If you look at the rising cost of healthcare and the way the nation’s health are going, you have to understand that this “plan” simply isn’t working. Obesity and childhood diabetes are reaching epidemic levels. Heart disease and cancer are ravaging our population. More and more people are getting chronically ill and our current healthcare system is ill-equipped to deal with this crisis.
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Here’s a list of things you should consider for this year’s Winter Solstice:
1- Have you closed out your 2011 projects? What things do you not want to carry into 2012? What do you need to finish, schedule in, or simply drop in order to maintain your sanity? How important is it? WHY are you doing it and does it serve you/your family?
2- Have you spent time telling the people you care for that you love them? It doesn’t take long…do it now. (more…)
Dr. Dale Archer is a charismatic psychiatrist who’s got a lot to say about education and the idea of what is considered “normal” in America today. We discussed anxiety, depression, education, and ADHD among many other things. He’s a delightful man and is really great to listen to. Here’s the archived show:
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A couple nights ago I got off a plane from a two week trip to Europe. My wife and I had spent hours and hours walking around Paris and Amsterdam among people from all ages and walks of life. Young and old- people walked around and were moving their bodies.
Waiting for our luggage at the belt, there was a middle aged woman who came up to us and started to complain that the airport didn’t have golf cart service to bring her through the enormous terminal (maybe half a mile). She was pissed! How dare they make me walk that much!
This was the same woman we saw chain smoking in one of those “designated areas” in the previous airport. She was overweight, cranky, and, at this point, trying to enroll me in her fury. I smiled and consoled her but walked away thinking about the stark difference I’d seen in her European counterparts.
Why is it that we EXPECT people, the State, our companies, or the airports to take care of us when we have chosen to not take care of ourselves? Nobody forced those cigarettes on her. Nobody force-fed her the bad food. Yet, it is now the airport’s fault that she is tired because she is forced to do the one thing that we evolved to do best on this planet- move around. This is de-evolution in my opinion.
The socio-economic implications are also important. Her demanding a cart means the airport has to pay for it- the cart, the power, the staff, the insurance…all of it. Well, guess where the airport gets that money? US. Yeah- like any business, they either raise the airport fees or draw more tax dollars…however the heck they do it, WE are the ones having to pay that bill.
July 4th- 1776. We were under the tyrannical oppression of the English Crown. Over-taxed and burdened by the Central Bank of England, we were fed up and wanted our freedom. We fought for that freedom and are now risking losing it again…to the FED, to Goldman Sachs, and to the international treaties that bind us to laws we didn’t vote for. That, however, isn’t the main issue at hand in my opinion.
The real issue is freedom for our consciousness. Humanity has fallen asleep to a dreary trance and is being leveraged to act, vote, think, and fight for reasons we are not even aware of. We sit in front of the tube and buy what we are told to buy because hopefully “this new thing” will make me happy. Nope- sorry bud, keep feeding the meter.
Today is the day where we can declare our independence and break free from tyranny. Here’s a list of a few areas where you may consider some action:
1- Your health - the “sickcare” system in the US is spiraling out of control and bankrupting the nation. Doctors have no incentive to keep people well as the drug companies keep promising miracle cures to issues that are lifestyle related. Personal responsibility is the key here. Take control of your diet, start to exercise, learn to meditate, control your stress response, and get good sleep. Basic lifestyle is the “miracle” cure oftentimes. Stop eating GMO garbage food and you’ll need less drugs. The whole system is a trap- designed to extract your money and keep you dependent on your job for the health insurance.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Wollman about healthcare and wellness today on Well.Org radio. Dr. Wollman is an esteemed “Medical Guide” who helps patients navigate their way through our crazy healthcare system. He’s a deep guy with tons of insight and spent several years on the front lines as an ER doc. He’s seen it all and has some great wisdom to kick down for people trying to get healthy.
Dr. Wollman is another featured physician in the upcoming “Vitality Movie”.
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I had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Bruce Lipton, author of “The Biology of Belief – Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles” today on Well.Org radio. He is prominently featured in my upcoming movie titled “Vitality”. We had a chance to discuss genetics, epigenetics, beliefs, health, new science, and fate. He’s good fun…enjoy.
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On this memorial day, we sit here spinning around on a globe with war all over. Some of it seems to make sense and other conflicts, well, not so clear. There’s a lot of mercenary energy out there now…lots of wars waged for corporate and political interests. There are also wars for resources…oil, ore, and water…more and more so. Some fight to survive. Some fight for what’s fair. Others- well they fight because it pays the bills.
I just recently sat and watched the The Lord of the Rings Trilogy again and remembered why I LOVE Tolkein and Peter Jackson so much. There are masterpieces out there and this is one of them…truly.
One particular line that stuck with me was from Legolas looking out on the horizon and telling Aragorn that there was a “restless malice” rising and that it would have to be met in battle. Restless malice? Yeah…there is evil in this world and it can’t let things be. There are people and forces on this planet that are not at ease and their inner demons drive them towards behavior that is malicious and very disturbing. Most people are good but it is this “restless malice” that is at times simmering and others boiling over (Nazi Germany) that forces the good people of the world to step up and fight for what’s right and just.
On March 24, 2011, In Health and Wellness, Popular Issues, By Pedram
I’ve been hearing a lot about barefoot running and Vibram “five finger” shoes in my clinic. All sorts of people are eating Paleo diets and going retro with barefoot running. I usually wait for fads to pass and see what remains after the dust settles. This time, an elite athlete friend of mine with many similar orthopedic issues to my own was raving about how his back pain had gone away since he started using these shoes. That got my attention. I started asking around and several of my doctors and physical therapists were also raving about them…I decided to give them a try.
