Got Love on the Brain?

The impact of your brain health on love and performance. What’s Love Got to Do [...]

Valentine’s Date or Vali-date?

Expectations of the “Love” Day The problem with holidays, especially Valentine’s Day, is that they put added [...]

10 Ways to Avoid Holiday Binges and Bloats!

Blast the Bloats and Binges with These Tips. Bloating and heartburn after holiday meals takes [...]

So Much Time and So Much Happened.

“It’s about time I post an update!” (Read through and watch the demo video!) I [...]

Wayan, Balinese Healer from Eat Pray Love.

Dr. Melanie met the real Wayan, the Balinese healer from Eat Pray Love. She interviewed [...]

Are You Letting Life Pass You By?

It’s Only July. Make the Second Half Your Better Half. I was walking down the [...]

Rediscovering Inner Peace: A Gift From My Father

Rediscovering Inner Peace. A Gift From My Father.     While cleaning out my house the [...]

Release the Pressure and Just Flow into Spring!

Most of us are guilty of placing unreasonably high expectations on ourselves.  If you felt [...]

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Heart Matters…Beyond Diet and Exercise!

If this title grabbed your attention, there’s a reason for it. It could be the [...]

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Tune Up your Brain and Energy for Successful New Year’s Resolutions!

(A shorter version of this article was published in Green Living AZ Magazine, January 2017. [...]

Bonus: Brain-Gut Series. Listen to Your Gut.

A Special Note from Me It seems appropriate for me to close out this year [...]

Part 3 of 5: Depression and the Brain-Gut Axis

I try not to talk about depressing things. My intention is to motivate and empower [...]

Throwing in the Towel…

Throwing in the towel, an expression that comes from boxing, in which a fighter indicates [...]

Baggage.

One thing I’m not fond of when it comes to travel is packing. Packing this [...]

Are You Having a Mid Year Crisis??

Ok. July is coming to a close.  This means we are well into the second [...]

Settling for a Short Term Fix

I know in my last blogpost I said I would follow up with an article [...]

After the Rain, Renew Yourself!

This afternoon’s downpour in Phoenix sent me on a trip into the archives of the [...]

What’s in YOUR trunk? Training on the go!

Now that the weather warmed up (at least for us in the Southwest), I realized [...]

Your New Year doesn’t have to start January 1st, unless…

Unless you were born on January 1st, consider a “New Year” one that begins on [...]

Take Yourself Out! Discovering yourself in your own city.

I recently felt the urge to really discover the city in which I live….ok I’ve [...]

Are you taking a breath? Or catching your breath?

There’s a difference. Taking a breath involves consciously taking in air, filling your lungs using [...]

What’s Behind a Text?

Photo of a wallaby patiently posing while I sent one last text. Featherdale Zoo, Sydney, Australia [...]

Change is Difficult. So, Why Do It?

Everybody wants a life full of happiness, love and fulfillment.  But many are far from [...]

Put yourself in a “time out”.

We put our kids into a time out when they misbehave.  In many cases, their [...]

Defending the Case for Eating CLEAN.

We all have our own reasons for the choices we make. Sometimes we make decisions [...]