Confused About Heart Disease and Menopause?

Confused About Heart Disease and Menopause?

I’ve frequently talked about the Perfect Storm of midlife and menopause, which are the years leading up to your final period. During these years, the stage is set for the rest of your life. Your future health is determined, including the age you are likely to...
Why Practice the Ancient Tradition of Meditation?

Why Practice the Ancient Tradition of Meditation?

Meditation is a skill to calm your mind and realize the abundant source of energy within you. It is a practice of yoga that gives you a deep form of rest—like sleep, but not exactly sleep. Meditation is not concentration: It is de-concentration. It is letting go. Rest...
LEAD Women: Keeping Hearts Beating

LEAD Women: Keeping Hearts Beating

On March 21, 2018, a group of women gathered in Spectrum Health’s Cardiovascular Simulation Center to learn how Spectrum has been making strides in treating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the most common inherited cardiovascular disease. The women are part of...
Anxiety and High-Achieving Students

Anxiety and High-Achieving Students

In my Grand Rapids counseling office, I work with a lot of high school students who are doing great in school with classes, grades, extracurricular activities and all the other things that put them on track to get into the college of their choice. These are students...
That F-Word in Your House

That F-Word in Your House

No. I’m not talking about that F-word. I’m referring to the latest craze in video gaming that in just a few months has created a full-on cult following—mainly of tween and teenage boys but also girls, moms and celebrities. Even my kids’ teachers are...