Building Strong Immunity
As masks come off, social distancing relaxes, and we find ourselves once again susceptible to other germs, it’s a good time to …
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Community and Well-Being: Find Your Score
The importance of community, perhaps once taken for granted, is today well understood as essential. Duke University Health has created …
Small Daily Adjustments Can Lead to Big Improvements in Well-being
As this new year gets off to a start, I’m working to settle into a few simple patterns that, over the course of the year, I’m adopting …
Moments of Awe
This past Friday I took my just-turned-two year old grandson out for his afternoon walk on the farm so his mother could decorate the …
Eating for Brain Health
With the arrival of December, we nudge toward the inevitable end-of-year health accounting. Eating certain foods can improve our health …
A Reflection Before the Thanksgiving Meal
This moment, whether spoken or thought, spiritual or secular, repetitive or spontaneous, embodies a kind of comforting ritual for our …