It’s summertime! What does that mean? Beautiful golden tans… right? Don’t magazines tell us that if you wear tanning oils with the lowest SPF, then …
The Fitness Playlist
Aside from nutritious food, our body also needs exercise to stay in good shape. Let these dance-y tunes accompany you as you get fit and healthy! [8tracks …
Last Year at Home: Making Your Time Meaningful
My teenage daughter has just begun her last year of living at home before she goes off to college. I plan on filling this year …
The Truth About Body Dysmorphic Disorder
What is it about our emotional understanding that makes us experience the feeling of not being good enough or not having the shape we feel …
Some Surprising (and Obvious) Health Benefits of Social Connections
For some of us, being social seems like a lot of effort, especially with outside priorities like school, work, sports, or health. As BeWell@Stanford sums …
The Thigh Gap
For centuries women have been finding new things to change about their bodies, new ways to “improve” themselves, new standards they feel they need to …
Speed Racer: Jogging Safety Tips
It’s officially March, which means Spring, which means warm weather (although I guess it depends on where you live). Either way, we’re all looking forward to …
What Is Chronic Pain?
Chronic pain is something that millions of people struggle with daily, but almost no one talks about it. It’s usually defined as “any pain lasting more …
To Age or Not to Age
Would you like to live hundreds of years longer than you do now? And not as a forever-decrepit individual but as a healthy, youthful one …