Category: Health & Wellness

  • 16 Ways You Can Be Better in 2018

    By Laura Garnett, Performance strategist@garnettl By Barton Goldsmith Ph.D The world is full of opportunities, but sometimes too much thinking can get in the way. Changing your life for the better is about picking a destination and taking one step at a time to get there. If you try to take shortcuts, you may actually end up…

  • Your Health Matters: Celebrating Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

    By C. Stone  November 2017 – Contributor to Empower Behavioral Health Did you know November is National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Awareness Month? This month is extremely important, as a 2016 study showed that over 5.5 million Americans of all ages are living with this debilitating disease, and someone develops it every 66 seconds. Alzheimer’s is also…

  • Your Health Matters: 5 Ways Reading Improves Your Health

    Booktalk November 5th, 2015 Book lovers know there’s no feeling like getting lost in a great book. Page after page seems to fly by as you get more and more entrenched in the plot and character development. It’s almost as if you’re in the scenes and participating in the outcome.What you may not realize, however, is…

  • Is Hitting the Snooze Button Bad for You?

    Published on Oct 03, 2017 by Alex Mitchell   Do you have an “as needed” relationship with your Snooze Button? Is it one of those relationships that every now and then, you call in a favor and it lets you get in a few extra minutes on Monday morning when you were up too late watching Game of…

  • What You Eat May Be Messing With Your Anger Management

    Trans Fats Linked to Temper Flares Cutting out unhealthy foods may actually make you a nicer person. New research suggests eating trans fats can lead to aggression and irritability. By Jaimie Dalessio Clayton We know trans fats are bad for your waistline and your heart, but they may also be messing with your anger management, according…