by Andrea Trank | Dec 25, 2023
More Likely If You Know and Focus on the 4 Keys to Happiness! If you are focusing on the four keys to being happier, then probably YES, according to Dr. Albert Brooks, Harvard PhD who teaches the Art and Science of Happiness. Those four elements are family, friends,...
by Andrea Trank | Jul 13, 2023
Getting off the Energy Roller Coaster “Summertime and living is easy”, so says Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald in this famous song. But when you are on a roller coaster of emotions and energy from living with chronic pain or a chronic autoimmune condition it may...
by Andrea Trank | Mar 19, 2023
Yes…but…. Mark Nepo, a spiritual leader, author and cancer survivor… wrote it this way… “It keeps coming down to this: There is no tomorrow, only a string of todays. Still, like most of us, I was somehow taught,,, to fill the future with everything...
by Andrea Trank | Dec 4, 2022
What Causes the Flare Ups for People with Chronic Health Issues? Getting a simple virus can leave you with symptoms for far longer than the average person who gets sick. It is a combination of factors—one, the virus finds your weak spots, and two, your immune system...
by Andrea Trank | Nov 21, 2022
Do you have 15 minutes each day to easily improve your health? More than 225 studies have shown that joy and happiness are good for us. What creates joy is a bouquet of components including gratitude, according to Elissa Epel, Phd. Professor and Vice Chair of the...
by Andrea Trank | Nov 13, 2022
How was your week? Really, how was it? This week was tough for me. I came down with a virulent stomach virus without any warning. I had my first thermography mammogram that came out not as well as I wanted. And, seven weeks post-Hurricane Ian, the strain of haggling...