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Get Mindful in Your Everyday Life

Sometimes, things get so crazy that you need a little mental break. Some people say you need to “Get out of you own head.” Mindfulness would suggest the opposite. It...

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De-Stress Your Home

With major crises – a pandemic, turmoil and so on – swirling around us, it can seem like we are doomed to live with anxiety. However, while we can’t control...

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Harvest of the Month: Leeks

Native to areas around the Mediterranean and prized by ancient cultures, leeks remain table staples in many global cultures. In the U.S., however, they are used sparingly, tending to be...

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Family-Friendly Benefits Getting Pandemic-Driven Boost

Even before the pandemic, employers were ramping up benefits to attract the best employees in a tight labor market. When COVID-19 arrived, the trend gained new urgency as workers reassessed...

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Caring for Kids’ Mental Health

Even before the pandemic, children were experiencing historic levels of depression, anxiety and other mental health challenges. But since COVID-19 emerged, kids have faced even more mental health crises. As...

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Teach Your Kids Healthy Habits

When it comes to kids and healthy habits, studies suggest that two factors can play a big role: Kids establish lasting habits by age 9, and they can learn healthy...

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Reboot Your Brain for a Better 2022

While a lot of us don’t understand why (something to do with apps, RAM, peripherals, etc.), we know that rebooting your computer helps it run better. What we might not realize is that the same is true for...

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Harvest of the Month: Lemon

Lemons contribute to a wide range of dishes, sweet or savory, cooked or cold. While we tend to think of lemons as part of a dessert or perhaps as an accompaniment...

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The State of the Pandemic

Sometimes it can be hard to keep up with all of the COVID news, and this becomes even more difficult when so much information is delivered in the form of arguments about who’s right and...

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Mental Health Gets More Attention, More Coverage

While the pandemic has increased everyone’s awareness of the role mental health plays in overall wellness, employers in particular have taken notice: An April 2020 McKinsey & Co. survey revealed that behavioral health ranked among the top workforce health...

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