The other day, I was playing golf with my two older brothers and a friend — all retired — and overheard my senior sibling mention that he had just been in to see his doctor.
For many reasons I am in love with my brain, your brain, the brain. Yet until recently, I’ve known next to nothing about the most phenomenal organ in my body. Thanks to Jill Bolte Taylor’s book, My Stroke of Insight, I am on a new mission: Know thy brain. In doing so, I have a... Read more »
In addition to being cute, pets improve our lives.
Heidi Wachter on body image, our food culture, and how we perceive "healthy".
My 44-day fitness challenge ended this week with kind of a whimper.
Jamie Martin uses the "101 Ways to Be Healthy" App to help improve her life.
I didn’t do much that would count as actual gym-type exercise this week, but I’m going to say it was pretty productive anyway. An interesting age-related (I think) conundrum surfaced, and I finally made some real progress toward finishing the basement. Day 33, Monday, 10/10 Don’t let anyone tell you that yard work doesn’t qualify... Read more »
This week, I turn 29 years old. With only one year left of my 20s, I’ve decided it’s time to get moving on some of the goals that have been sitting stagnant for quite a while. I mean, how great is going to feel to have accomplished all of this by the time I turn... Read more »
Untraining the mind, seeing the person and not their label.
Man down. Well, it was actually just me suffering another injury this summer. Every year I seem to get an injury that sidelines me from my pursuits. This time it was badly tearing my hamstring while waterskiing, a sport I hadn’t done in about 35 years. Getting up on skis wasn’t hard, but I kept... Read more »
You know, just when you think you're backsliding on your workout routine, sometimes a breakthrough just comes out of nowhere. That's how things went for me this week. I'm going to say that it's just a way that the universe is telling to me to hang in there.
Before becoming a parent, I thought I knew exactly what it meant to be an athlete. Being an athlete meant pushing myself to the limit — racing for a personal best, an age group win, or to outkick my nemesis at the finish line.
Paleo or vegan, conventional nutritionist or holistic healer, USDA lab rat or New York Times columnist —when it comes to how to be healthiest, there is a lot of disagreement but the one thing just about every expert will tell you to do?
I get a lot of emails each week extolling the virtues of various anti-aging products, but this one was more entertaining than most:
This classic book from mindfulness pioneer Jon Kabat-Zinn brings meditation down to earth.
There’s something about the promise of variety, novelty and sheer quantity that appeals powerfully to us.
Add more play to your workout with parkour, a freeform acrobatic-style movement that lets you express your creativity while you raise your heart rate.
If doing new things makes us feel good, why do we resist doing them? Here are practical ways to get past our fear of the unknown and make each day an adventure.
For centuries it’s been worshiped for its protective powers and its culinary potential. To fully appreciate garlic’s appeal, make it a part of your everyday cooking.