by Jing Nie | Jan 31, 2019
These five habits can save your heart! Crushing chest pain, sudden loss of consciousness, ambulance, emergency department, heart attack! Each and every day, this common scenario presents at most hospitals throughout the world. After all, heart attack is the number-one...
by Jing Nie | Jan 31, 2019
It’s already the New Year. Time travels way too fast. What is fascinating is, as you know, I put a great deal of research into each piece that I write for the Wayal Family. As I looked for information about the Chinese 2019 New Year, the Year of the Pig, my theme for...
by Jing Nie | Dec 3, 2018
We somehow have the idea deeply ingrained in our culture that pleasure is a bad thing – especially when it relates to our health. We believe that if it feels good, you should feel bad about it! Epicurus, an ancient Greek philosopher from 300 B.C., spoke openly about...
by Jing Nie | Oct 10, 2018
For women, the way we are working isn’t always working out so well. In reality ‘having it all’ as we have come to know it, is utterly exhausting. We have prided ourselves in our capacity to do it all – raise a family, build a career, maintain relationships, and stay...
by Jing Nie | Aug 1, 2018
Over the decades, we have all read or pondered the age-old adage “Nature versus Nurture”. Scientists, doctors, philosophers, educators, and everyday parents debate whether genetics or environment that determines success. Number-one New York Time best-seller “Outliers”...
by Jing Nie | Jul 19, 2018
Almost everyone, everywhere feels stress. Strangely, ‘stress’ transcends culture, gender, and economic position. Neither the rich nor the poor are immune from it. The young and the old are susceptible. It is the singular theme that emerges from every meeting in the...
by Jing Nie | Jun 12, 2018
You are hoping to feel energized and focused throughout the day. Yet by 2pm, your energy sags. In front of you stand heaps of emails and calls to get through, presentations to deliver, and two or three more meetings in the long hours. You grab a cookie at your desk,...
by Jing Nie | Feb 28, 2018
You have just celebrated Chinese New Year. It is two months into the 2018 and already you find yourself feeling fatigued and eating too many of the wrong foods. You promised yourself that this year would be different. You made some resolutions to adjust your...
by Jing Nie | Jan 16, 2018
One of the most exciting parts about the medical and healthcare space is that it is constantly changing. As we continue to strive for greater fitness and improved wellbeing there are some super new ideas and much scientific data setting the health trends for this...
by Jing Nie | Dec 18, 2017
Food is meant to be celebrated! Since ancient times, food has been a gift from the earth, bursting with super-nutrients and delicious flavors. The traditional calendar indicated that celebrations, such as harvest festivals and seasonal merriments, were in-tune with...