by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | CALLING & WORK, POVERTY ALLEVIATION
“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is....
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | CALLING & WORK, FAITH & GROWTH, PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH, TOTAL HEALTH
Definition of Mental Health According to the WHO, mental health is defined as “a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | CALLING & WORK, FAITH & GROWTH
“Meaning consists of knowing what your highest strengths are, and using them to belong to and in the service of something larger than you are.” –Martin Seligman, Psychologist and former President of the APA How do you create meaning in life? In her book, the...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | NEUROSCIENCE
High cortisol causes confusion High serum cortisol level is associated with increased risk of delirium after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a prospective cohort study. Crit Care. 2010;14(6):R238. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219980/ The...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | DECISION MAKING
Strategist, Roger Martin, and former P&G CEO A.G. Lafley say in their book, Playing to Win, that strategy is about choosing to do some things and not other things. This is essentially what wise decision-making is. Wise decision making is choosing to so somethings...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | TRUST & COOPERATION
We all know that trust is the currency for all effective relationships. It’s always been that way from the day the humans first set foot on the planet. Trust is why our hunter-gatherer ancestors created communities. Trust is why city walls were built, to allow...