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Personal Best
Back when I was in college, my schoolwork came pretty easily to me, and like most young men, I thought I had life all figured out.
Love It Like It Is
Editors are, as a group, given to tinkering. It’s part of what makes us good at what we do, and in many ways, an inherent aspect of who we are.
A Simpler Way
This fall, in the wake of what seemed like a relentless series of hurricanes and earthquakes, something hopeful rose out of all the chaos: our compassion – and with it, perhaps, a clarified sense of perspective.
Under the Microscope
I don’t think anyone would have predicted that I would grow up to be a science geek. I was a dyed-in-the-wool English major pretty much from the time I could read.
Bridging the Knowledge Gap
That old saying knowledge is power has always rung true with me, particularly when it comes to matters of personal health.
Learning by Example
Do as I say, not as I do. Anyone whose parents ever tried that line on them knows just how ineffective such directives are likely to be at inspiring good behavior. Kids learn best by example. And, in fact, so do must adults.
Reflections
One morning a couple of weeks back, I was running by a big plate-glass window in my neighborhood, and something novel happened.
Sizing Up Satisfaction
This issue’s Satisfaction theme immediately brought to mind my favorite film, Fiddler on the Roof .
Finding Things Right
I used to have this ugly little habit – something I now refer to as looking for trouble.
Breaking Down Stress
When I was studying engineering in college, I learned that every material has a stress point.
Muck Raking
Every spring, as soon as the mornings get warm enough for me to venture outside, I have this little sunrise routine: Still groggy from bed, I grab a cup of coffee and head out into the backyard.
Healthy Is as Healthy Does
My first glimpse into the connection between personal health and planetary health came when I was a little kid, maybe 8 years old.
Making Changes
Over the past several years I’ve gradually been making changes in the area of green living.
Walking My Talk
It’s a funny thing. When you work for a “healthy way of life” company, people tend to presume that you do, in fact, have a healthy way of life.
Connecting the Dots
Over the three years that I’ve been editing this magazine, I’ve been developing my own little mental image of how this whole health and fitness thing works.
Setting a Course
This time of year, a lot of us start thinking about the big changes we want to make in our lives over the course of the next 12 months.
Analyze This
Not a month goes by that I don’t hear from at least one friend or relative who says: “I had the weirdest dream last night; listen to this …” People call me to tell me their dreams because I am, seriously, the queen of amateur dream analysis.
Fields of Dreams
If you build it, he will come. That line, made legendary by the 1989 film Field of Dreams, still resonates with a lot of people. I think that’s because it says everything about what we instinctively know to be true about pursuing our own dreams.
Mission Possible
Ever get to the point when you’ve read so much depressing news that your brain and heart reach some kind of maximum density and you just feel defeated by it all? I must admit that despite my usually relentless optimism, I was there last month.