Cultural hang-ups
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Curiosity
What does it mean to be a kid at heart? One of the most unhealthy sayings of all time is “curiosity killed the cat”. I remember as a child hearing this in various contexts, usually when I was asking questions about something that an adult wanted to squash and leave behind. The meaning left behind was…
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American’s are dying younger…
The average age of an American at death has been going down since 2014, and just recently took a steep dive in 2021, seven years later. I was trained and grew up in an era that believed in “American exceptionalism”. I took it for granted that we had the best medical system in the world, and…
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Connection
It is two days until Christmas and Thanksgiving seems like a distant memory. This time of year is busy for most. The thing that makes it busy is our plans to connect with relatives and friends to spend time, celebrate the holidays, and enjoy. So, why do we do this? That can be a long answer, and there are…
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Health habits
With a quick search on Google, Bing, or whatever search engine makes you happy, you can find advice on health habits that is completely overwhelming. I just did this and came up with 453,000,000 results. In other words, I could be busy for a very long time researching how to be healthy. In fact, if…
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