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Living Well -- Archives https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/blog/?ciid=117 A diverse group of alums share what they've learned about experiencing life to its fullest. (Archived posts. As of June 2011, any new posts by these authors are in the Alumni Blog.) kathyz Changes to Stanford Alumni Blogs https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=34508 <p>Thank you for reading Stanford's alumni blogs. We want to notify our readers that we're taking our alumni writings in a new direction--forming one big community of bloggers rather than many blogs with specific topics. The blogs you've been reading continue to be available, but as archives only. All new posts will be on a single Alumni Blog (Click here to set up <a href= "../../../../collaborate/blogs/posts/rss/?ciid=32075">RSS notification</a>). The bloggers whose writings you've enjo...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=34508">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=34508 Ms. Summer Moore Batte STAN 2011: An Inspiring Day at Stanford https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=28560 <p style= "margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman;"> Why don’t robots do a better job at cleaning houses? What’s the most important characteristic of a successful CEO? What quick, easy task could you accomplish today that could save a life? How many people in this modern age are enslaved? These are just a few of the questions addressed at <a href= "http://stan2011.stanford.edu/">STAN, a TEDxStanford</a> prototype event held on campus on Saturday, May 21. <...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=28560">More >></a> Mon, 23 May 2011 03:36:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=28560 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2011-05-23T03:36:00Z Disrupt Yourself https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=26942 <p>Innovation is a hot topic these days. <a href= "http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-on-Innovation-and-Sustainable-Growth-at-Hudson-Valley-Community-College/" target="_blank">Obama</a> sees it as the solution to the nation’s current economic downturn. <a href= "http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=innovation&x=12&y=23" target="_blank">Books</a> appear on the subject every month. The <a href="http:..."></a></p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=26942">More >></a> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:54:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=26942 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2011-04-01T00:54:00Z Get Organized, Get Happy https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=26798 <p>Here is one simple, reliable step you can take today in order to bring yourself greater daily peace and happiness: Get organized. This week, an interview with <a href="http://englishorganizer.com/" target="_blank">Pauline Wiles, aka The English Organizer</a>.</p> <p><img src= "http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1176374974/w-AIMG_8836_flipped.jpeg"></p> <p>MF: Tell me your philosophy when it comes to organization.</p> <p>PW: Clutter in your home or workplace is a huge drain, both in ...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=26798">More >></a> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:07:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=26798 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2011-03-24T04:07:00Z Why I Meditate https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=26198 <p>The question I've been pondering in response to Valentine's Day is not: "How much chocolate can I eat?" But rather, "How do we take care of our own fragile hearts?"</p> <p>I spent Sunday at a silent meditation retreat led my dear friend, <a href= "http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/name/Kelly_Werner_PhD_San+Francisco_California_81408" target="_blank">psychologist Dr. Kelly Werner</a>. It reminded me of what I already know so well, but can easily forget in the midst of th...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=26198">More >></a> Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:08:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=26198 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2011-02-21T01:08:00Z Health Information - A Team Sport https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=25672 <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times;"> <span style="color: #000000;">In my holiday blog</span> <a href= "http://pgnet.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24454"><span style="color: #ff0000;">The Gift of Information</span></a><span style="color: #000000;">, I encouraged the healthcare consumer to explore and utilize publicly available data that shed light on the performance of our physicians and hospitals. </span></p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=25672">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=25672 Ms. Oakleigh McKelvy Ryan eHappiness: Top 5 Apps, Emails, Blogs & Websites to Help You Find JOY in Life https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=25472 <p><img src= "http://www.intent.com/sites/intent.com/files/5272142348_914d0659df.jpg" style= "width: 292px; height: 194px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>1) “The Happiness Project” Email </strong><br> Gretchen Rubin, author of <em>New York Times</em> bestseller <a href= "http://www.happiness-project.com/" target="_blank" style= "color: #628989; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none !important; outlin..."> </a></p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=25472">More >></a> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:03:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=25472 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2011-01-26T23:03:00Z A Non-Consumer Holiday Gift-Giving Guide https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24808 <p>In the ongoing theme of my past two blogs about the (<) movement, whose goal it is to reduce consumption, and in the spirit of the season, here is my non-consumer holiday gift-giving guide.<br> <br>         • Experiential Gifts<br> Ten years ago, my family started a new tradition. We determined to do away with presents and celebrate “Experiential Christmases” instead. Our mantra: Give experiences, not things. Over the ye...