Summertime Treats: Popsicles, Salads, and More Ah, Summertime! A fun-filled season with lots of parties, family adventures, and treats. Teaching and modeling a balanced, healthful lifestyle is a key role for parents, but it can be a challenge getting nutritious foods into those little bellies! Food can be a fun learning opportunity for those growing […]
Are Omega-3s Safe While Breastfeeding? Is it safe for me to take omega-3s while I’m breastfeeding? Supported By Science Absolutely yes! It’s not only safe, it’s necessary – for both you and baby. As you know from our books, we base our advice not only on our personal experience of raising many children, but it […]
How to Teach a Child to Behave What is the best way to discipline a 14-month-old? I try redirecting behavior with our son, but it usually doesn’t work. Knowing Your Child Since the word “discipline” means “to teach”, it helps to see discipline strategies in the context of teaching. Disciplining can feel like a full-time […]
How Long to Breastfeed a Picky Eater? My still-nursing 20-month-old toddler isn’t a great eater. He will only eat the same dozen or so foods, refuses to try anything new, and won’t eat any vegetables. It’s causing tension between me and my hubby. He strongly believes that if I stopped breastfeeding our son, then he […]
5 Tips to Lower Your Risk of Getting COVID A question we get every day in the Sears medical practice is “Doctor, what can I do to lessen my family’s chance of getting COVID?” Nearly every newscast promotes the scary term “vulnerable,” meaning those at the highest risk of getting the sickest from COVID. The […]
Anxiety-alleviators Many of us are suffering from various degrees of COVID anxiety: Will I still have a job? Will I get COVID? Will it come back next flu season? Will I be one of those “vulnerable” people? What is this “new normal” we hear about? One of the largest studies from Harvard University, called the […]
Over the years as a doctor, I realized that the number one problem in America and throughout the world, the number one sickest organ in our body is the brain. It used to be the heart, but cerebrovascular disease is now more common than cardiovascular disease. So, now we needed to focus on how we […]
How Chronic Stress Causes Chronic Diseases Many serious illnesses begin with stress in the brain, especially diseases of the heart, gut, thyroid, and immune system. Here’s a head-to-toe story of how stress management is self-care for the brain and body. Excess stress releases sticky stuff. During a normal stress response, biochemicals such as cortisol, epinephrine, […]
Homeschooling Help for Stretched and Stressed Parents The only constant thing in life is change. Currently, as a collective earth, we are all united in the fact that we are enduring the biggest change that any of us have ever experienced in our lives. The economy, the environment, and all industrial and social constructs are […]
How Astaxanthin Benefits Your Health One of nature’s most powerful healers that can improve the health of your skin, muscles, ligaments, tendons, eyes, cardiovascular system, internal organs, and immune system can be found in seafood at your local grocery store. Astaxanthin is a naturally occurring carotenoid pigment that is proven to possess amazing healing qualities. […]
Effects of Hugging Throughout the Body What is it about hugging that makes you feel so good? In early 2020, I chaired a conference in Chicago about the neuroscience of hugging, where neurologists, therapists, and psychologists looked at the effects of hugging throughout the body. One of the main points he made during his lecture […]
Heal the Brain with Meditation Walk in water. In a peaceful pool, immerse yourself shoulder high and enjoy the floaty feelings of a slow, rhythmic walk. Time the touch of each step with a calming word, “Thank (step) God (step) I’m (step) Healthy (step).” Or, try: “Walk (step) in (step) wa (step) ter (step).” Synchronizing […]
