😳 This superfood just made the 2024 “Dirty Dozen” The illustrious blueberry has found itself with the no-so-savory distinction of making the annual “Dirty Dozen” list for the non-organically grown fruits and vegetables most contaminated by pesticides…joined this year by fellow first timer, the fiber-rich green bean. Save your gasps. These foods or any of…

Remember those Public Service Announcements back like thirty years ago where some celebrity would pop on your TV screen between shows and drop some pearls about the perils of drugs, smoking, obesity and even the dire consequences of not doing your homework?  Of course you do.  Any TV watcher worth their salt remembers the lessons…

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for those purveyors of positivity, The Partridge Family!  Sing along with me if you know the tune… 🎶 “Hello world, here’s a song that we’re singin’… C’mon get happy! A whole lotta lovin’ is what we’ll be bringin’… We’ll make you happy!” You know what though, I’d guess that…

Who’s ready to uplevel their nap game?    It might sound wacky, but in this day and age of productivity hacks, power napping is a hot topic. Between full-time jobs, side-hustles, family responsibilities and basic self-care gobbling up every waking hour of our days, spreading ourselves effectively across all of our daily duties is flat…

Can you even believe the first quarter of the new year is almost gone? You may have been among the millions motivated to make some positive changes in your health for 2024. In fact, a whopping 82% of people surveyed declared weight loss and/or improving their fitness as their #1 priority for the year. Well,…

You deserve a break today.  Rather than one topic, here’s three quickies featuring a gut settling rescue meal, a yummy take on an old nemesis, and why you might wanna eat more hala kahiki. #1- The Secret One Day “Diet” To Get Over A Sick Stomach… Ever feel nauseous or queasy?  You know…those days when…

Maybe you’ve said this before…”I need to lose weight.  I’m just gonna start working out like crazy!” Good luck with that.  Regular, consistent exercise is FANTASTIC for a thousand different things…weight loss just isn’t anywhere near the top of the list.  Effective weight loss is the result of creating a deficit between the calories consumed…

Did you know that the month of February is designated as American Heart Month?  Back in the day, Redd Foxx played a heart attack for laughs on Sanford and Son, but joking about “the big one” is no laughing matter.   You don’t have to look far to see that the traditional Valentine’s heart gets…

Gotcha. The answer to that intriguing question will be revealed by the end of the column (or perhaps you’ll decipher it before we get there,) but as for now, let’s talk about the most critical element of ANY self-improvement quest…our own powerful mind. Nothing can sabotage our well-intentioned efforts faster. It’s the beginning of a…

If you’re reading this, you are a living, breathing human.  As humans we’re born, we live, we age and then we die…all of us… …on some particular, unknown day in the future we will all meet our inevitable end.  So with a tip of the hat to that grim reality, we must also acknowledge that there are…