Kickstart a Spring Fitness Routine
Spring is here, and with it comes warmer weather, longer daylight hours, and for many, a desire to spring into new activities, including exercise. If you’re ready to kickstart a new fitness routine, here are three tips to help you get started. Find What Motivates You Are you itching to get out into the […]
Guilt-Free, Superfruit Snacking
Sweet Treats Made to Permissibly Indulge For many, enjoying a small indulgence can serve as a reward for a job well done or a mood-boosting pick-me-up. In fact, mindful snacking is on-trend for a majority of consumers. With today’s changing palates and the growing demand for sour, less sweet foods and beverages, a superfruit like […]
Billy Dee Williams
By Nick Thomas As any devoted Star Wars fan can deduce, the title of Billy Dee Williams’ new autobiography, “What Have We Here?” released in February, is a nod to the actor’s most famous character – Lando Calrissian. The smooth-talking caped space smuggler first greets Princess Leia with that line in the1980’s “The Empire Strikes […]
10 Healthy Habits to Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
Research shows that healthy behaviors may reduce the risk of cognitive decline and help reduce the risk of dementia. A recent poll reported that retired Americans fear developing dementia more than any other condition. While some brain changes are inevitable as we age, there is a growing body of research to suggest that adopting healthy […]
Fall in Love With Your Partner All Over Again
By Kimberly Blaker It likely comes as no surprise that keeping the romance alive in a relationship requires effort. But when women feel their romantic relationships becoming stagnant, they often blame the man in their life for not being romantic enough. Yet 44% of men say it bothers them “a lot” that their wife or […]
Need Some Good Books to Cozy Up With?
Sometimes, reading is like a roulette wheel. You put your money down on a book that looks good, and you take your chances. If you’re lucky, you get a good story. If you grab one of these books, you’ll have a great story… Fiction Almost everybody who had a college friends group harbors a soft […]
Why Hire an Agency for Home Care?
By Nathan Hoffman, LNHA, Victory Home Care Being involved with senior care for the past 20 years, it’s become clear to me that people want to remain living in their own homes as long as they can. They want to be in their familiar environment surrounded by familiar things they have collected over the years. […]
A Source of Happiness
From the way a toddler’s eyes light up when taking their first steps on their own to the excitement a teenager feels when earning that coveted driver’s license and is finally able to venture out in the world, nothing matches the feeling of independence. It comes when starting a career after years of schooling and […]
Wake Up Refreshed
Simple Ways to Begin Your Morning Ready, set, go. Just as you would set off at the starting line of a race, this hectic pace is how mornings begin for many men and women. Instead of waking with dread to face another hectic morning, consider these tips for a healthier way to ease into […]
Resolve to Help
By Carol Timms, Health Alliance This time of year, we often reflect and develop resolutions. Usually those resolutions involve giving something up. We struggle for a few weeks, usually fail, and then feel lousy about our lack of self-control. This year, what if we resolve to aggressively wage peace and prioritize health in the […]
