Discipline

Discipline

Trish was working on her weekly guest blog and she said she wasn’t feeling it. She switched to another draft she had in progress and still wasn’t feeling it. In the end, she fought through her malaise and got it done. That’s one of the hallmarks of discipline. You...
Make the best of it (by Trish)

Make the best of it (by Trish)

The physical distancing requirements during covid-19 caused a swift removal of red tape that might prevent telemedicine from being covered by insurance. This enabled the functional medicine center where I work to see many of our high-risk patients from the safety of...
Avoid and prepare for risk

Avoid and prepare for risk

Many of my clients are at higher risk of falling. My highest priority is to help reduce this risk by improving balance. The ability to move with confidence pays off in everything you do. Even with great balance, it’s best to assume that you will fall at some point....
It’s all relative

It’s all relative

Back in my Boston days, I worked with some people from the Midwest. I remember them saying that people from the area were not very friendly. At the time, I thought we were friendly and didn’t really understand what they meant. Later, Trish and I were at Lake Tahoe and...
Life is like a jumble

Life is like a jumble

Trish and I often solve the word jumbles in our local newspaper. Some words that she easily solves are challenging for me and vice versa. It strikes me as a good indicator of how even people with a huge amount in common think differently. Our vocabularies have more in...
Welcome back, old friend

Welcome back, old friend

I finally put my summer car back on the road. A sporty BMW convertible, it stays in the garage for the winter and usually comes out mid-spring when there’s no danger of snow. I was not so lucky this year. Last autumn I realized I needed new rear tires to pass...