Stress comes at us from all directions, and it’s not always the usual suspects like work, finances, and global strife that derail us. Even things we find enjoyable and meaningful—exercise, hobbies, volunteer work—contribute to our overall stress level as we struggle to fit everything into our busy lives. As we’ve discussed before on the blog, […]
Oof. This Las Vegas residency drama continues to be such a bummer. It’s pretty obvious that Adele was emotional about rescheduling her Weekends With Adele concert series, which was supposed to begin last week. When she told fans the event would be postponed because the “show ain’t ready” on Thursday, she was clearly on the […]
Heidi Montag is opening up about her challenging pregnancy journey, which has been going on for more than a year now. Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, the 35-year-old shared that she and her husband, Spencer Pratt, are still trying to have a second baby, but it has been a long and difficult process with little […]
Is Jodie Sweetin OK? The Full House and Fuller House alum opened up about her ongoing mental health in a new podcast interview this week, revealing during the chat that she actually lost nearly 40 pounds throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Related: John Stamos Explains Why ‘Full House’ Co-Star Jodie Sweetin Is The Reason He’s Sober Opening up about […]
Rebel Wilson is a true fitness success story. After her Year of Health, in which she lost nearly 80 lbs, she didn’t “gain back any of the weight,” as she told Today over the weekend. In fact, she’s even lost “a few extra pounds” in 2021! How did she manage that? Without even trying, apparently. Related: […]
“Some days you will feel like the ocean. Some days you will feel like you are drowning in it.” —Lora Mathis Ain’t that the truth. Life comes at you fast. You get laid off and don’t have enough money in savings, a family member gets sick, your car gets totaled. All of a sudden, you’re […]
Feeling tired all the time? You’re not alone. Turns out 60% of folks say they’re more exhausted now than they were in their pre-pandemic days. And sleep is only part of the equation. We live in a high-achieving, chronically fatigued culture. One of the reasons being that we’re constantly bombarded by the message that productivity […]
In part one of this series on improving vagal tone, I explained that the vagus nerve is the information superhighway of your autonomic nervous system. It connects your brain to organs and glands throughout the body and acts as the main conduit of your parasympathetic (“rest-and-digest”) nervous system. Vagal nerve activity touches just about every […]
Cranial nerve X. It sounds like a pretty rad superhero, or maybe the superhero’s genius sidekick who comes up with all the cool gadgets and never gets credit for being the one who actually foils the villain’s evil plans. Cranial nerve X, aka cranial nerve 10, aka the vagus nerve, is neither of those things, […]
Stressed, anxious, overcommitted—the unholy trinity the undermines mental health and wellbeing for so many people today. I’d argue that chronic stress is the number one threat to health and happiness. Yes, even more detrimental than modern diets, being too sedentary, overexercising when we do exercise, and all the other ways we mismanage our genes nowadays. By […]