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24808">More >></a> Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:34:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24808 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2010-12-16T17:34:00Z The Buddy System https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=23154 <p>Every Wednesday evening, around 4:30pm, a half dozen of my friends gather at the Stanford track for our very own boot camp. As we stretch and do sit-ups in the corner of the track, our eyes gaze across the track as we admire the youthful, athletic bodies of the Stanford athletes training for NCAA championship competitions, making it look so easy to sprint around the track, round after round.</p> <p>This activity may not seem so unusual. It's a well-known fact that exercise is easier and f...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=23154">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=23154 Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, M.P.H. Wholeheartedly Whole Grain https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24600 <p>Isn't it interesting how our food habits change over time? Sometimes the changes are prompted by the availability of new products, or new research, or even a new manufacturing process ("baby" carrots).</p> <p>One way in which my habits are changing is a pronounced shift to whole grains. Why? Well...let's say <a href= "http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/HealthyDietGoals/Whole-Grains-and-Fiber_UCM_303249_Article.jsp"> the research</a> showing how much value...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24600">More >></a> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:51:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24600 Ms. Julie Kaufmann Lloyd 2010-12-02T16:51:00Z Less is More: Part I https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24594 <p> <img src= "http://joinless.org/l/wp-content/themes/p2/images/less.png"></p> <p><a href="http://joinless.org/" target="_blank">What the heck is (<)????</a></p> <p>In honor of the holiday season, it's a plea for consuming less.</p> <p>(<) is an open source brand. A movement. A revolution.</p> <p>Pronounced: Less.</p> <p>Tagline: “Sometimes the things we own end up owning us.”</p> <p><a href="http://joinless.org/l/more-about-less/" target= "_blank">Aspirati...</a></p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24594">More >></a> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:15:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24594 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2010-12-01T23:15:00Z Thanksgiving Every Day: Top 5 Gratitude Apps https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24455 <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Make Thanksgiving last all year by practicing gratitude!</em></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratitude">In studies</a> conducted by the founder of the positive psychology movement, Dr Martin Seligman, participants who kept gratitude journals every day for a week ranked higher in happiness and lower on stress levels, and many were found to be continuing the practice on their own a year later. <strong>These apps</strong> <strong>can help you...</strong></p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24455">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24455 Ms. MeiMei Fox The Gift of Information https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24454 <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times;">I would surmise most of you are thinking about turkey and even Christmas right now. My husband is a bit panicked as he forgot to contact our local turkey farm and no one is answering. Have the turkeys taken their revenge?</p> <p style= "margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times; min-height: 18.0px;">  </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times;"> Unfortunately my husband is on his own this ye...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24454">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24454 Ms. Oakleigh McKelvy Ryan Reluctantly Green https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24415 <p>             An aspect of living well that has eluded me is having a garden aflame with color. I am deeply moved by the sight of a planted area glowing with multicolor blooms, but I can’t get the hang of growing one because of an herbal conspiracy:</p> <p>             The secret Fellowship of Plants has decided that I am unfit for flowers.</p> <p>    &nbsp...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24415">More >></a> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:27:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24415 Mr. Harrison L. Stephens 2010-11-19T21:27:00Z Doing Good Feels Good https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24280 <p>There are lots of reasons why we should give back to the world, selflessly helping others. If you’re online on your computer (or iPad or smartphone) right now reading this blog, then chances are you have many blessings in life: you’re intelligent, educated, at least middle class by the world’s economic standards, and engaged.</p> <p>The good news is that performing altruistic acts doesn’t have to be about just alleviating guilt or fulfilling a religious oblig...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24280">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=24280 Ms. MeiMei Fox Do you Cleanse? https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=23868 <p>So I'm starting a cleanse today: No alcohol, refined sugar, caffeine, dairy, or gluten for the next 9 days. I'll be eating mostly veggies, fruits, and some lean protein (I eat chicken and fish). I'll be exercising as much as possible, yoga to sweat the toxins out and swimming/hiking for cardio. And of course, drinking tons of water.</p> <p>I'm doing this to give my body a break, rejuvenate my cells, flush out toxins, maybe drop a couple of pounds, and generally feel good as...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=23868">More >></a> Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:54:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=23868 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2010-11-01T22:54:00Z The End of EANABs https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=23182 <p>When I was an undergrad at Stanford back in the early 90s, the school had a liberal alcohol policy. RAs would buy booze for frosh. The frats threw huge parties every weekend where they served Everclear punch out of trashcans. We never had to sneak around with our beer and vodka bottles.