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Could Your Credit or Debit Card Be Making You Fat? Mar. 20, 2024
I've heard of blaming one's weight on a lot of things, but credit and debit cards? That was a new on... Read More
Resolving to Better Understand the Act of Eating Jan. 12, 2024
Around this time of the year, many people are settling in on their New Year's resolutions. Lots of f... Read More
Would a Boatload of Money Get You the Life You Love? Jan. 01, 2024
Here we are again, the start of a new year. A clean slate, a blank canvas. It's beautiful. Perhaps y... Read More
Better Health Starts With Healthy Habits -- As if We Didn't Know Oct. 06, 2023
In 1944, as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt prepared for a fourth run at the presidency, his sta... Read More
How To Have a Great Smile Sep. 22, 2023
When I share my thoughts on growing older gracefully with my readers, it's important for everyone to... Read More
So Much Standing in the Way of Healthy Habits Sep. 15, 2023
A new study has identified eight lifestyle habits that, if adopted, may significantly extend a perso... Read More
Smoking's Long, Slow Slide Into Oblivion May. 27, 2023
It's become common at the start of movies and TV shows to show a list of all the various ways the co... Read More
7 Habits of the Rich Feb. 16, 2023
A habit is defined as a behavior repeated so often it becomes almost automatic. I am in awe of the p... Read More
Tuck, Tuck, Goose Jan. 17, 2023
We are having some conflict in our house. No, it's not about politics or religion or whose turn it i... Read More
Old Yeller Sep. 06, 2022
I come from a family of yellers. We wouldn't yell at one another; we would yell to one another. ... Read More
Changing Habits Aug. 12, 2022
Healthy eating, working out daily, losing weight — it's all in the habits, the tiny little hab... Read More
7 Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals Feb. 16, 2022
Habit is defined as behavior repeated so often it becomes almost automatic. I am in awe of the power... Read More
Acts of Faith Nov. 05, 2021
Some habits are hard to break. Smoking. Drinking. Drugs. Some habits, once broken, are hard to pick ... Read More
Back to the Basics Oct. 21, 2021
Last week, the National Assessment of Education Progress issued its latest long-term trend assessmen... Read More
Covid Is Putting Kids in Danger ... of Obesity Sep. 30, 2021
During COVID-19, who gained weight the most rapidly? Kids. Obese adults also gained weight faster t... Read More
Under-Cover Jul. 17, 2021
My mother always nagged to make my bed. Her reasoning was that starting the day with a well-made bed... Read More
It's So Nice Out -- Stay Inside! Jul. 01, 2021
Hundreds of thousands of people are weighing in on the factors keeping kids — and especially t... Read More
Some of What Is Known of Impact of the Pandemic May Surprise You Jun. 25, 2021
As I pointed out last week, we are marching through summer with two sets of habits: some good, some ... Read More
Parts of Pandemic Lifestyle Could Be Habit Forming Jun. 18, 2021
As stated by Wendy Wood, a research psychologist at the University of Southern California, and repor... Read More
Bad Habits Apr. 13, 2021
Dear Annie: I'm married to a wonderful man, and we have four beautiful children. However, since COVI... Read More
