What is real health. If a person can exercise to a high level, does this mean their heart is healthy? Do any other factors play a role in true heart health?
Some people think age plays a role in health. If a person is young then they must be healthy? Right?
In ... Read More
Human beings worry. They fret over the changes and happenings of life, Money woes, illness, separation and divorce- our hearts struggle with these difficulties.
When hearts struggle they can become sick. It is a well known medical fact that stress produces heart disease. Notice I said produces. As doctors we no ... Read More
October 13, 2008Dr.Kirk Laman
Life is interesting. It is like clouds. It moves this way and that. But you can’t keep your finger on it. You can’t control it.
Just the moment you think you’ve got it where you want it and then it shifts. The cumulus clouds come piling in, their lower edges tinted, ... Read More
October 4, 2008Dr.Kirk Laman
Life is complex. Often times it is mysterious. Sometimes things look fine on the outside but deeper troubles lurk beneath the surface. The unexpected death of Tim Russert is a good example of how something can be “more than meets the eye.”
On the outside Tim’s health seemed OK. According ... Read More
June 20, 2008Dr.Kirk Laman
Our hearts can be disfigured.
They can be troubled and tormented. Our hearts can be squeezed and distressed emotionally and psychologically to such a degree that finally they begin to whither under the strain.
They crack or even break. The experience of having a “Broken Heart” is real.
Losing a loved one, struggling ... Read More
April 14, 2008Dr.Kirk Laman
Your heart knows. It knows what you need to be healthy, wealthy, and wise. The trouble is most of us rarely listen to our hearts. We’re too busy. We go here. We run there. We look everywhere for the answers, but we ignore our real intelligence.
Did you know that your ... Read More
March 30, 2008Dr.Kirk Laman
Our steps are important. Where we choose to go does make a difference. Just look at what happened to Eliot Spitzer the Former Governor of New York these past two weeks: http://extra.msn.com/news.aspx?GT1=34122
Talk about taking the wrong steps. Have you thought about where you’ve been stepping lately?
I have. As often happens ... Read More
March 15, 2008Dr.Kirk Laman
I just got back this past week from a seminar called, The Language of Impact given by Joel Roberts. Joel previously hosted a talk show program with KABC Radio Los Angeles for ten years. He has worked with Stephen Covey, author of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, as ... Read More
March 4, 2008Dr.Kirk Laman
Do you have difficulty with letting go? I know I do at times. I get one thing in my head and have difficulty gettting past the thoughts.
Thoughts can be problematic. They can keep us locked in a vicious cycle of endless rumination.
Our heart’s can also become locked in one thing. We ... Read More
February 20, 2008Dr.Kirk Laman
Fitness is an obsession with people in America. We run, bike, and do a host of activities. All with the idea of getting into shape. We want our muscle to be in shape, and even our hearts. Yet being in shape doesn’t fit into just one package. We can be ... Read More
February 11, 2008Dr.Kirk Laman