Dr. Bill’s COVID-19 Update March 24, 2020 The lessons I have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic have made me a healthier person, husband, father, and doctor. By following the preventive-medicine measures in my previous post, here are the lessons for life our family has learned: 8 Lessons for Life 1. Preload Payoff By keeping our […]
Tips and Ideas to Stay Active How is your family coping with the sudden “homeschooling opportunity”? Being homebound may be met with a variety of emotions from excitement to feeling overwhelmed, especially if you also find yourself and your spouse working from home! My daughter Erin shares, “I had been dealing with a lot of […]
Is Exercise During Pregnancy Okay? Hi there! I’m 15 weeks (about to be 16 weeks) pregnant with twins. Morning sickness is finally starting to even out and not be quite so bad (a tad bit of nausea, but I can handle keeping more down) so I’m feeling more like I can handle exercising, but I’m […]
Holistic Ways to Manage Postpartum Depression “What are your tips/experience managing postpartum depression?” Answer: I can certainly speak to the issue of postpartum depression and how to manage this trying time in the lives of some mothers. After the birth of our seventh baby, thirty years ago, I experienced something way more than just the […]
Do Baby Walkers Affect Baby’s Development? Do walkers affect a baby’s development in any lasting way? First, to answer your question, there are no studies showing long-term developmental delays from the use of walkers – that sort of study would be very hard to do and has not been done. The studies do show, however, […]
When to Worry About Speech Development We recently received a question in regards to concern about a child’s speech development and wanted to reassure you that not all children start talking at the same time, just as not all children begin to walk at the same time. Here is the question we received from a […]
Staying Mindful Before Your Due Date to Prepare for Birth As my due date was fast approaching, I began to feel more and more excitement and anticipation building up. I had done a lot of work to detach myself from my due date being considered a “set in stone” day. In preparation for birth, I […]
Tips to Enjoy Naptime My 4-month-old cosleeps and does very well in the evening. During the day I rock him to sleep for naps where he stays asleep for up to 3 hours. Ha! This is obviously “immobilizing” to say the least! He’s been like this since birth. Do you recommend just letting him grow […]
Why Movement and Exercise is Important for Your Health You have probably heard it a thousand times from your doctor, “movement is important for your health,” but have you ever really understood why? In our T5 (short for Transform 5) Wellness Plan, Dr. Bill explains his “ah ha” moment when he realized that we all […]
How to Set Boundaries and Help Your Kids Have a Healthy Balance with Technology Do you struggle with modeling or helping your kids have a healthy balance with technology use? A study published in June 2018 by researchers at the University of Texas asked subjects to take a series of tests that required full cognitive […]
Dr. Bill’s Top Benefit For Exercising is Brain Development Make Your Own Medicines by Opening Your Internal Pharmacy Several times a day in my medical practice I surprise a patient by saying, “You can make your own medicines!” My recommendation, exercise for brain development and body development! To reinforce this advice, I add, “And the […]
5-Minute Tools to Recharge Your Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Batteries How Connection Can Help We have all heard the “put on your own mask in case of emergency” analogy, which quite frankly stresses me out at times. Taking care of yourself can feel like a huge challenge, let alone caring for an entire family. What […]
