Don't let your holiday stress accumulate. ↓ Who designs gingerbread kits? That is what I would like to know. And do they not understand gravity? My kids and I struggled mightily to assemble our house, using a lot of a precious Saturday and consuming entirely too much...
Read More↓ Writing is a vital personal expression—a way to both share who you are with the world, and to delve deeper into your own psyche. Congrats! You want to start a daily writing practice. Excellent. Writing is a vital personal expression—a way to both share who you...
Read More↓ Seize this midlife point as a mile marker for better heart health. “This midlife trauma is not a cruel joke set upon us by an all-powerful god,” writes author Lisa Arnold in her book, For Sanity’s Sake: Devotions for the Temporarily Insane, Otherwise Known as the Menopausal...
Read MoreMeditation isn’t a vacation from everyday life—it can be an intensive course in exploring your inner landscape. If you need rest, Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce says meditation may not be the best way to manage your mind. In Maurice Sendak’s classic Where the Wild Things...
Read More↓ Here are six tasty ways to boost your intake of lutein. ↓ If you’ve been meaning to eat more greens, a new study out from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign may give you the extra nudge you need. It found that middle-aged people with higher levels...
Read More↓ There’s an increase in interest in this Asian healing modality. Let’s take a look. ↓ You might have heard of gua sha, which is basically a scraping massage. It’s often used as part of acupuncture therapy, employed to treat acute disease, from fever and migraine to hepatitis....
Read More↓ Achoo! Want to reduce seasonal allergies? Try these methods. Allergy reactions always remind me of a roll call of the Seven Dwarfs: Sneezy, Grumpy? Here. Dopey and Sleepy, if you need to take strong allergy medicine. Doc is here if you need an appointment with the...
Read MoreFor optimal health, make regular sleep patterns a habit. ↓ Getting the recommended 7 to 9 hours of sleep a night can be challenging enough. Kids come pussyfooting in and wake us up at 2 a.m. Or we stay up too late binge-watching TV, or we burn...
Read MoreOur greatest capacity to have influence over our health is with our habits. If you wake up one day and realize that your routines are not doing you any good, and in fact, they may be hurting you, it’s time to do an inventory on your...
Read MoreFollow these recovery-speeding habits and gain a huge advantage in your training. ↓ With the Internet at our fingertips, it's surprisingly easy to stay up-to-date on the latest research or find new and innovative training techniques to enhance muscle growth. If modern technology has brought the latest training...
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