Browsing the archives for the lifestyle modification category

Gratitude Redux

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I want to express my appreciation for many blessings: Family, health, a new community, meaningful work, and sustenance: from the earth, our colleagues, trainees and friends old and new. I am reposting an essay about a how the simple act of daily thanks transformed a man’s life for the better. [...]

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Thank You for Not Smoking Redux

Your employer can tell you to smoke outside. Can they tell you not to smoke at all?

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Gratitude

How a pledge to write thank you notes changed a man’s outlook. And his life.

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Boomers 2011

Let the transition begin. Boomers start becoming Oldsters in 2011.

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Thank you for Not Smoking

How well does e-smoking approximate the real thing? Hope you had a pleasant Thanksgiving. GlassHospital was on the road again, taking the kids to visit the hometown of Cleveland, health mecca of the eastern Midwest. Had Thanksgiving dinner at my aunt and uncle’s. My aunt is a culinary master; she loves to pull out all [...]

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