The Long Term Effects of Childhood Trauma
There are many potential contributing factors to illness in a human body. Recent research is pointing to childhood trauma as one of those...
The Physical Benefits of Exercise
We hardly need convincing. We all know that exercise is beneficial in so many ways. Yet we rarely commit to even incremental increases in...
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
If the answer isn't just one thing, or your answer has changed over the course of your life, you might be what TED speaker Emilie Wapknik...
The Importance of Heart Health (for love and body)
Our hearts are deeply important to us - both physically and symbolically (or psycho-emotionally). Is it any wonder that this organ that...
Meat Shaves Off Years, But Plants Can Put Them Back On
A new study confirms the already well-documented link between eating a lot of meat and increased risk of disease and earlier death. That...
Happiness Makes Us More Productiove... and vice-versa
Common experience is being confirmed by scientific research that when we are happy we are more productive. More surprising, perhaps, is...
Are You Ready?
These aren't for the faint-hearted. Expect a burn the next morning. Stretch out before and after, and drink water. That all having been...
Whole=Health
The root of the word "health" is "whole." Which kind of makes sense. In many ancient worldviews, disease or corruption or even evil...
Watching TV is Deadly (and Moderate Activity Reverses Effects of Prolonged Sitting)
We all know watching TV isn't good for us, but it turns out that it can actually kill you. "High amounts of sedentary behaviour have been...
Dirt Under Your Nails (and Feet) Can Stay Depression and Increase Health
"...now science is proving through experiments that there are actual microorganism[s] in the soil that affect our sense of wellbeing."...