Category: Better Living

5 Steps to Being Your Own ‘Doctor’

In the days of packed hospitals, burned out health care workers, and no legitimate answers to chronic health concerns, it’s time to consider becoming your own doctor. Now, before anyone goes off the deep end and defends the system as the only option to improve your health, let me be clear upfront that the current…


A Research-Backed Guide to Weight Training

Old-fashioned resistance training, such as lifting heavy weights repeatedly until you can’t, is the best way for older adults to slow, or even reverse, age-related muscle loss. Sarcopenia, the medical term for muscle loss, can boost the risk for falls and frailty. Resistance training (also called weight training) can be a huge help. It consists…


An Unlikely Philosopher

I don’t usually do book reviews, but when I was approached by author Vtaliy Katsenelson to review Soul in the Game: The Art of a Meaningful Life, I was intrigued by his back story. First of all, Katsenelson is the CEO of an investment firm in Denver. As an investment manager, you’d expect him to write a book…


Natural Ways to Help Fight Colds and Flu This Fall

Life is full of natural cycles that give us a pretty good idea of what we can expect. It’s like how when the weather cools, the leaves begin to change, and a gentle wave of viruses wash across the land bestowing colds and the flu. Both colds and influenza are caused by viruses. Colds generally…


What to Do When You’re Feeling Drained

Lately, I’ve noticed that a lot of people are feeling drained by life—the challenges they’re facing, their workloads, the anxiety of the world around them, and more. Someday soon I’ll write a longer guide on how to get yourself to a place of renewed resilience, but for this article, I would like to share how…


How to Make Progress When You Lack Motivation

“Just 30 minutes,” I told myself. I didn’t feel ready to start work yet, so I gave myself permission to catch up with my favorite websites first. But not too long, because there was work to do. When the timer chimed I was in the middle of something interesting, so I reset the timer for…


Don’t Underestimate How Your Brain Impacts Your Gut

Have you ever felt a little nauseous before giving a presentation or experienced some stomach pain during stressful events? If you have, it should be a clear indication of how closely your gut and brain interact. But it can go much further than those examples. After years of research, there’s little doubt that emotional and…


A Simple Protocol Is Stopping the Progression of MS

John Otwell was driven by desperation five years ago to search online for a non-pharmaceutical treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). That’s when he stumbled onto a social media page about the Coimbra protocol. He read testimonies including one by a young man who was playing piano after being unable to even lift his head, and…


Get Moving! Any Sports Can Lower Seniors’ Odds of Early Death

Here’s a fresh prescription for seniors who want to live longer and lower their odds of dying from cancer or heart disease: Lace up your running shoes or grab your tennis racket. A new U.S. National Cancer Institute study found older folks who played racquet sports lowered their risk of death by 16% over a…


Natural Skin Care for Around Your Eyes

Do you sometimes wish you could wear something over your head to hide the bags and dark circles under your eyes? One or more factors can cause the formation of pouches under your eyes or the raccoon look. They may be caused by insufficient sleep, a night of heavy partying with alcohol, or sleeping with…