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Sparks Need Oxygen
It’s been almost a month since we finished the Rubber Band Challenge, and I’m starting to get antsy. If we want to expand our comfort...

Heather Hansen
Mar 1, 20171 min read


Rubber Band Challenge Recap and Bracelet
We did it! We spent 30 days exploring all that we COULD BE. Just like the people who realized that a rubber band could be an eraser, we...

Heather Hansen
Feb 11, 20171 min read


The 30 Day Rubber Band Challenge
I recently read a study about rubber bands and possibilities. The bottom line is this: when people were told a rubber band IS a rubber...

Heather Hansen
Jan 7, 20173 min read


Healthy Eating and Kids – Simple, but Not Easy
My friend, Jennae, is a phenom. She is a dietician, yoga instructor and a dance teacher. She has more energy than anyone else I know, and...

Heather Hansen
Jan 5, 20171 min read


Rubber Bands & Possibility
“I dwell in possibility.” Emily Dickinson So do I, for as long as I can remember. When I was a child, I was a voracious reader and my...

Heather Hansen
Dec 29, 20164 min read


When Doctors and Patients Don’t Speak the Same Language
Life is about connections. Our family, social, work and on line connections make us happier and healthier. The outcomes of trials hinge...

Heather Hansen
Dec 15, 20163 min read


What Do You Want?
Nate McIntyre isn’t your typical trainer. He’s a musician and his band, Killer Whale, is about to come out with a new video. (He comes...

Heather Hansen
Dec 10, 20161 min read


Teaming Up to Help Mothers
Maternal mortality is when women die because of complications from pregnancy or childbirth. It’s a problem in Africa–and in Texas. Dr...

Heather Hansen
Nov 27, 20162 min read


Oaths Have Power – Healthcare Relationships
OATHS HAVE POWER Lawyers take oaths. Jurors do as well. In Philadelphia, where I try cases most often, jurors pledge to “well and truly...

Heather Hansen
Nov 17, 20163 min read


Healing One Laugh at a Time
Man it’s been a rough week. Most of us are sleep deprived from staying up way too late waiting for election returns. Many are heartbroken...

Heather Hansen
Nov 10, 20161 min read


Is Healthcare a Privilege or a Right?
I met Rick Ungar when I was a regular panelist on The Daily Wrap, a show he co-hosted on the Newsmax channel. He is a liberal voice on a...

Heather Hansen
Nov 3, 20162 min read


Equating Life with Life
“It’s very important to me to equate life with life.” When Dr Owen Montgomery said this in our recent interview, it stuck with me. What...

Heather Hansen
Oct 27, 20163 min read


“You Cut Them, You Marry Them” – Anatomy of a Total Knee Replacement
As you may have seen from my blog “The Science of a Spark” I had the chance to watch a knee replacement live. While we don’t have a video...

Heather Hansen
Oct 19, 20161 min read


The Science of a Spark
It all begins with friction – the resistance that is created when two objects meet. That friction creates a spark, and if you feed that...

Heather Hansen
Oct 15, 20164 min read
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