The EQ Advantage

Have you ever wondered why a coworker seemed angry with you? Or felt confused when your teenager insisted they were “fine,” even though their body language said otherwise? The ability to understand and manage these complex emotions is called emotional intelligence, or EQ. “Another way to think of it is being ‘smart’ about emotions,” says Carolina […]

The Health Benefits of Creativity

The sheer act of using your imagination and expressing yourself through a creative endeavor can help relieve stress, lift your mood, sharpen your mind, and bring a plethora of additional benefits that enrich your life. Creativity is so good for our minds and bodies that an entire discipline of art therapy has been developed around […]

5 Steps to Reach Your Goals

The positive changes you want to make this year are possible with the right mindset shift. Here are five easy steps to help you reach the goals that will transform your life. These simple steps can help you reach the goals that bring real meaning to your life, not just this year, but for years to come. 

How to Increase Your Healthspan

We call people lucky if they exceed the average life expectancy. Afterall, longevity, or the ability to live a long life, is the goal for most individuals. However, healthy aging is about so much more than just reaching a certain birthday. It is about maintaining the ability to do what you need to do, want […]

Breaking Up With the Bottle

It turns out, youth may not be wasted on the young after all. Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012) has emerged as an influencer generation, turning Dry January and Sober October into a year-round lifestyle choice known as the sober-curious movement.  The sober curious have drastically changed views around drinking, spiking the interest in […]

Living With Less

In 2020, when the pandemic plunged the world into isolation, Laura Forman, a mom of four from Chicago, Illinois, found solace in online shopping. “It wasn’t a healthy coping mechanism,” she says. “I was spending money on stuff I didn’t need.” In January 2021, Forman decided enough was enough and challenged herself to abstain from buying […]