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How to Simplify the Holidays
With all the scheduling and traveling, errands, and obligations, the holidays can feel overwhelming. Here’s how to simplify your season of celebration - and rediscover the peaceful soul of the season.
How to Stop Playing the Blame Game
We all succumb to finger pointing from time to time, but targeting others rarely produces good results. Here’s how you can move from fault-finding to empowered problem solving.
An Artful Activist: Majora Carter
Majora Carter left a promising artistic career to fight environmental injustice in the South Bronx.
Thoughtful Gift Ideas
Conscious gift giving can bring you more joy this holiday season.
Time for Health: How to Schedule (or Unschedule) Your Family Well
A too-busy reality can run you and your loved ones ragged — and do real damage to your family’s happiness in the process. Here’s how to make time for the healthy priorities that really matter.
The Young and Not-So-Restless: Assessing Your Kid’s Activity Level
They run, they jump, they play, they compete. That’s great. But how well do their real-life activities measure up to recommendations?
Get Active With Gabby Reece (Video)
Pro volleyball legend Gabrielle Reece discusses how the people you surround yourself with can influence healthy lifestyle choices and encourages individuals to join classes or groups to connect with others with similar interests and goals.
Teen Spirit
When we set aside the stereotypes we have about raising teenagers, we can better approach the real challenges that arise - and rediscover the joy in our relationships with our children.
Smart Play: Gabrielle Reece
Volleyball legend Gabrielle Reece blends fitness, family, fun - and an abiding mission: helping others embrace a healthier way of life.
How to Say Goodbye to a Toxic Friend
Saying ”so long” to a played-out friendship is never easy. Here’s how to do it with grace.
Are Women More Likely to ‘Tend and Befriend’?
“Fight or flight” may be seen as the traditional choice when faced with stress, but your real response may depend on your gender.
Your Parents, Yourself: Aging Parents
When your aging parents aren't living as healthfully as you'd like, it can create a stressful situation — for them and you. Here's how to cope.
Feed Your Family Healthy
Getting your family to eat right can be tricky. Here are the clever tactics — and expert wisdom — that can help you rise to the top 5 challenges.
Couples That Play Together, Stay Together
Having fun with your partner can bring you closer — and keep you closer over time.
Passing It On: Erin O’Brien
Exercise specialist Erin O'Brien embodies her mission to empower healthy moms and healthy kids.
Community Matters
A strong sense of community adds real value to our lives. It not only helps us feel more connected to the world around us, it also makes a measurable difference in our happiness — and our health.
Listening to Jealousy
Jealousy is a feeling that few of us welcome. But by noticing the messages that underlie our jealous feelings, we stand to discover a great deal about ourselves – and the unrecognized desires that may be trying to get our attention.
The Magic of Mentoring
Mentor or be mentored. Either way, you gain valuable wisdom and experience – and a meaningful personal connection. The best thing about mentoring? There's something in it for everyone.
True Friends
Do your friendships seem stuck in superficial ruts? If you crave deeper, richer connections, it may be time to take a few relationship risks.
Desperately Seeking Sidewalks
Could your neighborhood be contributing to your weight gain? Researchers are digging deeper into evidence that suggests where you live may be essential to attaining good health, fitness, and personal well-being.