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5 Minutes to Health and Happiness with Dr. Gary Sprouse

Dr. Gary J. Sprouse is an internist who has seen patients out of his private practice in Chester, MD, since 1985.  In addition to his private practice at Queen Anne’s Medical Center, he has served as the medical director of two rehab centers and has owned and worked as a physician at an urgent care facility. As well as teaching as an associate professor at the University of Maryland Medical School. In the past, he has shared his knowledge with the public by hosting a television show and authoring a monthly medical column in a newspaper and has a program on WCTR Radio in Chestertown.  

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 8-10-26 - Pain

    On this episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse discusses pain.  As a physician he dealt with many patients who had pain and the choices for pain relief sometimes caused other problems.  He shares that hope for pain management has finally arrived.  

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 8-3-26 - The Placebo Effect

    In this week's episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse discusses "The Placebo Effect."  He explains what it is, how it works, and how you can use the same methodology to make positive change in your life.  

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 7-27-26 - Minimizing and Managing Uncertainty

    On this week's episode of Five Minutes  to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary discusses the role uncertainty plays in our lives, and how different people manage uncertainty.  Hr offers tools to help you manage the feelings uncertainty can give you to keep you in your happy place.   

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 7-20-26 - Pathways to Contentment

    On this week's Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse discusses how changing your perspective can help lead you to contentment in your life and eventually happiness.  

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 7-13-26 - Fire and Ice - Challenging Limiting Thoughts

    On today's Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Sprouse talks about "fire and ice".  In it he tells a story of walking on fire and how we sometimes use limiting thoughts to convince ourselves we can't do something.  He discusses how you can overcome those thoughts and how that can lead you to a happier place.

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 7-6-26 - Do You Have a Reserve

    On this week's episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse discusses having a reserve.  Whether it is a money reserve, a time reserve, or an energy reserve, reserves can ease you stress and lead to a happier, healthier life.  

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness 6-29-26 - Random Acts of Kindness

    On today's Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse discusses random acts of kindness and how they can bring joy to the person who receives the kindness and also to the person who gives the kindness.

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness 6-22-26 - Maintaining Your Control

    In this week's episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse talks about how we let situations and people control our decisions, reactions, and outcomes.  He talks about how important it is to maintain our control and how it will lead to a happier, healthier life.

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 6-15-26 Outcomes

    Dr. Gary talks about the importance of changing input for the expected outcomes!

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness 6-8-26 - Positive Psychology

    On this week's "Five Minutes to Health and Happiness", Dr. Gary Sprouse acknowledges that Psychology is a science of diagnosis, but there is so much more to it.  He discusses the power of Positive Psychology and shares something he recently read that reinforces that.  

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 6-1-26 - The Importance of Weeping

    Onj this week's episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse discusses the many reasons we weep, and why it's important to us as well as others.  

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    Five Minutes to Health & Happiness - 5-25-26 Matriarchs and their importance to our families

    This week Dr. Gary shares a personal story about his Mom's 90th Birthday party and several great examples of the importance of the crucial roles Matriarchs play in our families and their well-being.

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 5-18-26 Take Ownership - Control Your Emotions

    Emotions cause you to reaction before rational thought kicks in.  But what if you give yourself a five second pause?  Take Ownership - Control Your Emotions and you'll spend a lot less time fighting or fearful.  Dr Gary can help!  Listen for some great advise!

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 5-11-26

    Your emotions truly impact your health and Dr. Gary Sprouse shares the proof in this episode of "Five Minutes to Health and Happiness"

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 5-4-26 - Emotional Intelligence

    On today's episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse discusses "emotional intelligence" and how we are in control of our own emotions and how we perceive others emotions.  He addresses how using emotional intelligence can help us in our relationhips.

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 4-27-26 - The Importance of Aligning with Your Core Values

    Knowing your core values and living by them is crucial to your health and happiness!  Listen to what Dr. Gary has to share to improve your well being in this episode!

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 4-20-26 - The Brain and its Many Transformers

    On this week's episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Sprouse discusses the brain and it's transformers that can help lead us to being healthy and happy.  

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 4-13-26 - The High Value of Appreciation

    In this week's episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary talks about appreciation.  He discusses how important it is to learn to show and receive genuine appreciation to others and how it can lead to joy .

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 4-6-26 - The Benefits of Rhythmic Movement

    On todays episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse discusses the mental and physical benefits of rhythmic motion like Tai Chi and Ballroom Dancing.

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 3-30-26 - We all Deserve a Tribute Day

    In today's episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse discusses how a day of tribute can boost our self-esteem and happiness.  He suggests a day set aside to honor the important people in your life and recognize them for all they do and what they mean to you and others.  

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 3-23-26 - Untying yourself from the binds of Making Decisions

    In this week's episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Sprouse discusses decisions and how they can tie you up and make you unhappy.  He discusses how to look at decisions differently and ease the bind they can cause in your life.  

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness 3-16-26 - What Does it Mean to Feel Safe?

    In this week's episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Sprouse asks the question: "What does it mean to you to feel safe?"  How do we set ourselves up to be safe?  How can we control our environment to feel safe? What tools can we use to keep ourselves feeling safe?

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness 3-9-26 - Parents - Let's Talk

    On this week's episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Sprouse talks directly to parents of teenagers.  He discusses how parents can interact with there kids in a healthy and positive way and give them the tools they need to feel confident, happy, and loved.  

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness 3-2-26 - Re-framing Stressful Events

    On this week's episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse discusses how extreme stress, especially unexpected and traumatic stress, can be re-framed making it easier to face and not overwhelm us.

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness 2-23-26 - Life's Loves and Pleasures

    Today, Dr. Gary Sprouse discusses what we miss when we only look for the big loves and pleasures in life, and how we can be happier with the ones we overlook. 

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness - 2-16-26 Gratitude

    The importance of focusing on what's right and what to be thankful for!

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness 2-9-26 - Time to Move!

    On this weeks episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse explores moving.... not the kind with boxes, but getting up and moving and the physical benefits as well as the emotional benefits to being active.

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    Five Minutes to Health and Happiness 2-2-26 - Addiction is Really an Unhealthy Loop that You can Overcome

    In this weeks episode of Five Minutes to Health and Happiness, Dr. Gary Sprouse discusses addiction, or as he calls it an unhealthy loop.  He touches on how you can face these loops and overcome them.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Dr. Gary J. Sprouse is an internist who has seen patients out of his private practice in Chester, MD, since 1985.  In addition to his private practice at Queen Anne’s Medical Center, he has served as the medical director of two rehab centers and has owned and worked as a physician at an urgent care facility. As well as teaching as an associate professor at the University of Maryland Medical School. In the past, he has shared his knowledge with the public by hosting a television show and authoring a monthly medical column in a newspaper and has a program on WCTR Radio in Chestertown.

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Dr. Gary J. Sprouse is an internist who has seen patients out of his private practice in Chester, MD, since 1985.  In addition to his private practice at Queen Anne’s Medical Center, he has served as the medical director of two rehab centers and has owned and worked as a physician at an urgent care...

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