Your internal GPS system AKA your emotions We are so addicted to our emotions.  We think about them.  We want to change them.  We want to deny them.  We label them.  We talk about them.  We want better ones.   I’ve got two words for you.  Stop it. Stop judging your...

Do this one thing and your life will change, guaranteed.   It’s so simple and smacks us in the face, if we would just listen.  For those that have or have had young children, remember when your child would say ‘mom, mom, mommmmmm, mom are you listening to me?”  Of...

“If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do matters very much.”  Jackie Kennedy I knew I wanted to have children when my husband and I married.  I just wasn’t sure how good a mother I would be.  When I was 12 I had my first babysitting job...

Today marks 100 days without alcohol for me.  I’m not going to keep counting after this.  But on August 7, 2017, when I decided that I wasn’t going to drink alcohol anymore,  I counted out 100 days on my Iphone and today happens to be the day.  And yes I’m quite proud...

by Dr. Denise Chranowski One day I was talking to a friend about drinking and wanting to drink less and he said, “I know one day I’ll stop drinking.  I’m just not sure when that day will be.” It hit me square between the eyes.  It seemed so crystal clear.  The day for...

Well it’s the time of year where the fun filled days of summer are coming to an end.  Enjoy these remaining warm days and put these 5 tips of re-igniting your health to work. Detox and Declutter. Give your body a break from all the junky food we eat in the summer. ...

I entitled this Ode to Hunter because our soon to be 19 year old son, Hunter, when asked what he wants to be when he grows up, responds, “I just want to be happy.”   I just want to be happy.  It’s what I really want to be.  I think it’s a fair request, so do...

Many of us are familiar with health savings accounts (abbreviated HSAs), a separate bank account where you accumulate money to cover medical costs that are not covered by your insurance company.  I’d like to remind you about a different health savings account….. one...

We fear so much.  The phobia list is endless. Here’s the top 5: Arachnophobia – The fear of spiders Ophidiophobia – The fear of snakes Acrophobia – The fear of heights Agoraphobia – The fear of open or crowded spaces Cynophobia – The fear of dogs Fear will always be...