Healthy and Simple

A close friend of mine was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It wasn’t a huge surprise. She hadn’t been taking care of herself; she ate a diet heavy in fats and sweets, and got very little exercise. She also has a family history of diabetes so with that kind of background and that kind [...]

Sometimes it feels as if you can’t turn around without bumping into another study that tells you how wonderful exercise is. Most of it is stuff you probably already know – at least it is if you read Health and Simple regularly – but once in a while you come across some fun new benefit [...]

How do you gain self – knowledge?
Here are some things to consider as you ponder that question.  First of all why is it important to have self-knowledge? Well, it’s important to understand your own basic attributes, strengths and weaknesses or limits so you can better cope with the world as it presents itself to you.
Understanding [...]

Most people think of them as the left brain and the right brain. The left brain is the logical one, the one that deals with linear thinking, like solving math problems or planning a road trip. The left brain thinks analytically, it’s responsible for understanding languages, numbers, words and writing. The right [...]

I was watching the news, which reminded me of the beginning of a Beatles song: “I heard the news today… oh boy..”
…and I was thinking about how we don’t consider what we consume in thoughts.  Right – thoughts.  We consider our diets and what is good for us, we consider our fitness and how much [...]

I don’t know about you – honest, I don’t! – but when I was growing up summers were long, languid affairs. You spent a lot of time just hanging out, doing nothing. It was a time to play soccer with your mates, make up games of your own, and sometimes just hang around staring at [...]

I have a friend who has just undergone a mastectomy. She has cancer.  She recently came to a party we were throwing. Okay, it was our wedding.  I was afraid she would not be able to attend because she was going to have her first chemotherapy treatment the day before the wedding, but she came [...]