As I mentioned in a previous post, the brain plays a most important role in our behavior. In fact, there is nothing else that even comes close to impacting the outcome of our lives as does our own brain. It is directly involved in everything that we think, say, and do. Anyone who makes the effort to eat healthily and exercise on a regular basis knows that doing so isn't easy. But how much more difficult does this become when a person is struggling with depression? Or an a

The picture on the left is likely what the downtown YMCA looked like in the days following the start of the New Year. The picture on the right is what the YMCA will probably look like in the next few months. My guess is that the attendance numbers are already starting to thin. The question is, why does this happen? Why do so many people start the New Year committed to improve their health in some way, only to find that their resolution has fallen flat on its face in a sur