H20 might be the fat-loss tool you’re not using. BY ISADORA BAUM No one has to to tell you that drinking water is great for you. You’ve likely heard this your entire life:…
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7 Ways to Cope When Life Gets Tough
Alice Boyes Ph.D. How to roll with the punches. Last week, I took my car to get a spare key cut. After about 15 minutes of waiting in the 100-plus-degree…
How to be Resilient After Hurricane Ida
Resilience: Build skills to endure hardship Resilience means being able to adapt to life’s misfortunes and setbacks. Test your resilience level and get tips to build your own resilience. Mayo…
Don’t Run From Adversity—Harness It to Grow Stronger
George S. Everly, Jr. PhD, ABPP, FACLP Most people try to avoid adversity, not understanding that it promotes growth. KEY POINTS One of the tried-and-true lessons of history is that…
Why Bad Habits Are Easy and Good Habits Are Hard
Understanding one principle about habit formation can make all the difference. by Thomas Rutledge Ph.D. KEY POINTS Many people mistakenly attribute their bad habits to character flaws such as laziness…
5 Ways to Avoid Drama in Your Life
by Abigail Brenner M.D. Unnecessary drama takes you away from living life to the fullest. KEY POINTS Drama often accompanies major life changes and transitions. Unnecessary drama happens when people…
Vaccination is not a personal choice
by Joel Mathis Low-vaccination states like Florida and Texas are continuing to set new records for COVID-19 hospitalizations, taxing their already-beleaguered medical systems to their limits. At this stage of the pandemic, though, it is mostly the unvaxxed who are getting sick…
Our babies are getting sick!
A Pandemic Rant by Orissa Arend The other day I was playing tennis with my friend Bertha O’Neal. I count on tennis to be my sanity lifeline against COVID…
How Much Is Enough to Feel Happy?
by Ilene Berns-Zare PsyD 4 ways to stop running after more and find happiness now. KEY POINTS One way to feel more fulfilled is to recognize that happiness is not…
Reparations for African Americans in New Orleans?
Is it possible that reparations for African Americans is becoming a politically viable point of discussion and action in New Orleans? We are about to find out. …