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Your pet can literally save your life, just like Lassie here.

Dan Connors

Oct 13, 20205 min read

Your pet can literally save your life, just like Lassie here.

When I was growing up there was a television show called "Lassie", about a smart collie that doubled as a superhero- saving people from...

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Jump start your brain by moving your body.

Dan Connors

Oct 11, 20205 min read

Jump start your brain by moving your body.

Here's the ultimate catch-22. You feel down in the dumps, not motivated to do anything, so you don't. This makes you feel even less...

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Dan Connors

Oct 10, 20204 min read

The Hilarious World of Depression

The Hilarious World of Depression John Moe 2020 The title of this book is perfect, and it got my attention with the obvious...

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Fighting fire with funnies- how to escape the darkness with laughter.

Dan Connors

Oct 9, 20207 min read

Fighting fire with funnies- how to escape the darkness with laughter.

I've always had a special place in my heart for comedians. They poke fun at our world and show it's glaring absurdities, inviting us to...

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Stigma. What's wrong with you? Can I catch it? Why stigma makes us weaker and disconnected.

Dan Connors

Oct 8, 20205 min read

Stigma. What's wrong with you? Can I catch it? Why stigma makes us weaker and disconnected.

In 1972 Missouri Senator Tom Eagleton accepted the nomination for Vice President of the United States at that year's Democratic...

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Are people generally good? or bad? or maybe a little bit of both?

Dan Connors

Oct 7, 20206 min read

Are people generally good? or bad? or maybe a little bit of both?

Humankind: A Hopeful History Rutger Bregman 2020 In the past few years I've gotten a bit down about humanity and all its weaknesses,...

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Mental Illness Treatments- we've come a long way

Dan Connors

Oct 5, 20205 min read

Mental Illness Treatments- we've come a long way

The good news about being mentally ill in the 21st century is that it could have been much, much worse. Treatments in past ages were in...

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Mental Illnesses- The Top 12 ways we make ourselves miserable.

Dan Connors

Oct 4, 20207 min read

Mental Illnesses- The Top 12 ways we make ourselves miserable.

There are many forms of mental illness, and each one has its own unique symptoms and challenges. The big problem with mental...

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Covid Mental Health Challenge #2- My depression story

Dan Connors

Oct 3, 20204 min read

Covid Mental Health Challenge #2- My depression story

In any mental health journey, the discussion turns to stories. Everybody has a story, especially of when they realized they had mental...

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Covid Mental Health Challenge #1- The Big Idea Mental Fitness Index (BIMFI)

Dan Connors

Oct 1, 20207 min read

Covid Mental Health Challenge #1- The Big Idea Mental Fitness Index (BIMFI)

Covid has devastated the world in two ways- via death and disability from this contagious disease, and via mental health disruptions...

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Mental health and why weight problems start with your thoughts.

Dan Connors

Sep 26, 20203 min read

Mental health and why weight problems start with your thoughts.

All of the weight loss programs out there are useless without one basic thing- mental health. Losing weight, or making any major change...

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Fasting- can literally starving yourself break the obesity code?

Dan Connors

Sep 24, 20205 min read

Fasting- can literally starving yourself break the obesity code?

The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting- Jason Fung (2016) The Obesity...

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Take the chicken test- or are ya chicken?

Dan Connors

Sep 23, 20204 min read

Take the chicken test- or are ya chicken?

Chicken is one of the most popular foods there is. It's great for the fast-food giants like KFC, Popeyes, and Chick-Fil-A. It's a...

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The $71 Billion dollar photo and the diet industry

Dan Connors

Sep 22, 20205 min read

The $71 Billion dollar photo and the diet industry

Every year on January 1, Americans of a certain girth make new year's resolutions to take off some of the extra pounds they carried the...

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Dan Connors

Sep 20, 20204 min read

Drugs, side effects, and weight gain

So far on this journey I've presented that what you eat has a huge impact on your health and your weight. Watching both portions and...

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Test your egg knowledge with this little quiz.

Dan Connors

Sep 17, 20204 min read

Test your egg knowledge with this little quiz.

Which came first? ___ The chicken ___ The egg 2. Which eggs are healthiest to eat? ___ White eggs ___ Brown eggs ___ Both...

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Cell phones and apps- nutrition tech could save us all.

Dan Connors

Sep 16, 20204 min read

Cell phones and apps- nutrition tech could save us all.

Back in the old days, if you wanted to keep track of your weight or eating, all you had available was a scale and a piece of paper. Now...

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You can't work off those double cheeseburgers at the gym!

Dan Connors

Sep 13, 20204 min read

You can't work off those double cheeseburgers at the gym!

Regular physical exercise is essential to both physical and mental health. It helps to strengthen the heart and lungs, increases your...

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Dan Connors

Sep 11, 20205 min read

Potatoes, taters, spuds and yams

Without the potato, I wouldn't be here today, nor would many other Irish descendants. This little starchy tuber has become one of the...

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The Death of Expertise, aka let's string up the scientists!

Dan Connors

Sep 9, 20206 min read

The Death of Expertise, aka let's string up the scientists!

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters Tom Nichols This book was written in 2017, but it...

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