Science and Practice of Health and Well-being

As we seek to be well and function optimally from a biopsychosocial-spiritual perspective, we can employ practices, introspection, and an array of supports and interventions to optimize our mental health....

There are many fallacies that exist around the topic of happiness and mental and emotional health. Research has dispelled the idea that happiness is associated in any way with money;...

The Blue Zones research conducted by Dan Buettner and colleagues involved searching the globe to identify the largest numbers of centenarians (people who live to 100 or more) within a...

We may unknowingly hold tension in our muscles as a response to feelings such as stress, fear, or conflict. As a component of an unconscious stress-induced, low grade, but consistent...

Of late there has been much in the media on the value of diversity in the human gut microbiome, known to include between 300 and 500 different species of bacteria...

The salutogenic model of health focuses on managing our health through the lens of life’s guaranteed disequilibrium—meaning stress and difficulty are a given and an expected component of living. The...

To optimize health and well-being we all are essentially charged with being the first responder to our mind, body, and environment. Our basic five senses—smell, touch, hear, taste, sight—send signals...

It is well established that our bodies are made well through movement; our design boasts approximately 650 skeletal muscles, a cardiovascular system that can circulate five quarts of blood per...