<br> <br> But there was one rule we all knew that we had to respect in order not to get busted by our elders: If there was booze at a party, there had to be EANABs.<br> <br> EANABs meant &ldqu...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=23182">More >></a> Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:27:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=23182 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2010-10-25T23:27:00Z The Dalai Lama's Visit to Stanford https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=23019 <p><img src= "http://www.stanforddaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/new101810dalailama.jpg" alt="" width="465" height="310"></p> <p>“There are three refuges of Buddhism: Buddha, dharma [wisdom teachings], and sangha [community],” His Holiness the Dalai Lama said last Friday as he sat on stage at Memorial Auditorium, wrapped in his trademark red and yellow robes. “There should be a fourth: science.” He followed this controversial remark with one of his delightf...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=23019">More >></a> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:01:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=23019 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2010-10-19T01:01:00Z Different Paths, Same Destination https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=22417 <p style="text-align: center;"><a href= "http://www.meimeifox.com/wp-content/uploads//mei-jen.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-873 size-medium" title="mei-jen" src= "http://www.meimeifox.com/wp-content/uploads//mei-jen-600x450.jpg" alt="" width="356" height="267"></a></p> <p>This past weekend, surrounded by loved ones in an idyllic mountain setting in rural Oregon, my best friend Jen Kramer Tate, '94, and her husband Kevin Smith Tate, '95, celebrated their ten-year wedding anniversary...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=22417">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=22417 Ms. MeiMei Fox Trying to Be Still https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=22231 <p>(I wrote this post in September but somehow didn't post it correctly so here goes):</p> <p>Hello, fellow Alums,</p> <p>It has been a long time since I've posted. The summer seemed to have just flown by! My days have been a constant go-go-go, and I've struggled just to be calm enough to sit, reflect and write. I'm in the middle of a very big project, helped plan some other events, hosted visitors, had two sibling weddings, went out of town a handful of times since April, an...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=22231">More >></a> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:28:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=22231 Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, M.P.H. 2010-09-20T04:28:00Z Want to be a Superhero? You already are! https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=18248 <p style="text-align: center;">“With great power comes great responsibility.” - Spiderman</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href= "http://www.meimeifox.com/wp-content/uploads//superhero.jpg"><img class="wp-image-850 size-medium aligncenter" title="superhero" src= "http://www.meimeifox.com/wp-content/uploads//superhero.jpg" alt="" width="421" height="421"></a></p> <p> </p> <p>We are all the superheroes of our own lives.</p> <p>I’m not speaking metaphorically here. ...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=18248">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=18248 Ms. MeiMei Fox A Guilt Reducer https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=18071 <p>             Across the street from my apartment in Claremont, Calif., is a retirement community where some of the most caring people I’ve ever known live. It’s called Pilgrim Place, home of retired missionaries, ministers and other Christian workers. One of them, Eva Fleischner, came up with an idea a few weeks ago that fits my idea of living well.</p> <p>             I...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=18071">More >></a> Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:38:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=18071 Mr. Harrison L. Stephens 2010-08-01T23:38:00Z Move Over Charlotte, It's My Web https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=18031 <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times;">In my <a href= "https://pgnet.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=3835">posting</a> last month, I discussed the merits of creating our own <strong>healthcare web</strong> as a means of becoming a savvy consumer. This web represents a set of relationships we create that allow us to share and receive vital information to maximize our health and well being, and ideally should stretch out in many different directions. But most...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=18031">More >></a> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:01:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=18031 Ms. Oakleigh McKelvy Ryan 2010-07-30T22:01:00Z A Cry for Help from the Gulf of Mexico https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=16993 <p><img src="/get/file2/blogImage/117/oilbird_small.jpg" alt= ""></p> <p>On June 19, I received via email this cry for help from Joann Griffin Kauffman, a Cajun woman who lives in a small shrimping town on the Gulf of Mexico:</p> <p><em>MeiMei,</em></p> <p><em>Our town has had some very rough times from the Gulf oil spill since you came here for our Blessing of the Fleet and enjoyed our Family Fun Day. Our wonderful wildlife and seafood as well as our way of living are being rapidly dest...</em></p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=16993">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=16993 Ms. MeiMei Fox Healthcare 101 - Savvy Consumers https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=3835 <p>Although it's summer with its appealing distractions, we need to stay in school on the subject of healthcare. It's an inquiry leading to tangible, positive results.</p> <p>The first topic for Healthcare 101, “What You the Consumer Should Ask, Know and Do” is <strong>what makes a savvy consumer</strong>. Think of a situation in which you feel comfortable purchasing a product or service. Most likely that comfort derives from the fact that you have confidence where to shop, what ...