The only thing worse than giving “The Big Diagnosis”, is getting “The Big Diagnosis”.
Let’s just stop for a moment and think about what it might feel like to be diagnosed with terminal cancer. How would you feel if you were told that “You have cancer and only six months left to live”?
How would that […]

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One day I was hanging out with a girlfriend drinking coffee before we headed to our favorite Thai Food restaurant.
I ordered a glass of red wine (you know because the polyphenols are going to prevent me from having a heart attack someday), and my favorite curry seafood basket (because curry is a fabulous superfood).
Halfway through […]

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Ever since med school, I became terrible about remembering birthdays. Becoming a doctor certainly did not make me more thoughtful or provide me with more free time to hand make gifts and such.
So, in order for me to feel all “caught back up” I am going to just celebrate everybody’s birthday today!
Really June is a […]

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I would like to make the official announcement that starting tomorrow I am going to fine anyone that says “I can’t” twenty dollars.
As much as this might be an elaborate scheme to support the “Dr. Nicole Early Retirement Plan” I will absolutely need to retire early if I am forced to continuously battle all the […]

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Happy Earth Day Everyone!
In honor of this important day I am going to talk about ways to improve your diet for your own health as well as the health of the environment.
First of all just keeping yourself healthy is the best thing you can do for the earth. When people are sick […]

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My favorite thing to do at the grocery store is people watch.
Oftentimes my blatant stares are grossly mis-interpreted when in fact I am simply mesmerized by someone’s cart full of only bacon, yellow cheese, mayo, beer and white bread. “Wow that looks like an eczema fest followed by a heart attack on a plate”, […]

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A while back in med school I was totally broke and stuck at the grocery store deliberating over buying the small box of kitchen trash bags or the large box. There was a significant savings in money from buying the larger box. Unfortunately, I was so poor at the time that the three bucks made […]

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Have you ever wondered why when you have a craving it is for such yummies as chocolate, cheese, or chips? We as human beings have evolved to want to eat the sweetest and fattest things that we can because it gives us more “bang for our buck”. Or, more calories to store in our hips, […]

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Many of us may even have the same annoying resolutions we neglect to keep each year. It’s not that we don’t want to keep them, but I think we forget that resolutions are not just words, desires or a phase. A resolution is supposed to be a pledge, an oath, a promise - and it […]

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Moving on in many ways means saying goodbye. The problem is, goodbyes are often hard, even when the place we are headed may be a good place to be. I don’t know why it is so hard to let go of the past, but it is. We prefer the “known” over the unknown I guess. […]

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To bling or not to bling that is the question…

Although many tasty treats will be tempting me at various parties, I usually follow a pretty basic plan of attack to avoid letting them get the best of me. Gluttoness overeating can ruin the joy of socializing by zapping your energy, and making you fill ill. First and […]

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