Nurses: A real value to (your) health
Years ago, after an accident, I needed nursing care. I expected help from a nurse, but I got a lot more than I expected. As soon as the nurse walked in the door, I actually began to feel better. The ...

Respect transforms and heals
I didn't know George. He'd called me out of the blue and asked if I could take him shopping. I reluctantly said, "Yes." George had heard that I took Hugh, a friend of his, to the grocery store just about ...

The healing power of music
Henry Garza, guitarist and vocalist with Los Lonely Boys, wrote the lyrics to their song, Heaven. It was a prayer; a prayer motivated by his families financial and emotional hardships, combined with the death of his first-born son from sudden ...

What can fear do to you?
Recently, when asked, “What can fear do to you?” I was reminded of two experiences. The first started with me asking a Sunday School class of first graders, “What would you say if someone wanted you to pray for them?” ...

Cheating death 101
You enter the room of a gravely ill friend where hope has vanished. Your thoughts weigh heavy. The family expects a quick passing. Doctors have proclaimed there are but a few hours left. The room is dark, both mentally and ...

Why love matters
When I got married, I became an instant dad to my wife’s two sons. One day just before we were married, Joanne and the boys came to visit me. Jarrod, the older, was four. He sat on my lap, and ...

Make it a great wait
Unless you enjoy uninterrupted minutes of Angry Birds, Draw Something, or Scramble on your smartphone, you may be finding wait periods in doctors’ offices frustrating. In a world where most of us are in super, hyper motion, slamming on the ...

Stop "I can't"
It isn’t just the world-class competition, or the crowning of champions, that makes me excited to watch events like the upcoming Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It’s seeing barriers get broken—shattering common expectations—that brings me to ...

Master and Commander
Apparently, our beliefs can help us. It’s been proven. If we believe we will be healthier, we can be. For example: Patients in a Baylor School of Medicine study were divided into three groups. Dr. Bruce Moseley performed surgery on ...

Great Expectations
I am intrigued by the power of expectations; by the impact they have on our well-being. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Thomas Curry, a licensed Texas psychotherapist about this phenomenon. Dr. Curry explained, “Expectations are a ...