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=3835">More >></a> Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:07:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=3835 Ms. Oakleigh McKelvy Ryan 2010-06-23T14:07:00Z 20 Years Later... https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=3551 <p><em>Disclaimer: I was not popular in high school. I was a nerd. Solidly B crowd, A crowd being the good-looking, wealthy partiers, surfers, and cool cats, C crowd the totally hopeless geeks.</em><br> <br> I attended my 20-year high school reunion in Honolulu last weekend (I know, rough life growing up in Hawaii and going to Punahou, one of the top college prep schools in the country and alma mater of President Obama). I hadn’t been to any high school events since graduating in 199...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=3551">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=3551 Ms. MeiMei Fox Happiness, Shmappiness https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=3071 <p>All this fuss about happiness. Treatises on the topic replicating like bunnies. A whole school of psychology springing into existence. The latest and greatest research published in blogs on a daily basis.<br> <br> People consider me a positive, even exuberant person. Yet I can’t help but wonder: Is happiness what it’s really all about?<br> <br> Extreme examples: F. Scott Fitzgerald wasn’t always happy as he drank himself to death writing the great American novel. Moz...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=3071">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=3071 Ms. MeiMei Fox Private Faces, Public Spaces https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2539 <p><em>The Facebook-inspired debate that’s raging right now isn’t really about privacy; it’s about control. We like exposing ourselves. But we only want people to know what we want them to know.</em></p> <p>There’s been a whole lot of fuss lately about privacy.</p> <p>Facebook’s snafus warranted a <a href= "http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1990582,00.html"><em> Time</em> magazine cover story</a> on May 20. The company has been accused of being ca...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2539">More >></a> Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:31:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2539 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2010-06-01T04:31:00Z Service is a privilege 5-25-10 https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2500 Hello, readers: Well, I managed to miss out on blogging for a while, because I've been hectic preparing for and visiting Japan again. I'd like to share with you alittle about what I've been up to. <br> <br> My twin Ana Stenzel ('94) and I went back to Japan in May to speak about cystic fibrosis and organ donation awareness. As I've mentioned before, we both were sick most of our lives, and because of double lung transplants, we are blessed with the health to travel and help advocate fo...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2500">More >></a> Thu, 27 May 2010 00:23:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2500 Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, M.P.H. 2010-05-27T00:23:00Z Marriage at 87? Carl Heintze '47 https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2493 <p>Marriage at 87?</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Faithful readers —there are a few, believe it or not—have followed my fortunes at the Silicon Valley Newspaper Group  over what now  must be at least 15 years.</p> <p>Those folks know that a couple of years ago I was widowed. My wife died after a long and losing battle with colon cancer. This column is to assure them—and you—that I’ve found happiness again.</p> <p>At 87 I’m getting married...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2493">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2493 Mr. Carl F. Heintze Plug in to You https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2367 <p>A friend who lives in another city and I recently were discussing the ways in which we communicate. We counted ten. I’ve attempted to list them in order from most-to-least conducive to an emotional connection:<br> <br> 1) In person meeting<br> 2) Skype video chat<br> 3) Phone call<br> 4) Email/ Facebook message<br> 5) Skype text chat/ IM<br> 6) Text message<br> 7) Twitter direct message<br> 8) YouTube video<br> 9) Facebook wall post<br> 10) Twitter @mention<br> <br> It&r...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2367">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2367 Ms. MeiMei Fox Fresh (U.S. farmed) sturgeon on the grill https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2348 <p>I remember when people didn’t eat fish because they didn’t know how to cook it or didn’t like dealing with the bones. Those excuses are just so twentieth century.</p> <p>Today paralysis strikes almost everyone I know at the fish counter – and I’m not talking about fugu-induced poisoning.</p> <p>Endangered or well-managed? Fresh, frozen or canned?  Fatty or lean? Farmed or wild? Farmed how and where?  Gill nets? Bycatch? Mercury? Yeesh.</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2348">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2348 Ms. Julie Kaufmann Lloyd Healthcare 101 - An Introduction https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2298 <p>My name is Oakleigh McKelvy Ryan, Class of ’88, and I am joining the Living Well Blog Team. </p> <p>First and foremost, it is an honor to be associated with this group. I eagerly await Harrison Stephens’ poignant posts that make me appreciate life, even in a day full of chaos and self-pity. In her posts, Dr. Neeta Jain reminds us that healthy living is about partnerships with many people including your physician, your family and your environment. We are also given practic...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2298">More >></a> Sun, 09 May 2010 00:50:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2298 Ms. Oakleigh McKelvy Ryan 2010-05-09T00:50:00Z Videos of my Haiti Trip Posted https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2258 I traveled to Haiti at the end of March to volunteer for one week as part of the relief efforts for the devastating Jan 12 earthquake. While there, I shot some footage on a Flip camera, which I've now edited into three short films. You can <a href= "http://www.youtube.com/user/meimeifox">watch them here</a>. <br> <br> Amazingly, the story got picked up today by the Huffinton Post. Click here to <a href= "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/05/haiti-volunteer-documents_n_564520.html"> read th...