by Brian Balke | Jan 6, 2020 | Basics, Specializations
When we write a letter, we are conscious of sharing our thoughts with our reader. When handwriting, though, we also express deep subconscious attitudes. Sit down with a piece of paper in front of you. Before you write, you pick a tool, and even that choice reveals...
by Brian Balke | Jan 4, 2020 | Basics, Specializations
How many things do you do without thinking about them? You might include “walking” and perhaps even “using a knife and fork.” But did you include adjusting your pulse rate and blood pressure when you exercise? Releasing fat for conversion to sugar in the liver? For...
by Brian Balke | Nov 12, 2019 | Active Aging, Specializations
Life in Harmony Developed in the third quarter of the 20th century, the Ericksons’ Stages of Development end at age 65. Today if we live to 65, we have a 50% chance of living to 90. Given that nearly a third of life can be lived after retirement, we would expect to...
by Brian Balke | Nov 2, 2019 | Basics
When our health is threatened, we take extreme measures to protect and restore it. Staying alive, after all, is necessary to anything else. For this reason, when sick or injured we are vulnerable to deception and self-serving by those claiming to restore us to...
by Brian Balke | Oct 30, 2019 | Active Aging, Specializations
Inner Peace What does inner peace look like? To many, it would be a serene spiritual figure – the Virgin Mary, Gandhi, or White Tara. Can we imagine becoming that? Probably not, and it’s not what I mean by “inner peace.” Inner peace is not an endpoint, it’s a...
