Curcumin: a natural treatment for depression?

by | Aug 24, 2026 | Health

Larry H Pastor, MD 16 August 2026  A good doctor is by definition a holistic doctor.  If a gentler or more natural treatment can do the job instead of prescriptions or surgical interventions, or combined synergistically with standard prescription meds, that should be...

Life Lessons: Pink’s, Mine, and Yours

by | Nov 22, 2025 | Life advice

Prolific author and former Whitehouse speechwriter Daniel Pink, in his original and sagacious style, released a YouTube video called “40 Harsh Truths I Wish I Knew in my 20’s”, distilling 40 life lessons into a pithy 13 minute video.  It’s worth a look: ...

The “SECRET” of Happy Couples

by | Jan 15, 2025 | Health

The “SECRET” of Happy Couples As we live amid the so-called “epidemic of loneliness”, finding a suitable spouse or partner can be a challenge.  Having achieved that milestone, keeping it going and realizing all the upside potential requires core values as well as...

Curiosity and Openness to New Experiences (“CONE”)

by | Jan 8, 2025 | Health

Curiosity and Openness to New Experiences (“CONE”): a creative and quintessential resiliency strength Larry H Pastor, MD In the taxonomy of resiliency strengths, the beliefs, habits, or practices that help us to cope with adversity arise from 5 domains of the human...

What is it like being a doctor?

by | Dec 28, 2024 | Health

Medicine is a career with many stresses and many rewards.  Some stressors are not too different from other careers, but many appear to be unique to the practice of medicine.  Young people enter the field of medicine for many reasons.  Some are natural healing...

Happiness Made Simple

by | Oct 21, 2024 | Health

Happiness made simple: The 10 basic building blocks of happiness for most everyone Dog on lap.  Fresh brewed coffee in hand.  Sunlight streaming through open window.  Good book waiting on side table.  At such times happiness seems so achingly simple.  Yet most of the...

What Does it Mean to Be Truly Human ?

by | Apr 16, 2024 | Health

LH Pastor, MD, April 2024 Good for you, clicking on the intriguing title of this month’s blog post!  After all, Curiosity is a quintessential resiliency strength!  Curiosity leads us to discover new and often remarkable things! Notwithstanding, I hope you weren’t...

Resiliency Strengths found in books, movies, & stories

by | May 20, 2023 | Health

A brief description of the Resiliency Strengths found in books, movies, & stories Larry H. Pastor             A resiliency strength is a strength, attitude, belief, habit, or behavior that we rely on when going through rough times, in order to help deal with bad...