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Resolutions Workshop: Action!
Looking to reach some major goals this year? These practical, right-now steps can help you build the momentum you need to make steady progress — starting today.
You Belong: A Rookie’s Guide to Health-Club Confidence
Just because you’re new to the health-club scene doesn’t mean it has to show. Here’s how to avoid typical rookie mistakes, feel more at ease and get the results you’re after.
Do Less, Accomplish More
Daily practices for a calmer, more productive life — and relief from chronic busyness.
The “E-Max” Fat-Burning Solution
Discover the important fat-blasting factors that can help you burn more calories, maximize your metabolism, and drop unwanted weight for good.
How Concerned Should You Be About the Chemicals in Your Beauty Products?
Here’s how to keep yourself looking great with safer, simpler, more natural ingredients.
4 Signs You Need to Take a Fitness Break
You’re willing to push yourself, even when it hurts. You know how to tough it out, even when you’re tired. But do you know when to back off — and why? Here’s what all fitness buffs need to know about giving their bodies a break.
Eat at Your Own Risk: The Truth About Tainted Health Foods
Some 76,000 Americans get sick from contaminated food each year. Recent revelations indicate that even some trusted organic brands have been undermined. Here’s how our food supply got in trouble, and how you can protect yourself and your family.
17 Heart-Rate Activities for Kids to Try
Kids and tweens today aren’t getting enough exercise. You may think of their attachment to electronic gadgets as a big part of the problem, but two fitness experts explain why one gadget in particular — a heart-rate monitor — may be an important part of the solution.
Give Yourself a Break:
How Embracing Downtime Boosts Creativity
Smart, super-practical reasons to build more idleness, downtime, and moments of enjoyment into your busy life.
How to Make Exercise More Fun
Weary of your workouts? Ditch the drudgery and the long face, friend! You’re due for an amusement infusion.
The Benefits of Moderate Sun Exposure for a Healthy Body and Mind
We know that excessive sun exposure is unhealthy, but there’s increasing evidence that blocking out all the sun’s rays can be equally dangerous. Find out why many health experts now see moderate sun exposure as essential to maintaining a healthy body and mind.
What We Don’t Know About Lyme
When a mysterious and debilitating illness overtook her and her family, the author struggled to find some answers. What she discovered about Lyme disease — and how little is actually known or agreed upon by the medical experts — is something everyone who goes outdoors should learn.
How to Prioritize Your Family Time
Is a hectic work life taking up all your time and energy, leaving little or nothing for your loved ones? Here’s how—and why—to create space for the relationships that matter most.
Escape From Inertia: Strategies to Overcome Resistance to Start Exercising
Most of us struggle at some point to overcome a stubborn resistance to exercising. Here are some tips for getting — and keeping — your body in motion, even when you don’t feel like it.
How Empowered Health Seekers Are Redefining Healthcare
Is healthcare something delivered by a provider when you get sick — or something you do for yourself to stay vital, healthy and well? A growing number of health seekers say “both.” Together, they’re forging an empowered new path through America’s broken medical system.
The Better Good Life: An Essay on Personal Sustainability
Here how’s to apply the principles of sustainability to our health, happiness, and collective well-being.
Out From Under: Escaping the Burdens of Debt Stress
The worry, distraction and shame associated with debt can take an emotional and physical toll on our health. Here’s a look at the confounding factors that make debt such an oppressive source of stress, and some tips on how you can break free.
How to Use an Athlete’s Mindset for Career Success
Professional athletes train hard to bring their best selves to their sports. What if we did the same thing as a way of winning big at work?
Reinventing the Way We Work
Had enough of an office grind that demands all of your time and offers little flexibility or freedom? You may be destined to become part of a win-win workplace revolution.
The Smart Way to Weight Loss
Tired of trying and failing to lose weight? Don’t despair! Here’s the study guide you need to make the weight-loss honor roll once and for all.
Resolutions Workshop: One Step at a Time
Lofty goals all begin with a single step. Here’s how to plan — and sustain — the small changes that matter.