Indoor plants can enhance just about any room with their beauty and therapeutic presence. Not only does it give any spaces an enlivening décor, but it has many strong health benefits as well. Your thriving green friends can improve your well-being physically and psychologically. They boost your health in ways that you don’t even realize….
How to Grow Your Own Plant Medicine
We don’t have to travel far to get the medicine we need. Many people, especially in western cultures, believe that our prescriptions should be discovered “elsewhere,” yet they can be located right in our kitchen or backyard if we simply look. Instead of proceeding with the chemical copy of nature, get it directly from the…
Never Give Up: Tears and Triumph Over Long Division
Third grade–we all remember it–some memories are good, others, not so much, but one thing that many of us remember is math. Already a huge transitional grade, it’s also a school year in which many new concepts are introduced, and no subject introduces more new concepts than math. As a third-grade teacher for 10 years,…
‘At the End of the Journey’
John Ringo’s “Black Tide Rising” series presents a world devastated by a bio-engineered viral plague. The plague destroys upper brain functions turning the infected into mindless cannibals, effectively zombies. It’s highly contagious. It’s contracted through blood-to-blood contact with the infected—usually as they attack those not infected, to eat them. The series focuses on how survivors…
The 3 Things You Can Do Today to Lower Blood Pressure Tomorrow
If you’ve got high blood pressure or are concerned about it getting high, take a bit of comfort in knowing that blood pressure is not permanent. High blood pressure today can be low in the future if you’re willing to put in some work. The three essential parts to managing or reducing high blood pressure…
The Emotional Side of Money
Money is basically a unit of measurement, but it covers a lot of ground. Strictly speaking, money measures the market value of goods, services, and investments. But for some, it can also function as a measure of our self-worth. It can reveal fears about not having enough, resentment for having less than you feel you…
Costly Spice Surprisingly Effective for Alzheimer’s
Saffron is one of the most expensive spices in the world, and for good reason. Evidence suggests this unique and costly spice may have a significant impact on the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Saffron is harvested from the stigma of Crocus sativus, a perennial plant belonging to the iris family. The flower has…
Undone: How to Change Our Procrastination Patterns
The longer we keep sticking with our old habits, the harder they are to change.
Hiking Workouts Are Good for the Body and Great for the Mind
Before COVID-19, the popularity of hiking was on a downward slope among both adults and children. But its popularity has climbed during the pandemic, as more people take to the trails. Hiking is a great way to experience nature and offers those who do it several physical and mental health benefits. Hiking differs in many…
One Tiny Life Adjustment Can Reduce Depression Risk
Depression takes a toll, so take back some control.In any given year, one in five Americans will have a diagnosable mental health condition, and 2020 and 2021 were anything but “any given years.” Research continues to pour in showing an increase in mental health problems from the COVID-19 pandemic (and government policies resulting from it)….
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