Category: Your Health Matters

  • 7 Sneaky One-Minute Mood Boosters

    By Lisa Elaine Held Deep, lasting happiness generally comes from major shifts in things like lifestyle or perspective. That might mean taking on a meditation practice, or making big-picture changes to your diet. But there are small yet effective steps you can take when you need an in-the-moment mood boost. For this piece in our #AMinuteForMe series with youtheory®,…

  • Garden Your Way to Better Mental Health

    By Jeffrey Zurofsky Spring has come at last, and that means that about one-third of Americans are getting ready to plant a garden. According to the National Gardening Association, the number of households growing their own food has increased by 17 percent over the last decade, with millennials (ages 18 to 34) taking the lead. That’s great…

  • What To Eat To Improve Your Mood, Why Pets Are Good For Your Health & More

    By Megan O. Steintrager A Doggone Good Probiotic If you have pets, you probably already know about their ability to ease your anxiety and, in the case of dogs, how they insist you get out in the fresh air for exercise. Now it turns out that all the dirt they drag back into the house after…

  • Boost your productivity with a shorter to-do list

    accomplishing a little is more encouraging than going for a lot…

  • A Swedish Tradition that Brings You Back to Center – FIKA

    By Lila MacLellan June 13, 2018 Excerpts from article written for GRIT Issue #17 According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Canadians work fewer hours per week than Americans. The Canadian government also mandates 10 paid days of vacation per year (about half of what’s guaranteed in most of Europe and in Australia), while the…