By Susan O’Halloran, MPH I just got that email that’s been circulating for some years now warning you not to drink bottled water left in your hot car because you can get breast cancer. That’s what Sheryl Crow said on the Ellen Show. She said her oncologist said heat reacts with the chemicals in the … Read more
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Ideas Worth Spreading
By Susan O’Halloran, MPH A friend of mine introduced me to TED.com and I’m hooked. TED is a small nonprofit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading” in the areas of Technology, Entertainment, and Design. TED makes the best talks and performances on a vast number of topics available to the world, for Free. We watched a … Read more
Raising Emotionally Healthy Children in the Wake of Divorce
By Kim Oliver, Ph.D. When couples who have decided to divorce come to see me for counseling, the first question they ask is always “how can we get our children through this”. The guilt, pain and sense of loss that couples experience before during and after divorce is often coupled with the fear that their … Read more
Remember What Made Life Great at 16?
By Susan O’Halloran, MPH Every Friday I invite one of the health care experts from the Here’s to Life Now! website to guest blog. This week I was on vacation with my 16 year-old daughter and two of her girlfriends and decided to make them the guest bloggers by asking them to answer the following … Read more
Throw Yourself a Party!!
By Susan O’Halloran, MPH My birthday is in the beginning of June and it follows three other immediate family members’ birthdays in May. Needless to say, after planning parties for them, I was feeling hard pressed to plan another party and I sure didn’t need any more cake (my downfall) hanging around my kitchen. Then … Read more
Bringing Sexy Back
Justin Timberlake sings about it, “I’m bringing sexy back”, however many women don’t feel as sexy as they used to. Feeling sexy is not something you can flip a switch for, it takes work and awareness. Our brains need to be retrained to change the way we think about ourselves. As women, we need to … Read more
Building a Positive Sphere of Influence
By Susan O’Halloran, MPH M, F, 39+ seeks upbeat, fun people for interesting conversation, fun outdoor activities and willingness to try new things. Complainers, gossipers, Debbie downers and scardy cats need not apply. As my time gets more precious with the demands of family, work, managing a household and guarding time for me, I need … Read more
Menopause and Hormones – The Ongoing Questions
By Susan O’Halloran, MPH Doctors have different schools of thought concerning hormone replacement therapy (HRT), especially in light of criticism of the 2002 landmark study on HRT that scared women and doctors silly about the use of HRT. Every doctor has their feelings about HRT and woman need to listen to their doctors, but also … Read more
AcuYoga and TMJ
By Christel Autuori Work, family, stress, multitasking, rushing, stress, travel, projects, stress, too much work and too little time, stress, exercise, diet, stress……..where does it end? It ends up in our bodies. All too often the stress and muscle tension it creates settles in tight muscles of the neck and shoulders, and in the face … Read more
Celebrate the Big and Small Things in Life!
By Susan O’Halloran, MPH Tis the season for graduations, weddings, school recitals and more! Sometimes it can get overwhelming trying to fit everything in a busy schedule leaving little time to just chill or be spontaneous. But big life events don’t come around every day and it’s important to revel in the moment with family … Read more
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