The Unplugged Vacation
Want to come home from your next vacation feeling more deeply revived? Leave your tech gadgets—and habits—at home.
My Top Five Healthy Bargains
Goods and experiences that generally cost less than $50 (in some cases, they're free), that are time-efficient, and that I can whole-heartedly recommend to almost anyone.
Creating Your Perfect Day Off
Turn off your phone, ignore your inbox, forget the chores, and enjoy a day of real rest and rejuvenation.
Fast Food Your Way: 2 Delicious Dishes From Jacques Pépin
For nearly 50 years, Jacques Pépin has been a cooking inspiration. Today, his elegant but efficient approach to food is more in demand than ever.
Miso: Recipes, Techniques, and More
Versatile and simple to use, every spoonful of this Japanese seasoning is brimming with flavor and essential nutrients.
Stick to Your Healthy Eating Goals at Work: Navigating 3 Common Functions
Catered banquets. Big-deal dinners. Gobbled-down anything. The eating scenarios we face at work are rarely ideal. Here’s how to make the best of three tough situations.
Tips for Living Healthy on a Budget
Money may be tight, but your health is invaluable. So where can you scrimp, and where should you spend wisely? Here’s how to make the money-saving decisions that are right for your budget — and your body.
Cash Conscious: Bari Tessler-Linden
Financial therapist Bari Tessler-Linden helps people manage their money by first exploring their thoughts, values and beliefs.
How to Integrate Vertical Core Training in Your Workout
Still crunching to strengthen your core? Time to get your core off the floor. Try Vertical Core Training, which recruits more muscles for a more effective workout.
First Things First
Life is full of tricky balancing acts, but there are some priorities that always deserve top billing.
PUMPING IRONY: Are Desk-Jockeys Doomed?
After WWII, my father found a job delivering beer to bars and restaurants and liquor stores in St. Paul. This involved schlepping a lot of heavy kegs and cases from his truck to coolers every day, an activity that, over…
PUMPING IRONY: Conversation Starter
I was sweating my way through some overhead presses Monday night, when a curious thing happened: I had upped the load to 170 lbs. after a few trial lifts at lower weights, and actually managed to hoist it up there…
PUMPING IRONY: Not Too Heavy, Not Too Light
I think I mentioned a while ago that my gym got a makeover recently — they really spiffed up the joint, but they relocated the scale in a mysterious place, so I hadn't been weighing myself. Well, Monday night I…
Ginger Pear Smoothie
This refreshing smoothie is packed with healthy protein and fiber. Perfect for breakfast or a quick snack.
PUMPING IRONY: Get Sweaty, Get Smart
An old colleague of mine, who I like to call The Captain (our Air Force careers briefly overlapped in 1970), dropped me a note the other day with an interesting query: Why does he always seem to come up with such great…
PUMPING IRONY: My Facebook Marriage
My Lovely Wife and I got married on Facebook this evening. She, sitting comfortably in her favorite chair across the living room from me in my favorite chair, noticed in a bit of a panic that she'd not identified her husband on her…
Speaking Your Truth
Voicing your opinions can be uncomfortable. Here's how to speak your mind when it counts.
