"Soaring In Health & Wellness‪"‬ Dr. Steve Wells

We begin our third year with "Soaring In Health & Wellness" in the area of "Cultural Wellness". As I have mentioned in the beginning episodes of our podcast that we are going to look at all the different dimensions of wellness:physical, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal, cultural, spiritual, environmental, financial and occupational. One cannot truly have optimal health and wellness unless all of these components are operating at the highest level. These different compone...

Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I Know The Plans I Have For You," Declares The Lord, "Plans To Prosper You And Not To Harm You, Plans To Give You Hope And A Future." On today's episode, titled "Amazing Grace At The Front Line", Dr. Gayle Galan, MD and her husband Karl, with a "K" discuss God's all sufficient grace during these difficult times of this COVID-19 Pandemic. Dr. Gayle works in the emergency room of her local hospital, actually, the front line. We discuss her story, along with...

We open today's episode with my discussion on the topic of "Isolation" with Dr. Stephen Givens and Michael Moore. Dr. Givens notes that "isolation" is the worst kind of human torture one can go through. As one needs air to breathe, food to eat, water to drink we all desire and need to be connected. Connectivity is part of our DNA. Additionally, we discuss the importance of spirituality in dealing with stress as well as cognitive strategies. Cognitive strategies include...

I am excited about today's episode, "Surviving Stress In Unknow Times" with Dr. Stephen Givens and Michael Moore. Dr. Givens, Michael and I discuss "counterproductive" and "productive" coping strategies or collectively known as "stress management techniques." We are going through some very difficult times with COVID-19. Individuals and families are being isolated in their homes, businesses are closing, individuals losing their jobs and health care workers going to work each ...

During this episode, Dr. Wells discusses the different causes of stress transitioning from high school to college and during college life. Dominique, a graduate from Marshall University with an emphasis on Exercise Science, currently working on completing her Masters in Business Administration from Fairmont State University and small business owner as a personal trainer; Caleb, a graduate from Ohio Valley University with a degree in Forensic Investigative Accounting and a four-year coll...

Statistics show that 40% of deaths in the United States are related wholly or in part to stress. Stress effects our lives in three different areas which include: physical, psychological and intellectual. Donatelle notes that stress is often described as "disease of prolonged arousal" that leads to a cascade of negative health effects. The longer you are chronically stressed, the more likely will be the negative health effects. She continues to explain that nearly all b...