December 14th, 2008 | Category: Feature, News From The Fourth World, The Joy Habit |
- (Comments are closed) Time to sip a little hot cider, put the old dogs up, lean back and let the Doc Gurley high-velocity-contortionist-shopping team take you on a whirlwind tour of the best Treats for the Streets! With real-time, gold medal caliber performance-gifting (and a guest judge commentator!). Let the holiday mood take you!
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Ahh, there’s nothing more fun, or easier, than shopping for holiday gifts for the homeless (rub palms
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together with glee). And believe me, this kind of statement is strong praise indeed, coming from someone with a near-lethal shopping allergy (hey, I’ve been tempted to put it in my medical […]
December 12th, 2008 | Category: Doc Gurley Lists, Feature, The Joy Habit |
Comments are closed Wondering how exactly a small act can result in a permanent change in your worldview? Read on to see how it can work:
On the first day of urban Christmas, a street bum said to me, “Got any spare change, buddy?†But I’m not a
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cash hand-out kind of […]
So it’s 11 days to Hanukkah, 2 weeks to Christmas, 15 days to Kwanzaa. Welcome to the first of three related
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posts – here are the top five reasons to give at least one personal gift to a homeless person this holiday season:
#5) No one’s easier to buy for. It’s the […]
December 1st, 2008 | Category: Feature, Practical Medicine, The Joy Habit |
Comments are closed December is loaded with health significance – it’s the end of the calendar year, which is a time of reflection for many of us. It’s also a month packed with holidays, emotion, stress, and, often, calories. Here are five tips to help you navigate the rapids of December and emerge in the New […]
November 30th, 2008 | Category: Feature, In the News, Practical Medicine, The Joy Habit |
- (Comments are closed) Here’s powerful study result showing that breast cancer patients who received psychological counseling had
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improved survival, decreased recurrences of their tumors, and, even for those who had a recurrence, longer times until relapse. That’s powerful stuff. Especially considering that these women were not chosen because of mental health […]
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