“People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it.” —Simon Sinek Many people can tell us WHAT they do; some can tell us HOW they do it; but fewer can answer the most important question of WHY they do it. Do you want to motivate and inspire yourself and others? Simon Sinek …Read More
Author: Dr. Joel Ying, MD
Physician-Educator-Storyteller. Integrating the power of story into medicine, healing sessions, workshops, speaking and performance.
Holy Basil (Tulsi) – Stress Relief
Holy Basil (also known as Tulsi) is a member of the mint family and closely related to sweet basil used in cooking. Originally from India, the plant is considered sacred and has many uses in Ayurvedic medicine. As an adaptogen, this herbal remedy is thought to bring the body back to balance. Stress Relief According to WebMD, holy …Read More
Willy Claflin: Laugh with Maynard Moose
“Beware Beware the Bully Goat Grim” There is healing in laughter, especially the belly-rolling, milk-snorting, can’t-breath laughter. Watch the video below. Perhaps you have heard the story of the Billy Goat Grim, but this is a fractured version of the story, The Bully Goat Grim. The talented Willy Claflin performs with his “malaprop” puppet Maynard …Read More
Mission: Loved As I Am
Inspiring quote for today: “My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.” — Anais Nin What’s your mission? …Read More
The Dance by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
“What if the question is not why am I so infrequently the person I really want to be, but why do I so infrequently want to be the person I really am?” — Oriah Mountain Dreamer, The Dance: Moving to the Rhythms of Your True Self In her prior book, The Invitation, Oriah Mountain Dreamer …Read More
Pandora’s Box: A Story of Hope
“Be careful! You might be opening a Pandora’s Box.” Today, this means that a seemingly small and innocent action might have large and dire consequences. What are the lessons that most people take from Pandora’s Box? Be cautious! Don’t be too curious! Be careful what you wish for! You might be opening a Pandora’s Box. …Read More
Nobody Can Make It Out Here Alone
Alone ~by Maya Angelou Lying, thinking Last night How to find my soul a home Where water is not thirsty And bread loaf is not stone I came up with one thing And I don’t believe I’m wrong That nobody, But nobody Can make it out here alone. Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can …Read More
Two Ways to Be Rich
“There are two ways to be rich. Make more or want less.” I saw this quote on a surfer’s T-shirt in Hawaii many years ago. Since then, I’ve seen many variations attributed to different authors. As a goal-oriented person, the words just took me into the present moment. I can be “rich” right now. Excitedly, …Read More
Dear Sugar’s Advice on Life and Love
Dear Sugar, WTF, WTF, WTF? I’m asking this question as it applies to everything every day. Best, WTF This is the letter that launched the “Dear Sugar” advice column on TheRumpus.net as something new and different. In an uncharacteristic style for an advice column, Sugar begins with deep personal sharing and “radical empathy.” She walks …Read More
Nocebo Effect and Medical Hexing
Many people have heard of the placebo effect, but fewer have heard of the nocebo effect. The Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial The gold standard for medical research studies is the double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT). The simplest RCT study might take a target population (e.g., patients with high blood pressure) and then randomize them into …Read More