Health and Wellness Defined

Health can best be defined as the absence of disease. Wellness is best defined as the existence of positive health. So health and wellness can be best defined as the absence of disease in the presence of positive health.

Why the focus on health and wellness these days? I think modern medicine gets a failing grade. Obesity is epidemic in the American culture today. One of my patients knew that her weight was not healthy. However, her previous physician told her that she should learn to live with her new heavier weight and maybe the weight would level out. That statement haunted her and led her to find a physician who offered her more hope and solutions.

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Confession #12: Social Media, Apples, and Trees.

I know one thing for sure — I am my father’s child. I’ve heard the phrase “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” my whole life. And now, I know it to be true.

My dad was the original computer nerd. When my family moved from Ruston to Baton Rouge in 1983 for my dad’s return to school, he knew he would be writing the oh-so-long dissertation, a requirement for earning a doctorate degree. The dissertation is a massive research paper and, in pre-computer days, one big pain to type and re-type! As a result, my family became owners of one of the first home computers.

My dad encouraged me to “figure things out” on the computer. In those days, there wasn’t a lot to understand. A home computer primarly functioned as a fancy typewriter, allowing the user to make edits to a document and save them. When you are writing a book (e.g. a dissertation) or even a history paper (me – while in high school), you can see how this would come in handy!

My familiarity and comfort with computers has grown as the computer age has blossomed. And now, I seem to be the resident guru with my friends and family on computers, software and the application of technology to your lifestyle. My hunger for technology-as-applied-to-life began with a smartphone (a phone that can receive emails), followed by an iPhone (emails, internet, and lots of great tools and games called apps), and, most recently, a MacBookPro (Apple’s version of the laptop).

And so my friends, today’s column is for my friends who didn’t have a visionary, computer geek dad who saw the benefits of technology. Today’s lesson? Social media can make life simpler, more connected, and more informed. How? You’ve heard of the world wide web (www). Social media is becoming THE web ON the world wide web. Social media creates the connections that bind people and businesses together online.

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Seasons Wellness Clinic, located in beautiful north central Louisiana, is a wellness clinic dedicated to offering the latest advancements in traditional medicine with the most holistic approach to treatment possible. What began as the gynecology practice of Dr. Nathan Goodyear has become a destination for pursuing wellness. In addition to traditional gynecology, we offer a range of medical services addressing concerns from cellulite to urinary incontinence to sterilization to medical aesthetics. Our more holistic approach to wellness includes services such as bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, food sensitivity testing and nutritional counseling, IV nutritional therapy, and much more. Click here to learn more