by Florina Lungu | Dec 24, 2022 | Brain Health Problems, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health, Nutrition
To my friends celebrating today, happy Christmas Eve! I hope that you enjoy the day and that you spend it warm and surrounded by your loved ones. In the spirit of the season, I want to give you a gift today… the gift of knowledge (if you haven’t received this...
by Florina Lungu | Dec 17, 2022 | Anxiety and Depression, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health, Mindset
What do you wake up to? Maybe you have heard the old saying: “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” It means that you should focus your daily intake on the first meal of your day – how you rise determines whether or not you will...
by Florina Lungu | Dec 10, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety and Depression, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health, Nutrition
English philosopher Jeremy Bentham defined happiness as “the experience of pleasure and absence of pain.” And this time of year – this sacred, sentimental time of year – we often uphold this definition of happiness. We go to parties. We make plans to see family and...
by Florina Lungu | Dec 3, 2022 | ADD / ADHD, Brain Health Problems, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health
When I first met Camille, no one in her life would have guessed she was struggling. She had done well throughout her schooling. She had a husband she loved, a job she found fulfilling, and a strong support circle of close friends and family. If you saw her life from...
by Florina Lungu | Nov 26, 2022 | Brain Health Problems, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health
122 years ago, biologist Karl Landsteiner was working at the Pathological-Anatomical Institute of the University of Vienna when he made an odd observation – an observation that no human had made before. He was combining blood samples when he saw them becoming thick...
by Florina Lungu | Nov 5, 2022 | Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Mind and Body Health, Nutrition
Your stomach hurts. It is grumbling so loud, they can hear it in the next room over. You are watching the clock but time has slowed down to a crawl. There’s a sharp pain that comes and goes, but a dull ache that’s there at all times, reminding you it’s been a long...