First your baby jumps out of your car on his first day of school, and before you know it he’s jumping out of the driver’s seat of his own car. You don’t remember turning around, but obviously you did at some point and your son is now a legal, licensed [...]
It’s a new era for healthcare – medications are getting more unconventional and technology & innovation is helping us in taking better care of ourselves. This opens opportunities for gadgets that help you monitor your health and fitness issues. Here are several fitness gadgets that may change your life! Nike [...]
Two of the most famous marathons in the U.S. -- the Boston Marathon and the New York Marathon -- are held in spring and fall, respectively. But that doesn't mean that the months between are completely lacking in great races! In fact, there are plenty of exciting marathons being held [...]
Did you know that laughter can ease chronic pain, reduce stress and help you to lose weight? That’s right: laughter really is the best medicine. Not only does laughter make us happier and more sociable, it actually improves our health. Here’s how! 1. Laughter reduces stress. You may have heard [...]
We all want to look as if we were photoshopped and pushed off of the pages of our favorite magazines. But the reality is that some horrible lighting, or "bad" angle, will quickly erase that illusion and remind us that everyday stresses (or just genetics, in general) prevent us from [...]
It’s probably not something you think about every day, but there are about 200 different types of known cancer. The chronic disease is linked to many possible causes. For example, tobacco smoke when inhaled can cause lung cancer. Overexposure of the skin to the sun’s rays can cause melanoma, a dangerous [...]
The word 'meditation' often elicits aversive reactions in the minds of the non-spiritual. To them, the word conjures up images of praying monks in brightly coloured robes and hippies smoking marijuana rambling about enlightenment. The act of mindfulness meditation, however, has nothing to do with religion or spirituality. I’m a [...]
Whether it’s an old friend, a new acquaintance or a business partner, we all desire to connect with others and communicate effectively with them. However, for many of us, it’s not that easy to connect with people. We often find we can only really connect with those who share similar [...]
You dealt with it yourself as a teenager, and now you stand face-to-face with the one issue you’d been hoping to avoid with your own children — drinking. Until now all the parties your kids went to seemed innocent enough, but rumors of drinking at your teens’ events have been [...]
You're probably thinking right now that you've heard it all when it comes to the subject of losing weight. I don't want to suggest that I have all of the answers, or that I am going to recount to you a method of losing weight that is entirely unique, but [...]
Inertia is a powerful thing. It is the tendency for an object that isn’t moving to resist movement and it is the number one risk factor for inactivity creeping into your lifestyle. The more comfortable you feel curled up on the couch in pajamas and a with a bowl of [...]
It’s Monday morning — or any time of any day for that matter —and you find yourself feeling a little off center, a little blue or just plain “salty.” You try positively affirming your way out of that bad mood, but the best you can do is mumble a near-profanity [...]
