Pirates Good morning! Tuesday night is Spaghetti Night at the Lodge and I’m now aware that I had too much garlic with dinner. What followed was a diaphoretic (sweaty) nightmare in which my dinghy was being attacked by pirates. My internal questioning of why someone would attack a small craft with Dora the Explorer painted […]

March 24, 2017 Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning! Great news. You, Rachael, Jessica, me – we’re all now partnering on a new initiative with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA).When I think about this, I think about the NRPA’s Rich Dolesh. A guy who, years ago, broke his back to make us feel welcome. […]

Good morning! Hope this finds you well on this sunny Friday…with a healthy bracket?! We learned a lot at the Walk this week. Of course mom is always right, but she was so smart when she told us to eat our fruits and vegetables. We learned that it helps to have the ACLM on your side as we received […]

Good morning! Hope this finds you well. This week the walk has given us a whirlwind of activity and an avalanche of good news. Please trust that we are actively working on ways to transfer this abundance to you. The walk is a gift. Anyway, last week I was fortunate to witness many inspirational patient visits. […]

Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning! Don’t you love it when numbers come together? Janet, I know he’s your cardiologist, but I’m telling you. I can’t read another week of this cr-p. Numbers. Today, 3/3/17 is Rachael’s official 3rd anniversary as our Executive Director…and our family adds our 300th Chapter today. #300, who wants it? #100 is Dr. Susan […]

Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning! Do you ever have coincidences in your life that are hard to explain? That’s something that’s been occurring at WWAD World HQ for years. Whenever one of us travels to another city or state, we get a request from that location to start a chapter. Mysteriously, we have […]

Walk with a Doc Newsletter. 100 Reasons to Walk. Good morning! Today we offer up our updated ‘100 Reasons to Walk’. All of these are hyperlinked. Thank you for subscribing. 100 Benefits of Walking   1. Reduces blood pressure 2. Lowers cholesterol 3. Increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL or “good” cholesterol) 4. Reduces heart attacks (by 86% combined with other factors) 5. Increases […]

Walk with a Doc Newsletter   Storytime Once upon a time there was a cute little village. It had houses that looked like mushrooms. This particular small village had a court jester that was being detained in a low security holding area. He was under watch for bothering the townspeople with nonsensical humor and wearing […]

Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning!  ACLM – We are learning more and everyday that we have A LOT in common with this group. Quite a few of their members are leaders of Walk with a Doc chapters.  If you are interested in finding if there is an ACLM practitioner in your neck of the […]

Walk with a Doc Newsletter Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Good morning! There are several myths surrounding CAD. I love myths. One big one is that stents prevent heart attacks in patients suffering from stable angina – they don’t. Another is that pigeons blow up if they eat uncooked rice. Back to stents, they don’t prevent Jack Squat . Actually, they […]