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May

Love Rocks: Inspiring Messages that Surprise

Apr 30, 2018

People are hand-painting stones with uplifting messages and planting them randomly in public spaces.

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Recycling IQ: Take a Quiz to Help the Planet

Apr 30, 2018

Is this item trash, garbage or recyclable? As important as recycling is, it can sometimes be confusing. A short quiz offers answers to help sort out discards.

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Healing the Hard Stuff: Natural Approaches Resolve Major Illnesses

Apr 30, 2018 ● By Linda Sechrist

Although gentle, natural modalities effectively treat a host of major health issues, people that happily use them as a first resort to ward off illness often turn to mainstream medicine by default when confronted with a serious problem.

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Personalized Health Care: Functional Medicine Leads the Way

Apr 30, 2018 ● By Linda Sechrist

What began 25 years ago as holistic healthcare has evolved into functional medicine that looks at underlying causes of disease and incorporates genetics for customized diagnoses and non-drug treatment strategies.

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Kelly Noonan-Gores on How We Shape Our Health

Apr 30, 2018 ● By April Thompson

The actress and filmmaker discusses how to move past our traumas, subconscious programming, and negative visualizations to take charge of our health and enter into full-bodied vitality.

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Moving Through Menopause: Exercising Reduces Symptoms

Apr 30, 2018 ● By Marlaina Donato

Walking, strength training and yoga are just a few of the ways that being physically active during menopausal changes eases our days and benefits mind and body.

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Crazy-Good Condiments: DIY Versions Add Zest and Nutrients

Apr 30, 2018 ● By Judith Fertig

By foregoing grocery-store condiments for homemade ones, we improve both the flavor of our dishes and our diet.

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Kid Talk: How to Communicate with a Child

Apr 30, 2018 ● By Amber Lanier Nagle

Consistency, honesty, flexibility and availability are all key in communicating deeply with our children.

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Taggart Siegel Seeks to Seed an Agricultural Revolution

Apr 28, 2017 ● By April Thompson

His latest documentary film explores the global drive to rescue traditional seed varieties threatened with extinction by agribusiness practices, in order to ensure humanity’s survival.

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Mastering Self-Defense: Staying Aware Avoids Problems

Apr 28, 2017 ● By Aimee Hughes

Effective self-defense comes when we move mindfully through environments and know how to safely redirect an opponent’s energy.

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When We Set Out: Let Spirit Steer Us

Apr 28, 2017 ● By Mark Nepo

Our soul is like a sail, filled by the wind of Spirit; our job is to harness our will to let Spirit take the rudder.

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Natural Motherhood: Creating the Best Start for New Life

Apr 28, 2017 ● By Deborah Shouse

By making wise choices starting with diet and exercise, a mom-to-be can claim the gentle, joyous birth she wants for her baby.

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Decoding Dog Body Talk: Three Signals of Anxiety

Apr 28, 2017 ● By Susan Briggs

When our dogs feel threatened or anxious, their body language tells the story—if we know what to look for.

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Not-So-Speedy Pedaling Boosts Benefits: Ideal Biking Pace

Apr 28, 2017

Biking a half hour to work improves brain function, but if pollution hangs in the air, a moderate pace of 8 miles per hour tests best for overall health.

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Prenatal Omega-3 Reduces Kids’ Asthma Risk: Supplement for Expectant Mothers

Apr 28, 2017

Babies born to mothers given 2.4 grams of omega-3 supplements in the third trimester of pregnancy had nearly a third lower risk of experiencing asthma by age 5.

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Even One Drink Daily Increases Melanoma Risk: Alcohol Consumption Linked to Skin Cancer

Apr 28, 2017

Brown University researchers found that each alcoholic drink consumed on average per day increased melanoma skin cancer risk by 14 percent.

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DNA Markers Link Lifespan to Nutrition: Vitamin C, Folate and Potassium Intake Associated with Longevity

Apr 28, 2017

In a 10-year study, Korean researchers found a link between vitamin C, folate and potassium intake and the length of telomeres associated with increased longevity.

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Latin American Tree Bark Improves Diabetes Markers: Extract Helps People with Type 2

Apr 28, 2017

Type 2 diabetics that ingested a dry extract of the bark of Hintonia latiflora, a tree grown in Mexico and South America, experienced a 25 percent reduction in fasting blood glucose levels, as well as improved cholesterol and liver markers.

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Negative Stereotypes Sabotage Girl Soccer Players: Exposure to Discouraging Viewpoints Affects Performance

Apr 28, 2017

Teenage girls performed worst in a soccer ball-dribbling drill after reading an article about the perceived incompetence of female soccer players.

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Safe Harbor: Marine Reserve Preserves Ocean Biodiversity

Apr 28, 2017

Fish, seabirds, penguins, and seals have a new safe haven in the southern Indian Ocean with the French expansion of its protected reserve from 8,000 to 46,000 square miles.

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