On Black Friday: 7 Stress Stoppers
You all may be braver than I. I do not step foot into the mall from Halloween to New Years. If I do, I usually end up locking myself in a Starbucks bathroom to finish a meltdown. So I thought these tips--"7 Ways to Let Stress Out"--from  Vitality magazine may come in handy. Here they are.  1. Get regular exercise. People who exercise for 20 or 30 minutes at least 3 times a week can significantly reduc

7 Quick Ways to Avoid a Meltdown
And if after you've done those seven things and you still want to strangle the guy in front of you at Target, then read these "7 Quick Ways to Calm Down," or as the Huffington Post renamed them,  "7 Quick Ways to Avoid a Meltdown," I laughed at the art that went

On Thanksgiving: 21 Simple Ways to Be Healthy
My dad always told me growing up that without health, you got nothing. So you better be damn grateful for every condition-free day. I am. Every Thanksgiving, I thank God for my health because it is one of three things for which I am most grateful (the other two being my family and a free country). I was please to see this Beliefnet gallery that my editor Holly Le

6 Ways to Not Stuff Yourself This Thanksgiving
Two years ago I did a bit of research on how to eat responsibly at Thanksgiving thanks to a writing assignment for the Health Journal of "Ladies' Home Journal." After interviewing Ruth Frechman, Spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, and Joy Bauer of Joy Bauer Nutrition, here's what I wrote: Did the food coma

How You Know Your Turkey Is Done
This great cartoon comes from Susan Schechter, who writes the wonderful blog, "If You're Going Through Hell, Keep Going." Read this post »