</a><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2258">More >></a> Wed, 05 May 2010 21:48:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2258 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2010-05-05T21:48:00Z Social Media + Mindfulness = Infectious Enlightenment https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2237 <img src="../../../file2/blogImage/117/Meng Tan Wisdom2.jpg" alt="" width="465" height="348"><br> <br> <br> <br> Where can you find a tweeting Zen abbot, the Editor-in-Chief of <em>Yoga Journal</em>, and a Stanford neuroscientist on stage with top execs from Google and Facebook, and several major social media influencers?<br> <br> At the first annual <a href= "http://www.wisdom2summit.com/home">Wisdom 2.0 Conference</a> this past weekend in Silicon Valley, a convergence of social media...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2237">More >></a> Sat, 01 May 2010 15:43:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2237 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2010-05-01T15:43:00Z What YOU Can do to Help Haiti - and the World. No travel required! https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2172 <img src="/get/file2/blogImage/117/Orphanage staff_1.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="311"><br> <br> Since my return from Haiti on March 31, several of my friends have asked: “What can I do to help?” My answer is simple:<br> <br> 1) GIVE MONEY.<br> You can donate to a cause you believe in. Yes, of course, donating can seem like a knee-jerk response to a natural disaster. But it helps. It really does. That money is paying for incredible work being done on the ground in Haiti ...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2172">More >></a> Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:40:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2172 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2010-04-24T00:40:00Z Writing for Wellness https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2158 <p>Last night, I had the privilege of facilitating a writing group.  This writing group members consisted of people who have suffered personal losses, and who’ve found meaning in their losses through giving back in the form of serving as hospice volunteers.   This intimate group of hurt souls has come together to articulate in words their deepest pains as well as their lightest muses. Some wrote more than others. Some could not write at all. One woman was brought to tears...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2158">More >></a> Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:49:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2158 Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, M.P.H. 2010-04-22T21:49:00Z Emotional Desert or Emotional Sky - Choose or Suffer the Consequences https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2145 <p>How many of you have been told or have even remarked, "Don't be so emotional"?</p> <p>Unfortunately, in our all too rational western world, we've been taught to disregard our emotions, particularly when making decisions.</p> <p>Indeed, emotions have been given a bad wrap; they are unreliable, distracting, confusing, childish, and/or have no place in the professional arena. What might surprise such naysayers, however, is that whether we're conscious of it or not, we are always in an emoti...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2145">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=2145 Ms. Dana Whitaker A Week Volunteering in Haiti https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1995 <p><a href= "http://www.meimeifox.com/wp-content/uploads//collapsed-building1.jpg"> </a></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><img src= "/get/file2/blogImage/117/Collapsed building_1.jpg" alt="" width= "338" height="326"><br> </span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Getting There</span></p> <p>The adventure began before it even started. 48 hours prior to my scheduled departure, Delta Airlines called to tell me that my flight had been cancelled. First lesson: It's...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1995">More >></a> Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:45:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1995 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2010-04-06T00:45:00Z Somebody needs him https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1279 <p>             There’s an old man in my college town who, I think, has lived at least as well as anyone I know. He was a newspaper editor for years but he’s been retired so long he chuckles that he can’t really remember working. He’s never had a lot of money, but he has a big family of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who all like each other and laugh a lot when they’re together. And he had a w...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1279">More >></a> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:37:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1279 Mr. Harrison L. Stephens 2010-03-12T23:37:00Z Spring into Wellness- Let the Outdoors Inspire You! 3-11-10 https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1274 <p>       For those of us alums who are privileged to live near Stanford, it is clear that Spring is upon us. The daffodils are blooming along 280, and the plum trees have exploded with pink popcorn near Mem Chu.  The best part of spring to me is being able to explore open spaces and admire the fresh air, wildflowers, and greenery. Walking and hiking are great workouts for my body. But I mainly seek the outdoors because it is healing to my spi...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1274">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1274 Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, M.P.H. Heading to Haiti to Help https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1132 <img src="../../../file2/blogImage/117/Haitiquake2.jpg" alt= "Haiti Earthquake"><br> <br> Dear friends and readers,<br> <br> I am going to Haiti from March 20-30 to volunteer! I’d love your help in getting there with desperately needed supplies for the millions who are still suffering from lack of food and fresh water. <br> <br> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">What I’ll be Doing in Haiti</span> <br> <br> Last year, I edited the memoir of a remarkable woman: <a h...