiveness and efficiency through use of evolving evidence-based guidelines; (c) international efforts to improve the health and well-being of the elderly and impoverished; (d) establishment of cost-effective information exchange architectures using next-generation technologies; and (e) supporting first responders and trauma department staff in pandemics, disasters and terrorist attacks.
For more, please see his extended bio here.
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