Vicki is the Director of the Lifestyle Matters Health Intervention Series, the Balanced Living PowerPoint series, Living Free Quit Nicotine, and the Fit & Free! Building Brain and Body Health Series. As an author, speaker, teacher, and program developer, she lectures and travels worldwide sharing the lifestyle link to better mental, physical, and spiritual health. Vicki’s special area of interest is brain/body connections, forming habits that last, and stress resiliency.

Recent content

Depression: The Way Out
Depression: The Way Out
Vicki Griffin · Aug 9 5 minute read

Abraham Lincoln was no stranger to depression. His melancholy tendencies combined with an impoverished childhood, failed businesses, and unfulfilled love seemed to point only to defeat. At one time he...

Digestion: A Churning Question
Digestion: A Churning Question
Vicki Griffin · May 11 5 minute read

Gastronomic Warfare. It’s relaxing to watch the swirling, gurgling bubbles that fish thrive on in tropical fish tanks. But it’s a different matter when it is happening in your gut. Is there relief from the burping, belching, bloating, indigestion and bowel trouble that plagues up to...

Chronic Pain: Roots and Remedies
Chronic Pain: Roots and Remedies
Vicki Griffin · Nov 15 5 minute read

It all began with a slip on icy steps, a broken hip, an injured back, and a messy lawsuit. Surgery and medication had not resolved Jim’s pain. Jim was constantly stressed and used caffeine and sugary drinks to quench the fatigue and depression that dogged his steps. His anger and depression combined with his preoccupation with his pain affected his marriage; he and his wife were...

Change Your Mindset: Change Your Life
Change Your Mindset: Change Your Life
Vicki Griffin · Jun 21 5 minute read

Mindset Matters. It’s in the news — whether you’re battling a cold, bouncing back after a big blunder, beating the blues, or braving a new and challenging task — mindset matters more than you may think. God has created these marvelous brains of ours with a capacity to improve in function, ability, and attitude with proper treatment, use, and exercise. The brain constantly...

Alcohol: Why Not?
Alcohol: Why Not?
Vicki Griffin · Jan 18 5 minute read

If you had a dog that bit one out of every three people who came to your house, would you keep it? A significant percentage of people who use...

Changing Bad Habits — for Good!
Changing Bad Habits — for Good!
Vicki Griffin · Nov 19 5 minute read

Habits are our friends — when they’re good ones. Habits are routines that help us repeat safe and effective behaviors and build consistency and security in our lives. But bad habits can become addictions. When an addiction develops, the pleasure circuits in the brain become “hijacked” by the addictive substance or behavior, producing intense cravings.

The Vegetarian Edge
The Vegetarian Edge
Vicki Griffin · Sep 7 5 minute read

Americans are suffering from a great burden of disease that is rooted in lifestyle. Seventy percent of chronic diseases and ailments—including a third of all cancers—are related to diet. The journey toward improved health, energy, mood, and weight may be as close as your garden—or your local produce department.

Exercise: It Goes to Your Head
Exercise: It Goes to Your Head
Vicki Griffin · Jul 12 5 minute read

Hulda was depressed, overweight, sickly, and constantly fatigued. In her 60’s and suffering from the loss of her husband, her poor health aggravated her depression. Born in 1896 and reared on a Canadian farm, her diet was rich in meat, milk, cream, butter, eggs, and candy. She began walking to relieve her sadness — and set some new records in the process!

Super Foods That Fight Cancer
Super Foods That Fight Cancer
Vicki Griffin · May 27 5 minute read

We look for a magic bullet, a single cause and cure, but in vain. Cancer is not just one disease — it is a group of more than 100 diseases. There are many factors — genetic, environmental, lifestyle, some mysterious. The search for a cure is a multi-billion dollar industry, ranging from conventional to exotic. An important weapon is found in the produce department of your grocery store.

Healthy Weight Helps
Healthy Weight Helps
Vicki Griffin · Apr 26 5 minute read

Cindy had many challenges in her life. She made a positive choice to quit smoking but then gained 80 pounds. “I felt miserable and had a terrible self-image. I was plagued by headaches and stomach pain. I decided that it was time to change my attitude, my thinking, and my choices to turn my life around. I went from wanting to lose weight to winning my battle of...

Peace Through the Storm
Peace Through the Storm
Vicki Griffin · Feb 24 3 minute read

Eternity without pain is on the horizon, but in the meantime God has a special four-part “peace plan” to guide, strengthen, and empower you, filling your life with peace, purpose, and joy. Daily applying these four principles will help you flourish instead of flounder as you face the inevitable challenges and demands of these last days. They are...

Sure Word — or House of Mirrors?
Sure Word — or House of Mirrors?
Vicki Griffin · Oct 1 6 minute read

As a child, I remember visiting the “house of mirrors” at the county fair. The brightly tinted shed was filled with row after row of distorted, warped, wild, and cracked mirrors of all shapes and sizes. Each mirror revealed a distorted...