= ""></a><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1132">More >></a> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:19:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1132 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2010-03-01T23:19:00Z Strong Start https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1062 Hi there, this is Mike Shwe '88, with a guest post for Living Well. I want to share a healthy obsession of mine, with the hopes that it will resonate with some in the Stanford Alumni blogosphere. Here goes...<br> <br> I admit it. I am a creature of habit. I need to start each day with a morning workout followed by an enormous housemade fruit and yogurt smoothie. I'll skip the workout discussion for now, and focus on the smoothie part. I'll start with the motivations and finish with the meth...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1062">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=1062 Mr. Michael Shwe Making the Most of the Health Hand We're Dealt https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=986 Hello, <br> My name is Isabel Stenzel Byrnes and this is my first blog entry to Living Well. It is an honor to be invited to share my experiences and insights with the Stanford Alumni community. I'd like to write for this blog to provide perspectives on living well with serious and chronic illnesses.<br> <br> I graduated in 1994 with a human biology degree and went across the bay to Cal for social work and public health graduate degrees. I'm not much into credentials, because I'v...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=986">More >></a> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:38:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=986 Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, M.P.H. 2010-02-16T05:38:00Z How to Attain Your Ideal Weight https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=968 As a yoga teacher, life coach, and general health nut, friends and family frequently bombard me with questions about how I maintain my weight. Especially as they see me diving enthusiastically into an (organic, handmade, all-natural, made from local ingredients) ice cream cone. At 5’9” and about 130 pounds, I’m not overly skinny, nor have I ever been. But I am slender and toned—and haven’t always been. I went through my “Pudgy MeiMei” phase at Stanfor...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=968">More >></a> Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:04:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=968 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2010-02-13T00:04:00Z Bluebirds and Happiness https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=740 <p>I would like to share this poem with you. When I was a senior resident, I would give it to my interns in the middle of particularly hard rotations. Sometimes the culture of medical training encourages an unhealthy, cold toughness. We all go through times when we feel sodden, heavy with the weight of the world, having lost the smell of fresh air. And in those moments, this poem has helped me feel understood and reminded me how to find happiness again. </p> <p>It’s called “...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=740">More >></a> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:14:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=740 Neeta Jain, M.D. 2010-02-01T15:14:00Z Uncomfortable--and Living Well https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=731 <p>             Let me tell you about one of my grandsons who is living particularly well. His quarters are in an orphanage. His job is unpaid, and he had to raise the money to get to it. When he got there it turned out that he wouldn’t be doing what he intended to do. He’s apart from the wife and four children he adores, he has no idea for how long. This is living well?</p> <p>        &...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=731">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=731 Mr. Harrison L. Stephens Four-and-a-half-cups of fruit and vegetables a day... https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=722 DO you eat four-and-a-half cups of fruit and vegetables a day? Every day?  That is one of the components of a healthy diet, according to the American Heart Association's new definition of "ideal cardiovascular health". As a heart association employee, I shared the excitement last week when we unveiled the definition, along with a nifty web-based check that can tell you how you're doing in the heart disease and stroke prevention department. We call it ''Life's Simple 7, and I in...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=722">More >></a> Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:27:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=722 Ms. Julie Kaufmann Lloyd 2010-01-24T22:27:00Z How in the world can I make a difference that counts? https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=683      A devastating earthquake in Haiti. Sexual abuse of thousands of women and girls throughout our war-torn world. American families forced from their foreclosed homes - homelessness on the rise. Smog-filled skies and polluted rivers. Shuttered businesses - 12.3% unemployment nationwide,and growing. Underfunded schools, unconscionable dropout rates. Drug-gang violence.... As the the world's woes bombard us from every direction, and appeals for help flood our email and mail box...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=683">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=683 Ms. Dana Whitaker Helping Haiti https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=681 What a way to start a new year and a new decade—with a global humanitarian crisis. I had a blog already prepared about maintaining a healthy weight (as this is a common New Year’s resolution), but I’m shelving that for a future date. The January 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti just seemed too pressing of an issue to ignore.<br> <br> I’m sure you all have been following the news, so don’t need a recap of the story. It is a truly dismal situation, not only du...