By Dr. Perry, PhD

“Logic will get you from A to B, imagination will take you everywhere.” ~Albert Einstein

In my professional life, I recommend to my patients that they practice a bit of time travel. I ask them to imagine traveling into the future and to make positive visualizations about the time to come. They can imagine whatever they wish, but it must be positive. By focusing  our minds on positivity, we can learn to quiet the internal negative voice as we start projecting positive growth in our lives. Positive visualization allows us to quiet our minds and to bring order to our thoughts. It allows us to harness the power of our imagination. I believe our imagination is a powerful tool that is under utilized. The world’s greatest achievements only exist because someone imagined them. Airplanes only exist because humans dared to imagine flight.

“Imagination is more important…

By Dr. Perry, PhD

“Mindful eating means simply eating or drinking while being aware of each bite or sip.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh

In our fast paced society and ever present need to multi-task, many of us have forgotten the joys of eating. I personally know what it’s like to be so busy I forget to stop and smell the spaghetti :). This was written as a reminder to myself. Here are 5 tips on how to eat more mindfully.

1. Recognize if you are truly hungry
Learn to recognize the physical cues of hunger and when you are full. By paying attention you will avoid overeating and eating for other reasons other than hunger. Some of us are emotional eaters and eat in response to certain emotions such as sadness, loneliness and boredom. Others might eat in response to external cues such sight or smell. Our sense of fullness has been somewhat skewed by…

By Dr. Perry, PhD

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“Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.” ~Seneca

Perhaps like some of you, I have had a few sleepless nights pondering my mortality. I am in love with my life and wish to have as much of it as I possibly can. I believe Seneca had the right idea when he wrote this quote, but I do believe you can live long and well if you follow these 7 daily tips.

1. A body in motion stays in motion
Recently I read about Fauja Singh who in his 80’s started running long distances and at 101 years old ran the London marathon in under 8 hours. He turned 105 years old on April 1st, 2016 and continues to run for fun. Not all of us can run a marathon like Mr. Singh, but it is important…