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Anxiety is likely at an all time high as people seek to thrive amidst one of most difficult years in recent memory. I know that tons of the people coming into our office are struggling with anxiety.  Many of them have never dealt with anxiety before, but these current circumstances have made it so they’re temporarily afflicted by this mental hardship.  Anxiety is one of the more pernicious issues we deal with here in America. I wish it weren’t the case but it’s not like anxiety is exactly new to the medical community. Jesus talked about it in the Gospel of Luke when he said “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you...

I found a Russian spy in my office! And they’re here to help you. Ok, I admit it, this email subject line is playing on the current political news cycle. I’m not going to get political here. But, I am going to talk about something from Russia. It’s not really a spy either. Actually, it’s not a spy at all. It’s an herb. An herb I think you should incorporate into your life because of how it can protect your health. This herb is called rhodiola rosea. I’ve written about rhodiola before, but it’s been a while, so I thought I’d revisit this powerful adaptogenic herb and highlight a few reasons people serious about maintaining great health should use it....

When was the last time you felt stressed out? This morning? A few days ago? A few weeks ago? If you were to answer honestly I’d imagine you’d say you felt stressed out more than a few times in the past 24 hours. Stress comes to us in various forms. There’s environmental stress, emotional stress, and physical stress. And what stresses some people out may not bother another. We tend to think of stress as a bad thing. It’s not always bad. In reality, stress is needed so we can grow. Without stress you wouldn’t be fully human. It’s important at the cellular level (for instance stress on cells helps build immunity and stress on muscles causes them to enlarge)...