Embrace 'Chewdaism'.. Respect Your Future Self.. Pipe Down
My Attempt At Becoming The Healthiest Person Alive

Ben Michaelis, Ph.D., 04/20/12

Clinical psychologist; Visiting Scholar at Columbia University; Co-founder, Downtown Clinicians Collective

Feelings and thoughts are not changed quickly, and anyone that tells you differently is a huckster. Lasting and meaningful personal change is not like having your oil changed at JiffyLube, as much as we might want it to be.

Ann Lopez, 04/20/12

Co-founder, The Lopez Foundation

Today, Donate Life America celebrates National Donate Life Blue and Green Day to inspire people to register as organ donors. Giving the Gift of Life, as organ donation is called, has had a profound effect on my own life.

Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler, 04/20/12

I noticed the other day that my daughters are some of the only kids at their school who wear sunglasses on a daily basis.

Janae Jacobs, 04/19/12

www.hungryrunnergirl.com

For me music is a tool to help me to stay in shape, become a better runner and to help motivate others to get a great workout, too.

Francesco Clark, 04/19/12

Francesco Clark is featured in the upcoming PBS series, This Emotional Life.

I started to realize that my work ethic, while good for work, was leading to an unbalanced life. It made me ask: How do you realize the difference between a passion and having a complex?

Dennis Merritt Jones, 04/19/12

Award-winning author, Keynote speaker, spiritual mentor

We need to remember that infinite intelligence is the soil, the essential foundation upon which we grow our lives. Then we can view the challenges in our lives as blessings. It is that contrast that develops our character and deepens our spiritual roots in the rich soil of being.

Kelly Trotter King, 04/19/12

Educational consultant and President of Generation Think

Sometimes though, life is paradoxical and the teacher becomes the student. A few weeks ago, I suffered a devastating miscarriage. It was my first pregnancy and I was eight weeks along. The news was shocking and came on an early Thursday morning.

Nancy K. Humphreys, 04/18/12

Writer, Brucenomics.com

Doctors have created dictionaries full of terms, in Latin no less, to talk to each other about medical issues. Why on earth can't they come up with a list of terms in English, words they trust patients can use to tell them exactly what feels wrong with us?

Simona Rabinovitch, 04/18/12

I feel pretty amazing most of the time. And I worked hard to get here -- a decade of learning about nutrition, yoga, holistic wellness and my body, while implementing lifestyle adjustments like tons of exercise and fresh air.

Nick Ortner, 04/18/12

Creator and Executive Producer, 'The Tapping Solution'

We've found an important tool that promotes recovery from PTSD in war veterans. It's the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), otherwise known as Tapping, which combines Western psychotherapy with the Eastern "acupressure points" used in acupuncture.

Dr. Judith Rich, 04/18/12

Rx For The Soul: For spiritual beings learning to be human - www.judithrich.com.

I find this idea of using technology to help us get and stay connected with the soul and learn how to nurture it in our daily lives an interesting concept, for I've always thought of the soul itself as our internal GPS.

Leo Galland, M.D., 04/18/12

Practicing physician, author and leader in integrated medicine.

Two conditions are creating what may become the perfect storm for transmission of Lyme disease this spring.

Art Markman, Ph.D., 04/17/12

Executive Editor, Cognitive Science; Psychology and Marketing Professor, UT Austin; Director, the Program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations

The key to breaking out of habitual ways of looking at objects is to list all of the features of the objects and then to describe them by looking at what they are made of rather than by thinking about their function.

Will Shanklin, 04/17/12

Author: 'How to Breathe Like a Baby'

One way to let go of resistance is to allow yourself to have imperfections. This means that, while you're dreaming your dreams, you welcome the parts of your life that aren't there yet.

Kenneth L. Weiner, M.D., FAED, CEDS, 04/17/12

Founding Partner, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Eating Recovery Center

When it comes to eating disorders, the conventional wisdom -- or the belief that anorexia, bulimia and other related disorders are a "teenage girl's disease" -- isn't so wise. In fact, it's just plain wrong.

Agapi Stassinopoulos, 04/17/12

Author of 'Unbinding the Heart'

"Exiled from my country for 50 years, I had to develop more experiences and practice compassion because compassion is enhanced when you are facing challenging situations."

Christy Matta, M.A., 04/17/12

DBT consultant; Author of 'The Stress Response'

It's painful to be stuck in negative thinking. When this goes on for a long period of time or when it interferes with your ability to function it's important to find strategies to lessen these symptoms.