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By Georgianna Donadio, MSc., PhD. The groundbreaking book, by Allan Luks and writer Peggy Payne, ushered in an understanding and renaissance of helping others. The 1991 book offers insights into the relationship between health and doing good things for other people. Peggy Luks led the first research linking emotional and physical health benefits experienced by those who help others. This was found to be particularly true of volunteers who shared similar circumstances or cond

By Georgianna Donadio, MSc., PhD. Most of us are aware of how our relationship with our cell phones has taken over the function and quality of our lives. We are currently seeing approximately 80% of Americans owning cell phone and using them as their all in one “life pod” for doing everything from working to dating. It’s not that we just “own” our phones, many of us are owned by our phones. The amount of screen time we spend daily is staggering. Americans average nearly five

Georgianna Donadio, MSc, DC, PhD In all aspects of life, a wise adage of when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses and not zebras truly applies. If you are not familiar with this approach to observing and responding to problem-solving it’s worth exploring. Health care, and to a large extent the rest of the working world, is focused on listening for the zebras - that is, looking for the pathology, the disease, the exotic condition, something to diagnose. Rather than taking a

Learn how the National Institute of Whole Health pioneered Whole Person Care and influenced the VA’s Whole Health model, improving patient outcomes, satisfaction, and personalized care for veterans.