A grain of salt: The detrimental danger of goal setting
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Columnist
There’s a sort of pass/fail culture happening in, well, pretty much everything we do these days. We set lofty intentions and label them as “goals,” …
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A grain of salt: Seasonal affect for the resistant
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Columnist
When the sadness hits, I know it. It’s different from other kinds of sadness; it’s a kind of tender response to the humdrum of everyday …
A grain of salt: The happiness project
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Columnist
Every year, without fail, the new year arrives. With it’s slow, unstoppable force, like blackberry overgrowth, it creeps over us with suffocating thorny truths and …
A grain of salt: Gifting yourself down-time
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Columnist
It’s that time of year again. We’re obliged to parties and gatherings and second helpings. We’ve got relatives to relate to, colleagues to Secret Santa …
A grain of salt: Illness is not a weakness
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Columnist
Somehow, perhaps with the transition into the Industrial Revolution and hourly wages, Americans seem to have lost compassion for the unwell. Working hard for long …
A grain of salt: Getting back to the basics
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Columnist
“Do you believe in those IV infusions as a hangover cure?” a family member asked me as he loaded some hotel pancakes onto his plate. …
A grain of salt: Why your tribe is essential
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Columnist
A few years ago I added some questions about “support systems” to my patient intake questionnaire. I had been hearing a lot of the same, …
A grain of salt: Personal growing ourselves to death
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Columnist
Don’t get me wrong, I love Brené Brown just as much as the next self-actualizing woman, but I’d like to know how many yoga classes, …
A grain of salt: Summer in Sandpoint — one long booze session
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Columnist
Let’s be clear on some basic facts before we disappoint our readers today: There are nearly zero scientifically-proven health benefits to drinking alcohol.
I know. …
A grain of salt: Why you should care if your tomatoes are huge
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Health Columnist
In my office, the questions of, “Should I eat organic?” or, “Are GMOs bad?” come up almost daily. The answer to both is, yes. …
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