Tag: Lifestyle

This Soup Recipe Uses a Whopping 17 Cloves of Garlic, for Good Reason

There are three qualities you want in a weeknight meal: quick, simple, and delicious. Lucky for you, this creamy soup recipe, developed for our “Five-Ingredient Dinners” cookbook, gives you all three. The secret ingredient here is really no secret, as test cook Carmen Dongo used a whopping 17 cloves of garlic! However, cooking the garlic three…


Spring Tonics: The Best Cleansing Herbs—and Recipes—to Welcome the New Season

There’s a natural rhythm to seasonal eating. After a winter stuffed on heavy stews, brothy soups, and hearty root vegetables, spring feels lighter. If you head to the farmers market, you’ll find that the last of the winter squash, onions, plump cabbage heads, and knobby celery roots have disappeared, making way for delicate, green things….


Psychologist: 4 Natural Ways to Relieve Tension and Anxiety

The voice in your head drones on: “If I don’t work hard, I’ll be sifted out,” “No matter how hard I work, I can’t get everything done,” and “Why do I feel anxious when nothing is happening?” Stress leads to mental tension, and inner fatigue leads to psychological anxiety. How do we adjust? Psychologists remind…


Hearty Soup for the Soul

This easy chicken and kale soup will keep you warm on a cold and rainy day or any day that calls for a simple, hearty soup. For convenience, you can make this soup with frozen kale without the need to thaw it beforehand. Chicken & Kale Soup Serves 6 Active Time: 20 minutes Total Time:…


This Texas Toddler Just Became the Youngest American to Visit Every Continent

By Sarah Bahari From The Dallas Morning News Dallas—Max Smith played drums in Rwanda, raced down sand dunes in New Mexico and rode a camel in Dubai. The 2-year-old recently returned from a cruise to ice-covered Antarctica. That makes Max the youngest known American to visit all seven continents. The Frisco toddler has traveled the…


How Do They Defy Death? Secrets of Cancer Survivors Unveiled

Cancer is one of the most dreaded diseases of modern times. For many years, cancer has been the leading cause of death in East Asian countries such as Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and China. Many cancer patients have gone through a great deal of suffering during treatment, but still succumb to the disease in the end….


7 Simple Ways to Go Green With Your Cleaning Routine

As “green” cleaning becomes increasingly popular, more and more eco-friendly products are lining the shelves at retailers. Not only are they better for the environment, but cleaning products sans harsh chemicals and fragrances are also safer to use around children and pets, as well as anyone in your household with sensitive skin (or a sensitive…


Goal-Setting Success: Every Little Bit Counts

When setting your sights on a goal—perhaps you want to clean out your closet, lose 20 pounds, get out of debt, spend more time with your family, wake up earlier, or be a friendlier person—whatever it is, it helps to remember that every little bit counts. Keep Going It can be easy to feel overwhelmed…


Lessons From Epictetus: On Mastering the Will

“Wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.”—Epictetus, Roman philosopher It’s advice that’s alien to the modern mentality. Shouldn’t everyone want everything to be better? But when we consider various people’s definitions of “better” and how the logical conclusion of certain forms of progress is…


Navigating the Etiquette of Tipping in Our Culture of Entitlement

Last fall, I was offered complimentary coffee at a nearby shop due to some inconvenient circumstances taking place at my office building. Not one to pass up a free perk when offered, I hopped on over a few times, feeling like I was living in the lap of luxury with my hot drink. But then…