Health Archives - Experience Life

- Stress Relief -

How to Make Your Own Bath Salts

By Courtney Lewis Opdahl

This simple and fragrant bath salts recipe can be modified endlessly to meet your mood.

Experience Life editor in chief Jamie Martin

- Editor's Note -

Taking Notice

By Jamie Martin

When we stop to focus on what we can do and what is good, we can find reason to hope.

A person holds a globe that has a mask, with a drawing of a heart, on it.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: Keep Calm and Carry On

By Craig Cox

Recent research suggests the elderly are coping more effectively than their younger peers with the emotional challenges of the pandemic. In my case, at least, that may have more to do with conditions and coincidence than acquired wisdom.

Diggins collects another medal after a 2020 World Cup race.

- Personal Development -

Grit and Glitter: Jessie Diggins

By Michael Dregni

For Nordic skier Jessie Diggins, winning Olympic gold was just the beginning. She now uses her platform to spread the word for the many causes she supports.

- Stress Relief -

7 Hidden Triggers of the Sympathetic Stress Response

By Aviva Romm, MD

Here are a few surprising ways we can be triggered without even knowing it.

- General Health -

Is Exercise as Good as Medicine When It Comes to Treating Blood Pressure?

By Michael Dregni

That's the upshot of a recent study.

- Brain/Mental Health -

How to Use Screen Time Mindfully

By Henry Emmons, MD

Here are four ways to reduce the negative impact of your digital devices.

A hand in silhouette holds a cancer ribbon.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: A Cancer Chronicle

By Craig Cox

In the pursuit of some genuine empathy in the wake of my brother’s cancer diagnosis, I find surprising wisdom in one young woman’s battle with the disease.

Sign that says "boost immunity" surrounded by healthy food

- Functional Medicine -

How Does Vitamin C Aid the Immune System?

By Courtney Helgoe

Learn how this essential nutrient boosts immunity.

- Stress Relief -

The Stress Alarm

By Aviva Romm, MD

Our biological stress response operates the same whether threats are real or perceived. Here's how your system reacts.

- Stress Relief -

4 Signs That You’re Stuck in Overdrive

By Aviva Romm, MD

Here are four signals that your body may be having trouble downshifting.

- Brain/Mental Health -

NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: This Is Your Brain on Screens

By Henry Emmons, MD

How digital devices affect our mental health.

A vial of immunizations next to some blue hospital gowns

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: A Dose of Reality

By Craig Cox

All indications suggest seniors may be wise to temper their expectations about a forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine.

Woman listening to headphones and resting

- Stress Relief -

3 Healthier Stress Responses

By Aviva Romm, MD

Use these techniques to consciously shift your body's response to stress into a state that’s calm, secure, and replenished.

- Stress Relief -

Reset Your Stress Response

By Aviva Romm, MD

Being on high alert for too long can put you into adrenal overdrive. Learn how to shift from fight-or-flight mode into calmer states that help your body recover.

A collage of citrus fruits and vegetables that contain vitamin C

- General Health -

What You Need to Know About Vitamin C

By Courtney Helgoe

This essential nutrient supports nearly every aspect of health.

Woman wearing a mask to protect her from Covid-19

Could Masks Help Build Immunity?

By Michael Dregni

It's all about the "viral inoculum theory," according to infectious-disease experts.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: Salutary Side Effects?

By Craig Cox

Non-COVID hospital admissions have dropped precipitously since the pandemic struck, leading some to suggest our precautions have somehow made us healthier. I have my doubts.