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...

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...

Have you ever stopped to thank a mirror? You may not have done so consciously but picture this. You’re getting ready to go out, maybe to work or maybe you’re going out for dinner. As part of the process you go look in the mirror and you notice a pimple on your chin. Nonchalantly you take care of the matter at hand and continue to get ready and you’re on your way. Some time later you notice someone else that has a pimple on...

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...

Is it time to re-think the role that we as individuals play within the health care system? I think it is. Did you know? When the budget for the healthcare system in Ontario hit 30% of the tax dollars collected, people started to take notice within the health care system. When it hit 40%, there was alarm. The latest number I’ve heard is that 47% of our tax dollars are required to fund the current healthcare system, and with an aging...