Revolutionary Act 8: Minimize Symptom Suppression
Make whole-person vitality, well-being and resilience your goal. Partner with healthcare pros who understand and support your desire to be fully healthy with a minimum of medical interventions.
How to Make a Vision Board
Clarify your direction for this year (and beyond) with this inspiring art project.
How to Harness the Healing Power of Your Mind
Science has now confirmed that our thoughts and emotions have very real physiological consequences. What does this mean for medicine in the 21st century? Among other things, that many potions of choice might be produced by our minds and delivered without prescription drugs.
How Does the Body Absorb Nutrients?
Knowing how your body absorbs nutrients can help you fuel your workouts – and your life.
The Art of the Relapse: How to Stop Falling Back Into Old Habits
Instead of feeling like a failure when you fall back into old, unhealthy behaviors, consider embracing your relapses as mile markers on your route to success.
Are You an Endomorph, Mesomorph, or Ectomorph Body Type?
Adopting a fitness routine suited to your athletic body type can make the difference in whether your workouts are frustrating or fulfilling.
From Resolution to Commitment
Thinking about making some positive changes in the coming year? Here’s how to set yourself up for success — and a feel-good experience.
Why Thinking Positively Doesn’t (Always) Work
How to stay emotionally authentic — without becoming a grouch.
PUMPING IRONY: Thumbs Up!
It took me awhile to buy into the whole smartphone craze, but new research suggests it might be just the thing my aging brain needs to stay sharp.
Digital Detox
An Experience Life staff member unplugs her devices and enjoys some old-school fun at adult summer camp.
PUMPING IRONY: Try This — or Not
Edward Slingerland suggests that "trying not to try" could change your life. And it should get easier as you get older.
10 Benefits of Meditation for the Brain and Body
The influences of meditation stretch from head to toe, positively affecting your brain, heart, and immune system, and helping with chronic pain, insomnia, and depression. We’ve rounded up some intriguing recent research showing that meditation is a powerful ally for mind, body, and spirit.
6 Ways to Discover Real Gratitude
Why you should not overdo gratitude exercises, plus five more tips on how to nurture authentic appreciation.
6 Home-Cooked Meals From Laurie David
Homemade meals can help us lose weight, develop healthy-food habits, and enrich our relationships. Dinner’s on!
Marie Forleo: The Life You Want
Marie Forleo wants to help you build a life you love — by developing the gifts that are uniquely yours to give.
How We Change
Founding editor, Pilar Gerasimo, on the challenges — and successes — we face as we embrace change.
How To Reinvent Yourself: 10 Tips for Transformative Change
Want to move beyond your life’s current limits? Shift your motive from self-presentation to service.
Worst-Case-Scenario Fitness
A hardcore workout that will prep you for surviving in the wilderness, escaping danger — or handling everyday household chores.
Weekday Roast Chicken With Lemon and Garlic
Roasted chicken and potatoes, fragrant with garlic and lemon . . . on a weeknight? Yes! The key is to butterfly the chicken so it can lie flat on the baking sheet, which helps it roast faster. The beauty of this recipe is that it only requires a few minutes of your attention.