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It nearly broke my heart when a smart, charming lady told me she couldn't sleep with her husband of 60 years any more. Fortunately, I understood the science behind her problem. Sylvia, who is a retired school teacher, explained: “I love my husband deeply but recently he has developed a condition, our doctor said was 'Restless Leg Syndrome' where unbeknownst to him he would kick me throughout the night. I explained to Sylvia that had had many patients with similar conditions and found a safe, effective solution...

"Suzy" (not her real name), a 40ish personal chef, came to see me a while ago about some serious sleeplessness issues. Her problem led me to an interesting journey that married recent research at Walter Reed Hospital with some ideas popularized by my friend John Grinder, one of the co-founders of NLP. And Suzy? Well, read on...

I had met “Marvin” at a health club I belong to, about 10 years before this story took place. We were both racquetball players, and we would sometimes play together. Then he moved out of the area to care for his mother, and I hadn’t seen him since. Years later, he comes in to the store saying he’s back in town, but couldn’t play racquetball because of an eye problem...

  Imagine that after a lifetime of driving your own car, building your life around knowledge and research, and enjoying nature, you became legally blind. How would you feel? I don’t have to imagine any more. And the world is getting darker.It’s time for cataract surgery. And I don’t mind admitting that I’m more than a little nervous. Let me tell you how I got here...

Molly was a delightful 7-year old with a painful problem. And her doctor couldn't help her. But I knew something that could.Molly's mother came to see me several months ago, feeling helpless. Molly's migraines were so bad that she couldn't even go to school. Her pediatrician said she would probably outgrown them, and gave her a prescription for pain medications that made made her violently sick. She had to stop taking them. That's when her mother decided to come talk to me...