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Out From Under the Rug
Once, when I was about 8 years old, I tried that tricky housecleaning shortcut where you sweep some dirt under an area rug rather than bothering with a dustpan.
Unburden Yourself
In recent years, there’s been a surge of popular interest in detoxification regimens - the kind that help flush food-borne and environmental toxins out of our systems.
The New View of Health
Once perceived as the domain of medical experts tasked with keeping our symptoms at bay, the realm of personal healthcare has expanded. It now includes broader definitions, more integrated, preventive approaches — and, perhaps most important, us.
Try It, You’ll Like It
So much of what we do, we do automatically. Because it’s easy, or it’s there, or because it’s just what people do.
How to Sharpen Your Attention Span
Forget multitasking. Forget autopilot. The biggest rewards come from skillfully focusing our attention on just one thing at a time.
Good Directions
Over the past year, many individuals and businesses have gotten more interested in “going green” - increasing their energy efficiency, reducing their chemical usage, shrinking their carbon footprints, and so on. And there are certainly plenty of good reasons for this.
Far From Perfect
One of the great joys of editing this magazine is striving (albeit sometimes clutzily) to walk its wonderful talk.
Worthy Pursuit
When I heard we were focusing on life balance this month, I said: Great! I can talk about that for hours!
How to Become More Open-Minded
Feeling hermetically sealed in your own opinions? Opening your mind to other viewpoints can deepen your personal wisdom and broaden your horizons.
How to Take a Sabbatical From Work
An extended break from work can improve your health, happiness - even your career performance. And it can be done.
Balancing Act: Cheryl Richardson
Life coach and author Cheryl Richardson explains why taking care of business first requires taking care of you.
How to Strike a Balance Between Work and Life
Most of us know we work too much and rest too little. We long for balance. But with the pressures and pace of modern life always at our back, how do we step off this crazy merry-go-round? Here, we outline the top three barriers to achieving work-life balance — and offer practical wisdom for overcoming them.
From Inspiration to Action
Inspiration sometimes comes at times and places we least expect. Last fall, for example, I found myself inspired while watching an NFL game.
The Art of Doing Nothing
We tend to think of inspiration as the arrival of new ideas coming to us from the outside. But inspiration also emerges from inside of us - very often when we’ve eliminated the distractions that keep it at bay.
Back and Forth
Ah, the new year. It’s kind of like starting a new journal, a new chapter, a new relationship. It’s all fresh and clean, all full of possibility.
Resolutions Workshop: Connect With Your Potential
Stretch your limits. Embrace your chosen future.
How to Stop Emotional Shopping
Do you have the urge to splurge? Emotion-induced shopping may seem harmless, but letting your feelings take over your wallet could end up costing you more than money.
How to Be More Grateful
Boost your health, hope and happiness with a powerful dose of gratitude.
Virtue’s Rewards
Do the right thing. Seek and ye shall find. There is no try, there is only do.
Counting Wins – and Losses
Reflecting on the year past, looking at notable accomplishments and things to celebrate, I see a great many within the Life Time Fitness organization.
All I Want for Christmas
If there’s any time of year when it’s easy to lose one’s sense of center, it’s the holidays. Then again, if there’s any time of year ideal for regaining one’s sense of center, I’d say that it’s the holidays, too. Particularly if you get an early and proactive start on it.