Health

As you know by now, a lot of my articles have been focused on the theme of food. The reason is, my passion and business is cooking for you by catering, private-cheffing, meal preps, private parties, and everything anything that involves cooking. What I have learned as an award-winning Chef, success is just like cooking. […]

Imagine an outdoor space with big dining table under the pergola where your family is having a happy time. You hear a relaxed voice of a bird’s song, and the smell of herbs spread through the terrace. You see lounge chairs next to the contemporary swimming pool, and you see an open fire. You look […]

Lying on a comfortable reclining lounge chair and covered with a thin, warm blanket, soft Tibetan-sounding music envelops me with repetitive cadences; salt candles barely illuminate the darkness with an orange glow. I slowly drift off — I am in a Himalayan Salt Cave at Salt of the Earth. But I don’t want to fall […]

Until recently, memory has been compared to a computer storage device. Now the brain is looked at as an information-processing system that takes information and processes through three discrete stages: encoding, storage, and retrieval. Atkinson and Shiffrin suggest that information goes through two stages: short-term memory, and long-term memory. Today, researchers have further defined this […]

With social media platforms growing in size, it is hard not to be influenced. Everywhere you turn, there is some coverage about the newest ‘fad diet’ or some other way to “instantly get in shape with little to no effort” Many Americans want to get in shape and have a healthier lifestyle but don’t know […]

“Dear God, let me be the doctor this patient needs this day.” Before I enter a patient’s room, I do a quick self-check: brain clear and open? Belly full enough? Bladder empty enough? Then the prayer. It helps me stay grounded and be present for that patient at that time so I can give her […]

Completely present in the moment, I let out a deep exhale as I coat both palms of my hands in chalk. As I look up, I watch my opponent swing off the pull-up bar into a backflip and land on his feet. I turn around and see the Just Go Lift Gym in San Diego […]