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Is Healthy Eating Possible on a Budget?
If eating healthy, organic food is important to you, the sky’s the limit in terms of cost. — Looking for a $25 pink Himalayan sea salt? You’ll find it. $10 hydroponic watercress? Check. But most of us...
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Do You Know What it Means to Be an Introvert?
A lot of people use the words “introverted” and “shy” interchangeably; they don’t mean the same thing. — As someone who works with people all the time, you’d think I’d be an extrovert. I’m friendly....
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Go Ahead, Watch the Funny Goat Video Again (It’s Good for You).
Laughing has some pretty serious health benefits. — Children laugh an average of 300 times a day; most adults get less than 10 laughs in. Sure, we have a lot more on our minds and serious things to...
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What’s the Deal with All of those Supplements?
If you’ve walked down a vitamin and supplement aisle at the drugstore lately, you know the choices are pretty overwhelming. — Supplement sales in the U.S. are over $11 billion annually, but are they...
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Natural Doesn’t Always Equal Healthy
Just because something is an herbal supplement or says “natural” on the label, it doesn’t mean it’s good for us. — A few months ago, I covered some products for men that had been in the news. Men were...
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How to Form a Habit that Sticks
The bad ones are easy, but adding a good habit might not be as hard as you think. — Why does it sometimes feel like it’s effortless to let negative habits creep up, but when we want to change them —...
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How to Make Back-to-School Transitions Less Stressful
For most families in the U.S., this week or next week means back to school. — Back to school can mean different things for different families, but across the board it’s a potentially stressful...
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How to Be a Stressed Out Basketcase
You want to be part of the club. You know the one, it’s the “Oh my God, I am soooo stressed out” club. — It’s not cool to be relaxed anymore. You have to be ready to one-up people when they tell you...
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Playing Dirty: How Making a Mess Can Make You Feel Better
When was the last time you painted? Or played in the mud? Chances are, it’s been years. — There’s something about unplugging and using all of our senses for our downtime that is profoundly relaxing....
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What I’ve Learned About Real Life From Writing Online
I’ve written over 400 articles and blogs over the past three years. It’s been great practice for my writing — and great to help me keep my ego in check too. — Writing in a format with the immediacy of...
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Can Gaming Save the (Real) World?
Sounds a little far-fetched, right? But Jane McGonigal believes that gaming can actually help us make a better world. — I’m always a big advocate for “unplugged” down time, but I do like video games....
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Social Media: Are You Savvy or Addicted?
I have a theory that there are “Twitter People” and “Facebook People.” — I haven’t quite figured out what the personality difference is, but there definitely seems to be something there. Other social...
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How to Have Flat Abs, Better Sex and Rule the World in 8 Easy Steps
The covers of most men’s and women’s magazines have similar headlines: get great abs and have amazing sex. — From the looks of it, these two issues have been recycled over and over (with some other...
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Dear Men: You Are Already Good Enough.
I could write this as an open letter, but there are already enough of those telling you what you should do differently. – Let’s write each other some closed letters instead. Write down what we really...
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5 Ways Cuddling Makes Us Healthier
Touch releases oxytocin, which makes us feel better. But can hugging make us better human beings? Is there anyone who doesn’t like cuddling? On the physical affection and sexuality spectrum, it may...
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What’s in Your Mental Junk Drawer?
Kate Bartolotta wonders if it’s time for you to clean out the mental clutter in your life. – I am a proud collector of all sort of unusual esoteric facts and oddities; I’d never discourage anyone to...
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The Wisdom of a Few Skinned Knees
“You will fall. It will hurt. And you’re going to be okay.” — I found myself giving that advice yesterday, as I took my children roller skating for the first time. I watched the fear and excitement on...
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It Doesn’t Matter Which Disney Character Buzzfeed Thinks You Are
Who are you, really? — If you’ve been on Facebook lately, you’ve seen (and maybe taken) all these quizzes from Zimbio and Buzzfeed telling you what character you are, what food you are, what type of...
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How (and Why) to Have a TV-Free Summer
Want to spend less time in front of the tube this summer? Kate Bartolotta shares 4 big reasons to do just that. The most recent study I could find says the “average” American watches five hours of...
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10 Things I Want to Tell My Kids Before They’re Too Cool to Listen
This week, my daughter turned 10, and two things occurred to me. The first was how the heck do I have a 10-year-old? __ The two things that occurred to me were a) How the heck do I have a 10-year-old?...
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