Posts by Soma Grotefend
New Perspectives For a Kinder Pandemic Holiday Season
I often share the following wisdom: “Niceness is telling people what they want to hear. Kindness is telling people what they need to hear.” Occasionally, kind and nice are the same thing. This blog is meant to be shared in the spirit of kindness. As a doctor who takes the teaching part of her role…
Read MoreCOVID Feeling Out of Your Control? Here’s What You CAN Do.
As this year came into our existence, many hoped it would be a year of clarity, where we could start seeing with “20-20 vision.” In so many ways, 2020 has truly become a time of brutal clarity. For me, clarity is actually seeing things as they are, not as we want them to be. The…
Read More3 Reasons Your Energy is Low During Menopause and What To Do About It
As a 51 year-old female family physician, I am currently getting the opportunity of experiencing the changes involved in my own life as well as having shared several decades of helping many women through these interesting years that make up what we call menopause. The medical definition of menopause is one full year of…
Read MoreDemystifying Vitamin D
Vitamin D. We keep hearing about this vitamin on the news. The news is often conflicting and confusing: We hear something about sunshine and not getting enough sun rays (but wear sunscreen so you don’t get skin cancer!), as well as hearing we need some but not “too much.” I hope to take you on…
Read MoreInsomnia: What is Sleep Anyways?
As a physician, I get asked frequently about insomnia. I also get to see what happens as a result of sleep deprivation and the multitude of opportunities for suffering that accompany this increasing problem. Many resources are available for attempting to find the cause of why you are having trouble falling asleep and/or staying asleep.…
Read MoreThe Art of Weight Loss: How I Took a “Load Off”
As I got to the top of one of my favorite mountain bike rides here in Colorado, I realized how much my weight loss had increased my joy of riding. I felt so much lighter and could take the hairpin, tight, up-winding curves with grace and ease. These same twists and turns had been so…
Read MoreThis is Why You Are Stuffing Your Mouth Full of Dessert During the Holidays
The holidays are often a time of stress, especially when it comes to food. So many temptations! So much dessert, so little time! The key to learning how to eat so our body is both healthy and satisfied is found in understanding why we are drawn to eating certain foods. Turns out, learning to stop…
Read MoreWhat If Suffering Didn’t Have to Happen?
Pain. We have all experienced it. Pain is not the same as suffering. Suffering requires a story. Without a story, pain is simply a sensation that is occurring. Suffering is optional. What does pain have to do with focus? Although pain may be inescapable (when you step on a tack, it is supposed to hurt…),…
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