Category: wellness

Men, Milk, and Prostate Cancer

Does Milk Really Do A Body Good? Those milk mustache images and commercials that took the country by storm a few years ago were part of a highly effective marketing campaign with many celebrities jumping on board. Unfortunately, the advertising that resulted may have misled many men into thinking they were doing themselves a favor…


Productive Procrastination

Victor Hugo had just five months to write his novel “Notre-Dame de Paris,” or “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” as it is known in English. But the already accomplished French author was completely blocked. An entire year past the deadline he had agreed upon with the publisher, Hugo hadn’t written a single sentence of the…


Raising a Special Needs Child: An Expert Offers Guidance

Parents of children with special needs face a number of challenges, so here’s some advice from an expert. “Raising children is an adventure for any parent, but the journey for parents of children with special needs often has a few more twists and turns,” said Dr. Thomas Challman, medical director of the Geisinger Autism & Developmental Medicine…


The Simple Power of Routine

It was a mid-winter morning. My full cup of coffee had yet to be sipped. Toys lay strewn all throughout the house, and there I stood–still in my pajamas at 10 am. I felt like I had just spent the past four hours tending to every need of my newborn baby and toddler. I remember…


The 1 Question to Ask Yourself for a Smoother Day

Somedays, life seems to go smoothly– I can sit and sip my coffee in silence, the kids wake up in pleasant moods, my laundry gets completed, I’m able to write an entire blog post during naptime, and no one complains about what’s for dinner. Life is good. But in reality, those days are few and…


Want to Change Yourself? Start Smaller

One of my favorite things is to find life-changing ideas that are hidden in plain sight. It’s far easier than you might think. These ideas are usually called “common sense.” Everyone knows they’re good ideas, but what they miss is that they are actually great ideas. The magic is in taking these simple ideas seriously…


The Decluttering Challenge: 100 Items in 100 Minutes

To us, obtaining a clutter-free home and owning a smaller number of items is not the goal, but a means to an end. We desire to own less so that we have more time and space to pursue what matters most to us. Decluttering and reducing are two of the best ways we know to…


Flashback Friday: Sugar Industry Attempts to Manipulate the Science

“Corporations are legally required to maximise shareholder profits and therefore have to oppose public health policies that could threaten profits.” It’s just how the system is set up. “Unequivocal, longstanding evidence shows that to achieve this, diverse industries with products that can damage health have worked systematically to subvert the scientific process.” Take the sugar…


4 Reasons for Insomnia and Light Sleep—Do This Instead

Getting a good night’s rest is not only important for starting your day refreshed, but serves an important biological process for restoring the body. Dr. Chun-Hsu Chen, a doctor of Naturopathic Medicine at Bastyr University, points out that if cells are damaged during the day, the body will repair the damage at night during sleep,…


Getting Bolder With Age

It comes to all of us in the end: that crushing moment when you suddenly feel—old. The trigger might be a milestone birthday, an illness, or an injury. It might be a romantic snub or a missed promotion at work. For me, it was discovering that I was the oldest player at a hockey tournament….