This month’s Pillar of Health, according to The American College Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), is Social Connection. We often think of friends and family when we think of social connections, but rarely do we pair them with our health and how long we live. Thanks to extensive research, we now know that being connected socially is a strong determinant of longevity and mortality. On the opposite end of social connection is social isolation and loneliness. Research has shown that t

If you know me, you know that sleep is EVERYTHING to me. If I do not sleep well, or enough, I suffer (as do those around me). Sleep is one of the top Pillars of Health. When we sleep, our body gets to work repairing, sorting our mental load and enables us to be better, emotionally regulated humans throughout the day. What happens while we sleep: The brain gets cleaned up and organized, flushing toxins, sorting our memories and preparing for new input. The physical body has a