Life Style Winter Light November 25, 2020 by Dr. Julie I stepped out of the office into 5pm darkness and pouring down rain. Even though I had a great day full of productive and positive interactions, my mood sunk. Winter is here, I thought to myself. And I pulled my coat around my neck a little tighter, locked the office door, and dashed to the […] Read more »
Life Style A Time for Eating October 18, 2020 / October 19, 2020 by Dr. Julie I hate to admit it, but.. for the majority of my adult life…I did not eat a healthy diet. I ate what I now affectionately refer to as crap: Carbs Refined, Artificial and Processed. And while I am confessing, I might as well add that I did not really eat. I wolfed. I gulped. I […] Read more »
Life Style For Such a Time as This July 31, 2020 by Dr. Julie | 10 Comments on For Such a Time as This We recently held a virtual meeting with a local company pitching a wellness program we would love to create for their employees and their specific needs. As I spoke, passion welled up inside me and overflowed, the passion that we at Oregon Weight and Wellness have for empowering people in their own health journeys. At […] Read more »
Life Style The Weight Gain of Covid-19 July 21, 2020 / July 21, 2020 by Dr. Julie I lost my covid weight. Before you cough and sputter about me not having much weight to lose, let me tell you that I had gained 5% of my body weight with all the stresses, changes of routine, having more family around and different eating patterns, food choices, restrictions on where I could and could […] Read more »
Life Style Consider the Lilies July 21, 2020 by Dr. Julie | 2 Comments on Consider the Lilies She could not have known when the lily cuttings she brought to the office that day would unfold. She could not have known what memories and emotions the perfume of the lilies would unfasten. She could not have known the depth of conversation the beauty of the lilies would unfurl. She simply shared the flowers […] Read more »
Life Style Habit Stacks June 10, 2020 / June 10, 2020 by Dr. Julie This year I am required to complete a Practice Improvement module. While I can embrace the spirit of the requirements set by the American Board of Family Medicine(that are put in place to help physicians stay proficient since medicine advances at lightning speed) I do resent being told how to do it. As if by […] Read more »
Life Style A Candid Conversation May 7, 2020 / May 7, 2020 by Dr. Julie Can we talk? About Exercise? It may come as a surprise that I am not one of those people who loves to exercise. When five o’clock rolls around every morning, I have the following conversation with myself: Me: Julie, ready to run? Myself: No. It’s too cold. Me: But you can run inside on the […] Read more »
Life Style Maisie Comes in Third April 25, 2020 / April 26, 2020 by Dr. Julie | 1 Comment on Maisie Comes in Third Everything is different during the 2020 Covid Quarantine. Even Vet Visits. It is not that I wanted to go, but it’s been one thing after another with my dog Maisie. And, well, I’m a doctor, not a veterinarian. In late February Maisie got into something in the yard and developed hot spots. Big ones. In […] Read more »
Life Style A Covid Moment April 3, 2020 / April 3, 2020 by Dr. Julie | 1 Comment on A Covid Moment How has this Covid-19 quarantine rocked your world? My “trained-in-logic” kids would tell me that’s a loaded question. I suppose first I should ask: Has the Covid-19 quarantine changed your world? And if so, how? My college son is home from Montana State finishing out his freshman year with on-line classes. My daughter who is […] Read more »
Life Style Physician, Heal Thyself! February 27, 2020 / February 28, 2020 by Dr. Julie When was the last time you thought you were eating something healthy only to find out it’s not so healthy after all? I had this painful and unpleasant experience just this last Saturday. I was sharing a beautiful breakfast with my husband who had lovingly prepared a pastured egg, spinach and avocado omelet. I savored […] Read more »
