The best ones to do when you’re short on time Back when I was in my final year of college, I had one of the busiest, most stressful days of my entire life. My senior design project had a hard deadline, and the day before it...
Read MoreMy 90-day experience with coffee and running ↓ So, what’s the big deal about coffee? It’s just plant juice mixed with hot water (and sometimes milk), right? Just a bunch of basic atoms and molecules found in plants, combined around. Hate to break it to you, but...
Read More↓ Eating has turned from the basic need to fuel the body to something completely different. People use food as an emotional crutch — giving allowance to eat take-out because you had a stressful day at work or delving into ice cream after a breakup. After...
Read MorePhoto by Comfreak via Pixabay. ♠ There’s no single solution for eating the right mix of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Here’s how to find your personal optimal mix to get fit and have great energy. ♠ I’ve been studying how fat and carbohydrates affect the body every since I first learned...
Read MoreEverything you should know about ‘Weight Watchers for Millennials’ ♣ Photo: Daniel Grizelj/Getty Images♣ sk any dietitian or weight loss professional what they think about fill-in-the-blank diet and they’ll usually say fad dieting is a waste of time, and healthy eating works. eight loss and nutrition are about the long haul. The...
Read MorePhoto from Pixabay.com ♠ From marketing to food and nutritional science, this popular dairy-free alternative succeeds beyond taste. ↓ The first time I heard about oat milk was back in December 2017. I was walking down a boulevard in Santa Monica, California on a warm December evening when I stepped...
Read More♠ Fasting is not easy. If you are not used to it, you might feel hungry or cranky or both. The mental challenge is often tougher than the physical one. Eating is fun, it can distract you from uncomfortable thoughts, or it can help you to...
Read MoreWhen it comes to restful slumber, there is no try ↓ you somehow identified the 100 most well-rested people in the world, rounded them all up, and asked them how they manage to get such consistently excellent sleep, you’d probably walk away surprised — and a little frustrated....
Read MoreThis week, learn about why you should stop at the point of fatigue instead of pushing through; find reasons for clarifying your life purpose, and read some good news about envious feelings. Curious? Read on. Exhaustion Means Stop Practice, practice … and rest. That’s the advice coming...
Read More↓ If that weather report involves the term, “scorcher,” here are some natural ways to cool off. ↓ I thought it was hot the other day at my home in midcity Los Angeles, with a reading of 105 degrees. Ha, chimed in my friends, who not far from...
Read More↓ When you have low self-esteem, optimism doesn't come easy. ↓ It doesn't feel that way to everyone. It didn't feel that way to my old college roommate, who saw every rained-out Sunday as a dazzling opportunity to stay inside cleaning closets and watching old movies while eating...
Read More↓ Setting goals with your partner can be a double-edged sword. On one end, when you achieve them you feel joy and exhilaration for having realized a dream or aspiration. On the other hand, when you fail to meet them, you may face disappointment as you...
Read MoreThe truth is: we don't know much about what "will be." Here are six mindfulness tips for going with the flow—rather than losing ourselves in the undertow. ↓ Change comes whether we want it or not. If we can stay open and curious to an ever-new landscape of life’s...
Read MoreShifting Your Perspective for Greater Clarity ↓ I have been walking labyrinths and facilitating others using them as a walking meditation for over twenty years. The labyrinth is not a maze; there is only one path that has a continuous flow to the sacred center, and the...
Read MoreDangers Of Non-Stick Cookware & Safe Alternatives! ↓ Most of us are pretty confident when it comes to identifying the types of food that we should eat and the types of food that we should avoid, yet despite our best efforts to maintain a wholesome lifestyle, there...
Read MoreWe are constantly searching for answers to our chronic health conditions, looking for ways in which to cope with our skyrocketing stress and anxiety levels, or seeking out ways in which to gain greater vitality, energy, and zest for life. ↓ The answer has been sitting there...
Read More5 Things You Need to Know Before You Go on a Meditation Retreat ↓ Thinking about going on a meditation retreat this summer? Here's what you need to know. ↓ 1) What’s the Setting? Urban-ish or rustic, vegetarian or vegan, silent or guided, beach or mountain, solitary or group—retreats come in...
Read MoreStress and gene expression ↓ Recent research in epigenetics demonstrates that everything that is part of our environment, including emotions, influences the opening or closing of millions of switches that are positioned on our DNA. Emotions, in particular, are at the heart of this interaction. It is...
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