relationships

March 2, 2023

Monthly Family Update – March 2023

Here are the contents of this month’s newsletter: Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Worldwide Webinar to Healthcare Professionals on “Recognizing Religious Struggle” Bryson City Tales coming […]
February 23, 2023

Worldwide Webinar to Healthcare Professionals on Religious Struggle

Recently I had the honor and privilege of presenting a worldwide webinar to healthcare professionals on the topic of “Using a spiritual history to uncover religious […]
February 17, 2023

Today: Your Spiritual Influence at Work – Part Two – with Dr. James Dobson

My dear friend, Dr. Bill Peel, and I recorded a two-part with Dr. James Dobson in 2017 on his national Family Talk radio program on the […]
February 16, 2023

Today: Your Spiritual Influence at Work – Part One – with Dr. James Dobson

My dear friend, Dr. Bill Peel, and I recorded a two-part with Dr. James Dobson in 2017 on his national Family Talk radio program on the […]
February 14, 2023

Dear St. Valentine, What are the health benefits of your chocolate?

Chocolates are a perennially popular way to show someone you think they’re special, especially on St. Valentine’s Day! And dark chocolates may even be healthful. Here’s […]
February 9, 2023

Vaccine News You Can Use (for health professionals)

For a number of years, I’ve been honored to write a quarterly column, “Vaccine News You Can Use” for the Colorado Family Physician magazine. In many of […]
February 7, 2023

12 Steps for Spiritual Strength Training and Spiritual Nutrition

I enjoy being able to answer questions from the readers of Today’s Christian Living magazine in my bi-monthly “Ask Dr. Walt” column. In the January 2023 issue, I […]
February 4, 2023

Operation Lipizzaner: Former Nazi vet paves way for horse rescue (Part 2 of 3)

Here’s a January 29, 2023 excerpt (part two of three) from my and Mike Yorkey’s award-winning WWII book, At First Light: A True World War II […]
June 23, 2008

Social Ties May Help Cut Dementia Risk

WebMD Health News is reporting a study funded by the National Institute on Aging showing that elderly women who maintain close friendships and strong family ties […]
April 21, 2009

What Are Friends for? A Longer Life!

Tara Pope, one of my favorite columnists, reports in the New York Times: “In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self-help books […]
June 19, 2009

12 Ways to Live Longer

When I wrote my book, 10 Essentials of Highly Healthy People, I included information on how people can make decisions that will affect the quantity and […]
March 5, 2010

TV, Computers Linked to Weak Relationships

Children in recent New Zealand studies who spent a lot of time watching television and using computer games had less attachment to family and peers. The […]
March 25, 2010

Loneliness harms blood pressure

Like happiness, loneliness is contagious In my book, the 10 Essentials of Happy, Healthy People, one of the ten essentials of health I write about is […]
April 16, 2010

Mentored By A Milker Of Cows

I’ve written an article about my dear friend and mentor, Bill Judge, for Revive Magazine. It’s called “Mentored By A Milker Of Cows.” You can read […]