by Jaime L. Pula, PhD, RDN | Oct 26, 2022 | Precision Medicine
“You do you, Mom” is what my wise-beyond-his-years teenage son tells me. What happens if you don’t ‘do you’? Unattended pain from trauma and loss sets in and can damage and destroy you at the cellular level. I’m not exaggerating here. A lot is at stake. When mental...
by Jaime L. Pula, PhD, RDN | Oct 19, 2022 | Emotional Health
No two losses are the same. And no two people suffer and grieve the same over the losses. Like ocean waves, grief can have a high or a low tide and mostly unexpected. Yet just as surprising is the strength, power and light that can be found through the toughest of...
by Jaime L. Pula, PhD, RDN | Oct 12, 2022 | Neurobiology
What did you think it was going to be? It could have been a lot of powerful words. Yet none as more powerful as the word ‘love.’ Not even hate has the strength to conquer in all the ways love does. According to Ruth Feldman (2016), “The neurobiology of love may open...
by Jaime L. Pula, PhD, RDN | Oct 5, 2022 | Seasons
What’s Your SPICE Of Life? Let This Autumn Season Be The Beginning Of Not ‘Fall’-ing Apart. And ‘Fall’ Into Place. S-pirituality P-eace I-nner C-alm E-nergy We all have analogies, real life stories, favorite quotes and keen insights within us – to enable us to forge...
by Jaime L. Pula, PhD, RDN | Sep 28, 2022 | Performance
Because ‘life happens’ it’s important to better understand what tools work best for what tasks. And because we all need to eat to live, let’s use a food analogy. I mean, you wouldn’t eat soup with a knife, right? Well, maybe (if you’re like me!) you’d try a fork, if...