It never fails. Fifteen minutes before the alarm clock starts ringing in your ears, Ninja the cat pounces on your belly to let you know he’s hungry. You nudge him off the bed but he jumps right back on and stares you in the face until you get up. Your…
The USDA recommends five to nine servings per day of vegetables and fruits, and that doesn’t include French fries. Many people don’t grow out of their childhood habit of hating vegetables, but summer is a perfect time to try and make those valuable veggies taste great. Farmers’ markets are in…
Style & Beauty / Product Reviews
Celebrities know the secret to looking younger, sexier and more glamorous: a pair of plump, luscious lips. Full lips help add depth and drama to a face, and beautifully showcase lipstick or gloss. It’s no wonder collagen injections are one of the first cosmetic enhancements famous ladies go for –…
Next to rent or mortgage payments, childcare often ranks as the second-highest expenditure in a household budget. Working couples can pay a whopping 10-20% of their incomes on childcare while their children are small. Seeing the high cost needed to be expensed for their children’s care, some couples decided to…
There’s nothing more disheartening than being diagnosed with a debilitating disease. As we get older, we’re more susceptible to chronic ailments such as diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis and much more. And once you’re diagnosed with one of these conditions, then you may be at risk for others. For example, people…
by Marjorie Geiser Friends, colleagues and clients often ask me about Reiki (pronounced “ray-kee”), as it is gaining such popularity as an alternative medicine. According to NCCAM, (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine), Reiki is an energy medicine practice that originated in Japan. In Reiki, the practitioner places his…
During menstruation, the vagina often turns into the no-no zone for many women. It has become taboo to do the deed during the dreaded period days. However, the decision to have intercourse at that time of the month is a personal one. In reality, there is nothing keeping you from…
Whether you’re a distance-obsessed runner training for your next 10K or even a hard-core yogi, whoever said fitness and fashion had to be mutually exclusive? Go ahead, ditch those faded gray oversized t-shirts and wind shorts from your high school gym days. These fashion forward fitness looks are so cute,…
When you’re looking at either skipping the workout or skipping the shower, then of course, the best option for your body is to eschew the post-workout shower. But it may not be so great for your coworkers or other people who spend time in close quarters with you post-workout. So…
They say that breaking up is hard to do — and for good reason. The emotional pain of a split can last for years, and if you have mutual friends, children or live in the same area, those lasting wounds can be opened time and time again. While the thought…