• 3 Doctor-Recommended Gut-Healing Dinners

    Many of my patients don’t have time to cook, resorting instead to unhealthy takeout, prepackaged foods, or skipping dinner altogether. You don’t need to turn dinner into a seven-course Martha Stewart–inspired affair, and you can certainly do just fine grabbing Whole Foods after work. But at the same time, preparing dinner needn’t feel like a ...

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  • Leaky Gut Syndrome: 7 Signs You May Have It

    If you’ve been around the natural health world very long, you’ve probably heard of a condition known as leaky gut syndrome. It sounds pretty gross, but it’s an important enough problem to consider. There are several leaky gut symptoms to be aware of, which is particularly important since leaky gut is associated with dozens of ...

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  • God Lasts

    Why would you ever complain, O Jacob…saying, “God has lost track of me. He doesn’t care what happens to me”? . . . God doesn’t come and go. God lasts. He’s Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn’t get tired out, doesn’t pause to catch his breath. And he knows everything, inside ...

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  • 3 Signs You’re Making Progress on Your Fitness Goals – Despite What the Scale Says

    The health and fitness industry is slowly becoming more and more predicated on instant gratifications. Every corner we turn, it’s a rapid transformation story, a get-fit-quick fad diet, or someone trying to convince us to drink a tea that will magically help us lose weight quicker. I’m a fitness professional, and I’ve noticed that it’s ...

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  • Reframing Change

    Consider the last time you were faced with a significant change in your life: What did it feel like to be presented with that opportunity or challenge? How did you handle it in the first few days, weeks, even months? If it was a positive change, you probably felt some strange blend of excitement and ...

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  • God is Love

    No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. —1 John 4:12 If we want lasting change, we must fill our lives with love. Why? Because love can change the unchangeable. Love is the most powerful force in the universe, ...

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  • 7 Ways to Take Charge of Your Health

    Wellness is more than just eating right and exercising; it’s also much more than just feeling “okay.” Feeling well means feeling whole, balanced, vibrant, and alive. And there are many moving pieces that we can tap into to feel empowered in our own wellness journey. The key focus areas that I always recommend my patients ...

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  • STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: How to Make Time for Fitness

    My day job used to be my dream job. I was a reporter for an acclaimed national newspaper in Washington, D.C., making a difference in people’s lives and touching readers all over the world. My day started at 4:30 a.m. and often ended 14 hours later. For most of that time, I didn’t budge from ...

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  • Boundless Potential

    “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?” —Genesis 41:38 We can’t judge our potential by our circumstances. God may be shaping us to do something powerful in his service. For example, Joseph spent much of his young adulthood as a slave in Egypt after his jealous brothers ...

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  • The Different Types of Rest You Need + How to Get Them

    Getting a healthy dose of rest every day is vital to health and happiness. That’s a big claim, because this is a big deal. And did you know that there are different types of rest? Most people get just one type of rest, or maybe two. But there is a third, absolutely necessary type of rest that ...

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