Category: Lifestyle & Wellness

  • Woke and aware

    Woke and aware

    Building an Antiracist Community Woke and aware Growing up in a small rural Minnesota town, there was little that gave me reason to consider the lives…

  • Norms and Difficult People

    Norms and Difficult People

    Building an Antiracist Community Norms and Difficult People One of the challenges often faced by voluntary community organizations, including congregations, is working with difficult people. As a…

  • New Year Brings New Motivation to be Healthier

    New Year Brings New Motivation to be Healthier

    West End Healthline New Year Brings New Motivation to be Healthier By Jonathan Dickman, MD, PhD Goodbye 2022, hello 2023! With the New Year comes familiar…

  • St. Nicholaus Day at Waldmann

    St. Nicholaus Day at Waldmann

    Step aside Santa! In Germany St. Nicholas rules the day, and Sankt Nikolaus Tag is Dec. 6! That’s the day kids wake up to find their…

  • How Stress Impacts Our Health 

    How Stress Impacts Our Health 

    West End Healthline By Chatterton, PhD, LP We have all heard that we should manage our stress in order to stay healthy. Many people, however, do not…

  • A Lesson from the Past: Why the Flu Vaccine Matters

    A Lesson from the Past: Why the Flu Vaccine Matters

    By Brooke Gensler, MDDid you know that in 1918, in the midst of World War I, an influenza epidemic swept the globe? This “Spanish Flu”…

  • Be Prepared with an Advance Directive

    Be Prepared with an Advance Directive

    West End HealthlineBy Anna Dovre, MDAs the season shifts ever on toward autumn, I’ve been noticing the ways that we’re all making preparations. The squirrels…

  • Our voices should not go unheard 

    letters to the editor   Let’s talk numbers for a minute. In the 12-month period ending June 30, 2022, Xcel Energy reported a gross profit of…

  • An Infant’s Choice

    An Infant’s Choice

    Building an Antiracist Community  He is only 4 months old, yet even at this early age he has already discovered a lesson that can guide him…