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5 Strategies for Coping With Sensory Overload
It’s not uncommon to be overwhelmed by all of the stimuli in your environment. These strategies can help you recognize and deal with this feeling.
How to Use Unstable-Surface Tools (USTs) for Balance Training
Tools like wobble boards, Power Plates, and BOSU balls can help prevent injury and improve stability.
How Do I Rest — Really? Understanding the 7 Types of Rest
Rest is essential to our health and wellness, yet it often gets pushed to the side in favor of other things that require our time and attention. Importantly, it’s not just physical rest we need: There are six other types that contribute to our overall well-being.
In this episode, Barbara Powell, MA, NBC-HWC, joins us to first explain the signs and symptoms of under-rest to watch for. She then delves into the seven versions of rest we need, and for each, the micro, macro, and habitual ways we can get more rest so we can perform better and live life more fully.
Make Room for More Fun!
How to overcome the “shoulds” and live a more joyful life.
5 Pickleball Shots to Master
A pickleball pro demonstrates how to perform select shots that can improve your game.
So, You Finished a Fitness Challenge — What’s Next?
A Dynamic Personal Trainer offers tips on how to stay motivated and maintain your healthy-living habits for the long haul.
Real Life, Realized: A Q&A With Sharon Salzberg
Mindfulness trailblazer Sharon Salzberg on letting go of fear, anger, and isolation and becoming more open.
How to Overcome Pessimism
Can the way you think influence your life chances? Is it possible to think yourself away from failure and toward success? The field of Positive Psychology says — YES!
11 Vital Nutrients for Skin Health
Here are some of the most important nutrients for skin health, including collagen, probiotics, selenium, and nitric oxide.
Look to the Trees
Life Time CEO and founder Bahram Akradi reflects on the immediate impact planting a tree can have in the fight against climate change — and how to inspire collective action for a sustainable future.
5 Skills for Authentic Communication
How to have deeper conversations.
Workplace Burnout Is Real: Signs, Symptoms & How to Take Action
Professional burnout rates are at an all-time high across many industries — and our always-on culture certainly contributes to the rising issue. Henry Emmons, MD, joins us to talk about how to recognize if you’re experiencing burnout, what causes it to occur, and the short- and long-term solutions you can try for relief.
ONE HEALTHY HABIT:
Make a Micro-Connection
This month’s One Healthy Habit challenge supports your social health by encouraging positive encounters with others.
What Is Microneedling?
Learn more about microneedling skin treatments that can help boost collagen, improve skin texture and firmness, and reduce the effects of aging.
Leaning on a Breast Friend: How Two Women Supported Each Other Through Their Breast Cancer Journeys
Breast cancer affects one in eight women in the United States every year, and 2.3 million women worldwide. Every breast cancer story is different, and in this episode, we’re highlighting two — and sharing how these two women connected along their journeys to become “breast friends” and irreplaceable sources of support for one another.
Why It’s So Difficult to Talk About Sex
Here are four common misunderstandings that make it challenging to talk to our partners about sex.
Ask the Trainers: Your Fitness Questions, Answered
What’s the right exercise routine for me? How often should I be working out? How can I make progress when I’m starved for time? Life Time trainers Makoto Matsuo, CPT, and Sarah Pope, CPT, join us to answer a few of the most common fitness questions they hear from members.
How to Be Honest at Work — With Yourself and Others
Misunderstandings, confrontations, and dealing with challenging personalities can lead to anger and hurt feelings at the workplace. Learn how to use these moments as opportunities to create more respectful relationships with your coworkers.
Insider Skincare Tips From 6 Experts
LifeSpa estheticians reveal the simple steps they take to care for their skin.
How Conventional Farming Methods Are Leading to Less-Nutritious Food
Fertilizers and modern farming practices are depleting the soil’s natural microbiome, which plants require for nutritional density. Here’s what you can do about it.