Posts By: Dr. Vik

100 Calories a day…

Over the course of a year, is either 10 pounds gained or lost…depending if 100 calories a day is added, or subtracted from our normal diet. Doesn’t seem like a lot of calories…but over time, things do add up. Simply being mindful of the little extra that needs to be done, for whatever result we… Read more »

Give them Dignity…

Or give them nothing. Dignity is the quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect. Dignity is also one of the most coveted qualities that people cherish. We all have a continual quest for self-esteem and that we are worthy. So when we deal with others, we must remain mindful that their dignity… Read more »

Eat what tastes good or eat what is good for us??

That is the question… Maybe this year we may want to re-introduce the foods that we used to eat, the way we used to eat them 100 years ago and before?? Many “foods” now are processed and have a shelf life measured in the decades, which does nothing for us except slow us down, pack… Read more »

Compliments…

At work, is not only is talked about at work, but is brought home and talked about at home, making work and home a pleasure for the one who received the compliment and for those others around them. Regretfully, criticism has the same effect at work and at home, but not with the same results…. Read more »

Waiting in a Doctors office…

In the DMV, or working a booth at a convention…No mater what…5 minutes always seems like an hour. It’s because we are not doing what we want or like, and going against our own flow. On the other end of the scale, when we are in the flow and doing something that we want or… Read more »

Ever walked into…

A candy store, and got super excited by all the different choices of treats, and stoked about the ones that you haven’t seen in a while? Our lives are filled with the same amazing array of choices, even more, and sometimes we don’t see the choices all of the choices because we are focused on… Read more »

Are you abusing…

Yourself like a rental car? If you are, you know that you will wear out sooner than expected and your “trade in” value will not be worth that much. And just like a rental car, no one really wants them in the end. So turn the abuse into caring, and your future will be worth… Read more »

There is only so much relaxing…

…you can do. Work demands focus and energy and must be balanced out by rest, so the more work you do, the more rest you need. And when no work is being done – extended periods of relaxation soon becomes laziness. Because nothing much happens on the edge of your sofa. – Dr. Vik, The… Read more »

Whenever we get into a “Pickle”…

It’s usually our ego that’s to blame. In most situations where we have difficulties with others, it is our ego,which promotes subjectivity to come into play. When we are “outside” of another’s challenges, looking in, we can usually see the situation without the ego, objectively, as we are not part of the challenge. And by… Read more »

When it comes to giving…

Of ourselves. Sometimes it’s light, sometimes it’s tight, and sometimes it’s right. And depending on what, and how we gave, we know it, and so do others. We would like to think that others don’t know when we are giving light, tight or right…but they do. Yours in “Giving Right” – Coach