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December 17, 2025

Toasting Moderation

Holiday celebrations often come with raised glasses and lowered limits. A look at why seasonal drinking escalates—and how moderation can protect both mood and heart.
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December 10, 2025

Holiday Hormones

If we’ve ever wondered why the holidays can turn even the calmest among us into sugar-seeking, sleep-deprived, emotionally frayed versions of ourselves, we can thank one reliable culprit: hormones.
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December 3, 2025

Science of Spirituality

Finding a spiritual connection is one of the most powerful things we can do for our mental, physical, and emotional health. And the holiday season offers a timely opportunity to connect.
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November 26, 2025

Healthy Holidays

You’ve had one piece of homemade fudge, why not two? And another rum-spiked eggnog sounds like just the thing. Until the morning after...
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November 19, 2025

Being Here Now

Even if you sell a million books, or hit the big goal, the half-life of that satisfaction is short. There’s always the next thing.
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November 12, 2025

Playbook for Sleep

While meditation is optional, sleep is non-negotiable. And despite what we like to tell ourselves, both the quality and quantity of nightly shut-eye matter—a lot.
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November 4, 2025

Hug a Tree. Really.

The Chaminade Redwood Reflection Trail invites hikers to slow down, breathe deeply, and let nature do what nature does best.
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October 22, 2025

Garden Rx

For anyone new to herbal medicine the best place to start is your kitchen. Herbs are food. Add a sprinkle of cinnamon. Drink herbal tea.
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October 15, 2025

Pasta Perfect

Joshua McFadden’s new book, Six Seasons of Pasta: A New Way with Everyone’s Favorite Food is a celebration of the joy of cooking.
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October 8, 2025

Count to 10

As someone who’s been teaching and writing about food health, and behavior change for over a decade, I’ve seen how persistent myths can derail people’s efforts to eat well.
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October 1, 2025

Restorative Yoga

Yoga For All Movement set out to use yoga not just as exercise, but as a tool for resilience, connection and healing.
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September 24, 2025

Taming the Fire

Inflammation has become the wellness buzzword of the decade. It’s blamed for everything from brain fog to belly bloat. But inflammation itself isn’t the enemy.
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September 17, 2025

Food and Mood

How can we break free and choose foods that actually lift us up, even when we’re feeling low? It turns out there’s a real scientific explanation.
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