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How to Build a More Positive Body Image
Unhappy with your hips? Dissatisfied with your derrière? Here’s how to replace body envy with self-confidence.
Go With the Flow
How states of blissful concentration can boost your overall health and well-being.
Untangling Alzheimer’s
Breakthroughs in understanding dementia are leading to new healthcare approaches. Nutrition, lifestyle, and sleep may be the keys to prevention.
Play to Your Strengths
Focusing on your finest traits rather than your flaws may boost your quality of life. A popular survey tool can help you get started.
Strong, Fast, and Fit: Your Action Plan
Are you going through all the motions, but not getting the results you want? A master training plan founded on the principles of periodization is the surest route to reaching your goals.
Stretch Yourself Strong: The FRC Stretching Workout
Tired of the same old stretching routine? Functional Range Conditioning can help you build flexibility, athleticism, and real-world strength in a whole new way.
Change Your Mindset
We often feel we have to change the world for good things to happen. Maybe we just need to adjust our thinking.
Is Genetic Testing Right for You?
Thinking about having your genome mapped? Consider these six issues first.
How Does Acupuncture Work?
Many people are turning to this ancient practice for relief from acute pain and chronic symptoms. Here’s why it works.
11 Common Fitness Beliefs Explained
Your trainer tells you one thing. The Internet says another. And your workout partner says they’re both wrong. It’s time to get the straight scoop on prevalent fitness adages.
New Thinking on End-of-Life Planning
Popular attitudes about end-of-life care and death are changing, making it easier to thoughtfully prepare for the inevitable. Learn how to protect your quality of life — and that of your loved ones — all the way through.
The Art of Stillness
In a world obsessed with speed and rife with distractions, there are few things that feel better than sitting still, paying attention — and going nowhere. A celebrated travel writer explains how to get there.
The Impact of Endurance Exercise on Heart Health
For decades we’ve been told that endurance exercise is good for the heart. But as more endurance athletes are diagnosed with heart issues, they are learning the hard way that more isn’t always better.
Health: A Family Value
Raising a healthy family requires wisdom, determination — and a willingness to take the high road when convenience and convention beckon. Start with these healthy habits and you’ll be well on your way.
The 4 Traits of Well-Being
Well-being is not simply the result of good genes or good luck, says pioneering researcher Richard Davidson, PhD. It’s a skill we can cultivate.
Rethinking Heart Health
Think you know what makes for a healthy heart? Think again. New research and progressive practitioners are looking beyond cholesterol for answers.
Why You Should Activate Your Sling System
Understanding and exercising your body’s sling systems is an innovative, integrated, and efficient approach to getting stronger and fitter.
The 3 Instincts From the Enneagram
Increase your self-awareness and improve your relationships by getting to know your personality’s basic instincts.
How Does Play Make Fitness More Effective?
Incorporating fun into your workout can make it more inspiring and effective — just like when you were a kid.
Why Face-to-Face Connections Matter to Your Health
When our social lives unfold largely in the digital realm, it can damage our relationships and health in surprising ways. Discover why face-to-face connections count.
How a Healthy, Happy Sex Life Supports Your Health
Here are nine ways a healthy sex life can support your wellness — and vice-versa.