When you’re ill it is easy to feel isolated and have a narrow focus.  It is almost as if your heart shrinks along with your vision.  Part of healing includes expanding your thoughts to beyond the immediate.  This cannot be forced, but it can be encouraged by various habits such as practicing gratitude and connecting…

Perhaps the heart is the organ whose health is most dependent on love. The quality of our relationships is the single biggest predictor of our happiness, and a strong predictor for health.  We are social beings; as is noted in Genesis, it is not good for humans to be alone. Dr. Lori Mosca, preventive cardiologist,…

Perhaps the heart is the organ whose health is most dependent on love. The quality of our relationships is the single biggest predictor of our happiness, and a strong predictor for health.  We are social beings; as is noted in Genesis, it is not good for humans to be alone. Dr. Lori Mosca, preventive cardiologist,…

At the beginning of January you may have been gung ho about your resolution.  Perhaps it was not as compelling as promises you made to yourself about behavior change when you were hospitalized with chest pain, but your intentions were and still are real. Take heart, behavior change is a process which occurs over a…

It’s now the third week of the New Year, how are you doing on sticking with your plans? This is about the time when people begin to “forget” about their resolutions.  Above are some other words I’ve been reading which refer to what we set out to accomplish this year, a vision, goals and even…

Last week’s blog focused on where you want to go and who you want to be in the New Year.   Now, comes the practical task of Setting Goals.  This requires you to know your starting point as well as the end point.  The post of Dec. 22, 2011, Gift of Compassion for yourself is a…