What we learned from Dr. Oz…

Wow, these folks made a difference in the lives of 1,841,697 at-risk teens… You’ve heard of the Peace Corps, right? We’ll these guys are like that…but for health. I’m talking about HealthCorps, the non-profit organization founded in 2003 by Dr. Mehmet Oz that’s rocking the world of the millennial generation, giving them the skills they […]
The One Reason Changing Your Life is Hard

Most of us would like to make positive changes in our lives, whether it’s healthier eating, regular exercise, defeating bad habits such as procrastination, or developing good habits such as decluttering, patience, mindfulness, reading and learning, or being more productive. Despite our best efforts, though, we tend to fall back into the same old habits […]
Why Guided Visualization?

Most of the BrainTap audio library sessions use guided visualization and relaxation. These techniques transport you out of your current space and into a new space of inner calm, peace, and tranquility. A natural byproduct of guided relaxation occurs when the muscles, ligaments, and tendons go loose and limp, thereby creating the relaxation response—the perfect […]
Healthy Fats for a Healthy Brain and Body

War on Fats It’s been nearly four decades since modern medicine began its war on dietary fat. Low-fat, non-fat, fat-free—the labels appear on thousands of products in every supermarket in America, along with claims that these highly-processed foods are somehow healthier alternatives to food eaten the way nature intended. Most people are still confused about […]
Meditation—The New Medication

While meditation and mindfulness have been making headlines lately, both have been practiced for thousands of years all over the world. It may be as simple as breathing in deeply, and setting your focus to the present moment, to more disciplined practices, such as transcendental meditation (TM), which was popularized in the 60’s. The problem […]
Side-effects of worrying worse than what you’re worried about

We all worry at times—about bills, kids, jobs and the economy to name a few. But when worry becomes a constant in our fast-paced lives, it can seem as if there’s no end in sight. Worry is one of the most common causes of suffering in America. It contributes to stress, overeating, smoking, alcoholism and drug […]
Sugar Identified as a Top Cause of the Surge in Cancer

Over-Consumption Of Sugar According to recent research, sugar can be blamed for a multitude of disease–and it doesn’t stop just at obesity. 40% of US healthcare expenditures are used to treat diseases directly related to the over-consumption of sugar. We spend more than $1 TRILLION each year fighting the damaging health effects of sugar–which runs […]