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=681">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=681 Ms. MeiMei Fox Living with Uncertainty https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=626 <p style="text-align: justify;">I think living with uncertainty is one of the hardest things we have to face as humans. Over the years, we have turned to oracles, astrologers, tea leaf and palm readers, fortune tellers, psychics, statisticians and prediction theororists to beat the odds and reject the null hypothesis.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">I am frequently asked by my patients to run a series of labs and studies to “check for everything.” I always find this an intere...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=626">More >></a> Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:30:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=626 Neeta Jain, M.D. 2010-01-04T04:30:00Z Living Well with Pain https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=622 <p>             Can a person who spends 10 or more hours a week hooked to a dialysis machine live well? Donald Strauss, ’37, found a way. For the last several years of his life Don underwent the rigors and confinement of dialysis treatment every few days, but his spirit was elsewhere.</p> <p>             Don was free of money worries. His family was wealthy, and he was a high exe...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=622">More >></a> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:37:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=622 Mr. Harrison L. Stephens 2009-12-24T05:37:00Z The Truth about New Year's Resolutions https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=620 As the year draws to a close and the days grow short, we tend to turn inwards. Most of us spend time reflecting on our achievements and challenges of the year past. If we set New Year’s resolutions last January, we might dig them up. Regardless, many of us conduct a mental review, considering the question, “How did I do?”<br> <br> As a trained psychotherapist and writer of self-help books, I am a strong believer in setting milestones. Fixing our sights on attainable as wel...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=620">More >></a> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:35:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=620 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2009-12-23T05:35:00Z More on pears -- Giant Korean pears this time! https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=572 <p>The new Trader Joe's opened yesterday at T&C, right across from campus. I went this morning to check it out and returned with four enormous Korean Shingo pears, which a friend had raved about yesterday. <br> These are  really big -- over a pound each -- and crisp, juicy and completely delicious. If you've never had an Asian pear, you've got to try them. They are quite different from the European varieties. Not as sweet but very refreshing. Some have tough skin...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=572">More >></a> Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:19:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=572 Ms. Julie Kaufmann Lloyd 2009-12-05T21:19:00Z Just Sit https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=570 <span style="color: #001101;"><span style= "font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Back when the Beatles traveled to the foothills of the Indian Himalayas to study Transcendental Meditation (TM) with Maharishi-guru, most people thought of the activity as some sort of new age, hippie pastime. But over the past few decades, scientific studies have revealed time and again the significant benefits of meditation to health and wellbeing.<br> <br> The National ...</span></span><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=570">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=570 Ms. MeiMei Fox Pears -- the picky fruit https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=563 I love pear season, and I hate it. <br> A perfectly ripe pear is sweet, so juicy you need a napkin and soft without being squishy. <br> Unfortunately, pears seem to be at that perfect moment of ripeness for about ten minutes, and if you look away you miss it. <br> But my timing was pretty good over the last few weeks, so here are two things I did with a box of gorgeous Bartletts from Costco, besides eat them plain. Skip to the end if all you want to know is how to coax a pear to ripeness a...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=563">More >></a> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:02:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=563 Ms. Julie Kaufmann Lloyd 2009-12-02T05:02:00Z Living Well = Dying Well https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=562 <p style="text-align: justify;">I have seen a lot of people die over the past several years through the process of learning how to doctor and then doctoring. I think some people have figured out how to do it better. I am trying to learn from them. Ironically, it can also be cheaper. Given that the majority of health care expenditures are at the end of life and our country could make itself bankrupt if we don’t attend to this quickly, I think this is an important although uncomfortable p...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=562">More >></a> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:00:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=562 Neeta Jain, M.D. 2009-12-02T01:00:00Z Notes from the kitchen https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=551 <p>Hello! I'm Julie Kaufmann Lloyd, Class of '83, and newest member of the Living Well tag-team blog. My interest in cooking, eating and living well is both avocational and vocational. I'm a cookbook co-author, former newspaper food editor (at the San Jose Mercury News) and currently senior director of communications & marketing at the American Heart Association in San Francisco. I'm a longtime recreational runner.   <br> I love that my w...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=551">More >></a> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:58:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=551 Ms. Julie Kaufmann Lloyd 2009-11-30T04:58:00Z What Works for You? https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=532 I had a fascinating weekend in New York City. I was the guest of Irwin Kula, selected by <em>Time</em> magazine as one of the top ten most influential rabbis in the US, and Craig Hatkoff, a genuine renaissance man who writes rock operas and bestselling children’s books (among many other talents and careers). The duo is creating a massive multimedia project centering on the topic of spiritual innovation, and has brought me on board to help write the book. I feel so blessed to be a part o...