What I Learned Spreading Garden Mulch… By: Dr. Roger Landry, MD, MPH  Last spring, I spent hours preparing my flower and ornamental grass beds and then spreading mulch. It wasn’t work I was used to. But, I resolved to be mindful about it rather than complain and think about what I’d do once it was done. Along the way, something […]

What Does It Mean to Be Spiritual?   By: Dr. Roger Landry, MD, MPH Dr. Harold Koenig, a physician at Duke University and an international authority on spirituality and health, tells us that spirituality is the “personal quest for understanding answers to the ultimate questions about life, about meaning, and about relationship to the transcendent. ”What is particularly appealing about […]

Wear More Purple! (Never Act Your Age) Dr. Roger Landry, MD, MPH There’s a poem out there by Jenny Joseph entitled, “When I Am Old.” And it begins like this: “When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, with a red hat that doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me … But maybe I ought to practice a little […]

The Wonder of Childhood    By: Dr. Roger Landry, MD, MPH  Never forget the wonder of childhood. The more we remain childlike (not “childish”) – where we’re learning new things, exploring and growing – that’s how we stay healthy and make life interesting! In childhood, we heard the admonition to “act our age.” But for the older adult, it’s time […]

The Most Important Thing You’ll Do Today   By: Dr. Roger Landry, MD, MPH  When I was in my medical training, I was taught that if I could not bandage it, sew it up, treat it with medication, cut it out or otherwise physically modify it, then it was not for me to attempt to heal. Only several decades later […]