by Arbor | Jan 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Joining a gym. CHECK. Eating healthier. CHECK. Quitting smoking. CHECK. Taking a daily multivitamin. CHECK. We easily, even casually, commit to self-care habits like these time and time again, knowing that the most effective path to good health is a proactive,...
by Arbor | Jan 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Our fantasies about childhood include images of freedom from responsibility, long summer vacations, bike riding, knee-skinning and being in a perpetual state of wonder about the world. Most of us don’t equate childhood with illness, even less so with mental...
by Arbor | Jan 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am the Ebeneezer Scrooge of pet owners. I loathe trudging through the rain, snow and dark of night to take my dogs on their thrice-daily constitutionals. I resent the hair on my sofa, the muddy paw prints on my wood floor, and my pets’ craving for toilet...
by Arbor | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Much news has been made over the past few years about the plasticity of the human brain: the brain’s ability to physically, neurochemically and emotionally change throughout our lifetimes. Previously, we had believed that the brain, and therefore ourselves,...