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=532">More >></a> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:46:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=532 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2009-11-23T03:46:00Z Another Perspective https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=510 <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style= "mso-tab-count: 1;">           </span> I’m a sailboat junkie. I enjoy everything about a boat including the maintenance work. I’d rather scrub bird droppings off the foredeck than spend a paid-for weekend in Las Vegas. I feel as E.B. White must have when he said...</span></span></span></p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=510">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=510 Mr. Harrison L. Stephens Golden Pots https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=491 <p style="text-align: justify;">My Dad is a wise-guy. He likes jokes of any kind. The corny ones go over well. He's also a very wise guy. He would get a kick out of the double meaning.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">He's taught me a lot over the years like how to make really good Indian style scrambled eggs for Sunday brunch with key ingredients of cumin, coriander, tomatoes, onions, and serrano peppers- the same stuff you can get on the street corner in Delhi without the E. coli. He al...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=491">More >></a> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:42:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=491 Neeta Jain, M.D. 2009-11-16T05:42:00Z Humpty Dumpty https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=286 The day before Halloween was a beautiful Friday morning in San Francisco. The sky wore its favorite fall shade, a sharp pale blue. “The perfect day for a bike ride,” I thought to myself. I packed up my computer, shouldered my backpack, and headed off to Samovar, my favorite local teahouse, to write for a few hours. <br> <br> Five minutes later, I was lying on the pavement on Market Street with a bloody split lip, smashed front tooth, and dislocated shoulder. I’d hit the in...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=286">More >></a> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:07:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=286 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2009-11-08T00:07:00Z Love to Live https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=265 <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style= "font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style= "mso-tab-count: 2;">                       </span> <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.</em></span></span></span></p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=265">More >></a> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:46:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=265 Mr. Harrison L. Stephens 2009-10-30T21:46:00Z In Pursuit of Health https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=252 <p style="text-align: justify;">Last weekend was my ten year Stanford reunion and a prime opportunity for reflection. I think checking-in to see if what you are doing is consistent with your values is important for happiness.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">I like my role in medicine. I like my patients. They are interesting, dynamic people who cross the racial and socioeconomic spectrum. Unfortunately, the practice of primary care can be a daily toil. At a recent talk I attended, a prim...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=252">More >></a> https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=252 Neeta Jain, M.D. Live Like a Caveman https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=224 I’m typing up a blog. You’re reading it online. It’s unlikely that either of us is outside doing a physical activity at this moment. According to University of Kansas psychology professor Dr. Stephen Ilardi, we’re breaking the rules for beating depression—we are not living like cavemen. <br> <br> My mom sent me a care package the other day. (Yes, I am 36 years old and my mother still sends me care packages. Aside from newspaper and magazine clippings, they are ...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=224">More >></a> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:19:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=224 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2009-10-25T15:19:00Z Health Amplified https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=186 <p>My name is Neeta Jain. I am an Internal Medicine physician at Palo Alto Medical Foundation. I am very excited to be a part of the Living Well blog.</p> <p>I've always thought a lot about health and have been drawn to it by that inexplicable internal pull that makes something into a life's work. I like to think about health in all sorts of different ways. I went down the path of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for a while. I even stopped off in Bombay to learn an energetic healing p...</p><a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=186">More >></a> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:31:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=186 Neeta Jain, M.D. 2009-10-09T01:31:00Z It's Not About Happiness https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=185 What makes you feel in love with life?<br> <br> -    Going for a run, the crisp, cold air burning your lungs and ears.<br> -    Reading a passage from a book that resonates so deeply you feel the author must know you personally.<br> -    Laughing to tears with your children.<br> -    Discovering a new friend, or reconnecting with an old one, and remembering that we’re all more similar than we are different.<br> - &nb...<a href="/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=185">More >></a> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:53:00 GMT https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/blogs/post-view/?ciid=185 Ms. MeiMei Fox 2009-10-09T00:53:00Z