What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the phrase “coming out of the closet”? If you’re like most people, my guess would be that you’re thinking that someone has decided to tell the world that they are gay. I must confess that that would probably have been my first thought as well. Over the past year or so, I’ve started to think of the phrase more along the lines of anything that a person is hiding about themselves....

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How do you plan a victory party? A little over a year ago there was a municipal election in our city. I heard a few people walking around saying they really wanted change in the position of Mayor. Others were saying that they thought the existing mayor was doing a good job and hoped he would get back in. I took my stance as well. Then someone asked me if I was going to sit back and let things happen or if I was going to stand up for my beliefs...

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As you slide into yet another new year, what are you going to do with your new year’s resolution? Many of us will plan to lose weight, we’ll promise to eat better, we’ll get to the gym, etc. Well I say “Go for it!”. But while you’re at it, what if we all chose to live life to the fullest, to be the change we’d like to see, to stop waiting for something, to follow our dreams? You get to choose your...

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Do you believe that what you’re thinking has an impact on your reality and on your health? Over the past few months I have read a vast number of books and articles that talk about how our beliefs affect our reality. In my recent blog on healthcare I talked about the placebo effect and its impact on healing. Dr. Bruce Lipton in his book “The Biology of Belief” describes an experiment regarding surgery for patients with severe, debilitating...

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Do you ever wake up thinking that there must be more to life? Or planning to do something soon because you’d regret looking back on your life having not tried it? Are you waiting for that perfect moment to “just do it”? I certainly know that feeling well. I am a successful businessman that woke up one morning with a dis-ease, a message from my body that something was wrong. I spent time in the health care system, using the...

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When faced with any given situation, which root emotion do you act out of? I have heard several people suggest that there are really two emotions that are at the root of everything we feel, and those are love and fear. Happiness, peace, joy, and serenity are all emotions that are rooted in love. Anger, hate, jealousy and even confusion are emotions that are rooted in fear. It is the impact of these emotions that drive how we respond to any given...

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