Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN As the manager of her family’s raucous Irish pub in midtown Manhattan, twenty-eight-year-old Molly Tracey was as far removed from a pure diet and environment as she could get. Although smoking is strictly prohibited in restaurants, the patrons of O’Shaughnessy’s couldn’t have cared less; to them, a pub wasn’t a pub
Words: Elizabeth MARSH Technology-related stress, overload and anxiety are common problems in today’s workplace, potentially leading to higher burnout and poorer health. Many of these issues are likely to have increased since remote working became much more widespread following the pandemic. In 2022, along with colleagues at the University of Nottingham, I conducted a review of the academic literature
Words: Dr Julian JONAS A patient I’ve worked with for a number of years reported that he had gum surgery, because there was no alternative to repair the erosion of the gum line in his mouth. I suggested that even though it was after the fact, before submitting to the knife, he might have considered
Keerthy SURESH on beauty, health, fitness and wellness. Your view on beauty? I believe that glamour is too often equated with beauty, but the fact is we have ‘elevated’ glamour into a mistaken idea. I am happy with my looks. However, focusing on roles is important and shooting for multiple movies at a time makes
Words: Kerry DULIN There is an old axiom in bodybuilding that says that ‘strength equals size.’ In other words, as your strength increases there will be a corresponding increase in size as well. On the surface this makes perfect sense. If you can lift more weight, or perform, a greater number of repetitions then you
Dr SOWMYASHREE responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I owe it to a professional Ayurveda doctor at home — a successful teacher, who was also persistent and deeply passionate about what he did. Besides, I’d a fervent penchant to becoming a teacher deep within me. Thus, the
Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV I had an interesting experience. I went to a class with a master qi gong teacher, because I was curious to learn from her. I had studied t’ai chi ch’uan and qi gong for eleven years with the late Sophia Delza from 1979 to 1990, and I have been practicing what
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR All of us have our dreams, ambitions and goals. While some of us are expressively explicit about them, others are not as eloquent — for a host of reasons. Put simply, the whole context, on the one hand, may be a result of humility and, on the other, a consequence of
Dr Andrea WIGFIELD, Dr Antonia YPSILANTI, et al When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876 it’s doubtful that he imagined how its usage would change over time. What started out as a wired medium for a voice conversation, now wireless and mobile, is used to transmit written messages, photographs and access the Internet.
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Q: What are the best foods for the mind, or mental well-being, especially in our troubled times? I’d appreciate your guidance. — JRK, Lucknow Meat, fruits, and vegetables — studies have suggested that these foods have the potential to boost mood and mental health. But, which are best? Well, according to new
