Happy 5th Walkiversary Dr. Jennifer Hone in Santa Barbara, CA Starting the Walk program in Santa Barbara began for me as part of a comprehensive diabetes prevention and treatment program that I was designing for a local urban Indian health clinic. I thought I had come up with this novel idea of a community walk […]

Happy 5th Walkiversary Cat Gaines in Lumberton, NC Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning! In our 2019 survey (thank you for 1017 responses!) 4 of you have shared that you find the newsletters “sophomoric” “asinine”, “don’t make any sense”, and “make you very angry”. I’m not 100% sure why you continue to read, but […]

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Happy 5th Walkiversary Dr. Julie Reardon in Austin, TX “WWAD is such a great way to practice what we preach!” ~ Dr. Julie Reardon Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning! For the holidays a couple years back, Jessica got our whole team a life-changing book called the Five Minute Journal (5MJ). Everyday is the same page with […]

Sherman Transou owned a very successful commercial landscaping business for 11 years and was never sick a day in his life. In 2012 Sherman was treated for the shingles virus and three years later, doctors found that the treatment had caused a rare virus that aggressively attacked and enlarged his heart, restricting blood flow throughout […]

Happy 5th Walkiversary Dr. Sarah Helfand in Dallas, TX “It’s the journey that is important, not necessarily the destination. I actually like the fact that WWAD is so simple in clicking off several boxes towards good health – physical activity, being in community (walking with friends), and being out in nature.” ~ Dr. Sarah Helfand […]

Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning. To all of you who’ve showered the office with Pumpkin Spice products, thank you. My heart, and stomach is full. I’m up 7.5 pounds. It’s not funny. I think my legs are starting to swell. There’s a couple things I want to emphasize. I want to write them […]

Snow in August? We thought you could use the cold thoughts. Thanks for walkingevery Saturday, Dr. Caughron – rain or shine or 18 inches of snow! Happy 5th Walkiversary Dr. Sam Caughron in Chalottesville, VA Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning. I feel like you and I are close enough, I’ll say it. This is […]

Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning! Rachael, Bryan and I received this fictional letter this Tuesday. It is from a make-believe physician who lives in Louisiana and is pictured here to the right. Dear ‘Walk’ team, My name is Kevin Holland and I’m a family practice doc in Shreveport, LA. The obesity rate I […]

Happy 5th Walkiversary Dr. Afua Agryako in Houston, TX Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning. There are two things I want to talk about today, and they’re both deep. Before we get to that, El Paso and Dayton – we love you. All of us reading or writing this today are here for you. You are our family. […]