The Mediterranean Diet has been shown to be extremely beneficial in preventing heart disease. The Nurses Health Study showed that following a Mediterranean Diet could dramatically reduce a woman’s chances of having heart disease.

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Modern life is filled with stress. Lifting our heart can be a way to reduce damaging stress. Lifting means opening and expanding. You can indeed lift your heart with these simple steps.

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A viral vertigo struck me this week. It made me think about how life can be an incredible learning experience.

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Hearts are made to soar.  They are destined to fly.  Do you know what I mean?
A few years ago, I saw woman in my cardiology practice (identity changed but a true story)  who was caught in an incredible rut.  Fear dominated her life.  She was afraid to move past what she agreed was a limited [...]

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Patience is a virtue. We’ve all heard this phrase. Many people say it in response to some difficulty or troubling event. But patience is more than just a virtue, it is a powerful medicinal for healing the heart.

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Our hearts need nourishment. They need to receive the proper ingredients for becoming well. We need to follow the proper diet but we also need to give ourselves what we need emotionally and spiritually.

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Even when the inevitable is staring us in the face, loved ones have trouble letting go. It’s normal. It’s natural to think someone will live forever, should live forever. But they don’t. Everyone dies. Our health care system needs to address this question- “When should we let go?”

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Are you looking for peace in a work gone crazy?  Sometimes it feels like there’s no hope.  Life seems to be spiraling out of control.  Our own lives can seem that way.
Most of what people want comes down to a sense of peace in their lives.  They may define it as happiness, contentment, or security.  [...]

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I see many people with heart disease. Sometimes its hard for me to understand how they let themselves get to the condition they are in.

But then I see my own frailties. I see at times my lack of will power.

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Do you feel good?  Are you happy?
Most of us go through spells where we feel up and then other times when we feel down.  Its a natural phenomenon, but did you know that how you feel can affect your physical heart health?
It’s true most of us tend to think that how we feel is just [...]

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