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Lisa Citron's avatar

Are your essays available in audio? I subscribed bec of your content ... most amiable! And also, bec I thought is was available in audio (listen while I walk).

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Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA's avatar

Yes, on the app you can click a button to have it play an audio for you. Not my voice but you can listen. I will be doing an audio of each article myself very soon on my podcast that is also on the app. One step at a time. :)

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Lisa Citron's avatar

Thank you!

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David Mazza's avatar

Consider upon arising each am to sit in silence for 1/2 hour. Then do the thing you love to do and let it take all you have. Go to bed when the sun goes down, get up when it comes up. Exercise often.

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Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA's avatar

Excellent.

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Alex Kerr's avatar

My Dad lived like this. My mother was unhappy, anxious and impatient most of her adult life. She suffered from dementia in later life & raged against it to the bitter end. It was horrible to watch. In contrast, My father, was content and patient most of his life. He found joy in his routines and in simple things. Never sweated the small stuff. He got sick only for a few months before passing away peacefully. Contentment is under rated.

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Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA's avatar

So very true.

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John Price's avatar

Thank you for sharing. I will try to implement your health strategy. Please follow up with additional recommendations.

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Trèsors De Luxe ( The Bloom )'s avatar

Yes! Brilliant. 👏

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Nancy Kong's avatar

Very thought provoking. Again, you are enlightening us with beautifully written story. I went through the long hauling “storms” when my dear parents fell one after another. I would not say I was perfect, but the thoughtfulness and reservation of energy to make right decisions in each phase of their declining saved me and them. Now the storms passed, they are up in peace, I am down here still learning how to stabilize my emotions day by day. So when the real storm comes, the good habit will save me. Thank you for sharing inspiring story.

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Tammy Ford's avatar

👍 simplicity of small consistent action… I will.

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David King's avatar

Lines & slow traffic are wonderful times to look around, relax, talk to your other linees. Slow or stopped traffic is time to see the small details of the side of the road, to work your way out to the local horizon, or just not think. Free every day.

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David King's avatar

One of the interesting sides of being lucky enough to get older is adjusting to parts that don’t work near as well as they once did. Who knew how interesting learning about and then practicing “samurai walking “ would be - and find your back hurts a lot less? (Got to watching Japanese TV - in English, mind you) How nice it is to have the ability and inclination (and the time) to work on improving how you walk.

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Heléna Kurçab's avatar

Yep. That’s why I love red lights! :-)

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Ruth Donners's avatar

This is very relatable. Thanks for sharing. Makes me think of my two grandmothers. A world of difference: one lost both parents before she was 18, grew up in her family of 8 children as the middle one, went to be married to a man who was a silent hardworking farmer, working equally hard, whilst delivering 8 healthy children of her own (my mom recalls with the last son, her dad to ask her to return to the field few days after giving birth, which she did). The other one fled from Germany before WWII, had 3 children, lost a daughter to a drunk driver, she did work in and around the house.

Both of them not having an uneventful life, but the way they treated their lives was different: the first one was a master in having small joys, happy when the sun shone, the chicken laid an egg or the lambs were jumping of joy in the meadow. She never complained, always worked hard, and laughed a lot.

The other one, when asked how she felt saw that as an invite to start complaining.

The first one was 93 when she passed, the other did not reach 80. To me a lifelong reminder that not only habits, but also a fundamentally lighter mindset is making a HUGE difference. I loved them both equally by the way ❤️ - and thank them both for having been in my life.

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Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA's avatar

Wow! Wonderful insights and thank you for sharing.

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Debbie Burns's avatar

Excellent. Thank you

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Jeannie Reardon's avatar

I love this! It’s a great reminder for me to stay the course because the (political) storm is coming and it’s really rattled me. I do mostly live this way. I love being open to something greater than myself and receiving small (or large) gifts. This is one of them. Thank you!

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Hadley Donohue's avatar

I'm a general internist and I agree completely. One tiny point, I don't see anything wrong with eating out of habit, if the habits are healthy.

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Margaret McVey's avatar

Very good article. However. You have missed an important factor in your comparisons. The panicking, agitated gentleman may well be receiving very bad news about a loved one and getting home quickly is vital. That’s just one example of extra stress. There could be many more. I understand that he will have to adopt some kind of practice to keep him as calm as possible but unless you know each persons back story, it can otherwise be an uneven playing field and not a fair comparison

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Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA's avatar

Sure but we all have a choice of how we respond to challenges and obstacles.

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Christine Gilinger's avatar

This was a great article . Great tips to help with some habits I’d like to incorporate into my life . Thanks!

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Dr Christine DiBlasio's avatar

Excellent points!

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Michael's avatar

You forgot to mention that wealth is extremely Important for your personal health.

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