A Geenie Grants Your Wish You Don’t Want
Okay, bear with me. Let’s just say you’re a normal person leading a normal life with the normal litany of gripes: my KID wanted this dog, but now I have …
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Stress May Be A Nightmare, But You Can “Find The Good” Solution
Let’s say you have a nightmare. King Kong is chasing you through New York City, and you may hide under some random desk in a random building that your brain …
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When I grew up, Darth Vader was marauding the galaxy, just being 50 shades of evil. And that was great to know. Vader = bad. Luke = good. But that …
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Top 10 Probiotic Foods
(Excellent article from Alexandra Sifferlin at Time/Health) One of the most crucial parts of our body when it comes to health is our microbiome—the trillions of bacteria that live in …
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Stress, And Creating Your Own Reality
Bobby McFerrin’s popular song informs us that, when you worry your face will frown, and that will bring everybody down so don’t worry, be happy. This may sound like some kind …
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Yeah, Size Matters … For Your Health
Need a rule? For your health, “To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.” That was Ben Franklin, a million years ago. But it is just as true now as it …
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Shop Healthfully, Even At The Piggly Wiggly. The big, bad three.
Normal grocery stores really do have things you want to put in your mouth. Some of them are produce, some are in cans, some are produced at the grocery store, …
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I grew up in a little town in Southeast Alabama. We had “wiregrass”, an annual Peanut Festival parade (at which I rode a unicycle), and the big ‘ol Piggly Wiggly …
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How (and why) To Change How You Think About Science
Its so funny. At one point I really wanted to be a historian. Of science! This is the town center of metropolitan nerd-villebergington. You can’t get in the door without …
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How (and why) To Change How You Think About Mindfulness
Most people think meditation just isn’t doable in a normal life. Have some kind of monk-like mindfulness? My cat just threw up on my shoes. Chanting some OM-like mantra for …
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How (and why) To Change How You Think About Fitness
If fitness lives for you like a chore or something you just really hate doing, then you have to think about it differently. If it is not something you love …
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Food is a lot of things. It can be thought of as fuel. Further down, it’s a big pile of carb and fat and protein molecules. Even further down, it’s …
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