Healthy Living

When your child is heading back to school, you suddenly need to think of meal ideas that are transportable and healthy. Fortunately, if you start a search online, you can find easy and delicious back-to-school lunch ideas. It’s the most wonderful time of the year — back to school! As parents prepare to buy pencils, […]

While no one wants to disappoint anyone they love, care for, or work with, learning to say “no” is an important skill that we all need to embrace. Once you get past that hurdle, the next step is removing those remorseful feelings you have around saying “no”. To help, below are some tips on how to relay this word without feeling any guilt.

Diabetes is a chronic condition affecting an estimated 30.3 million Americans. And once you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, it’s critical that you manage the condition and adjust your diet. Choosing the right foods can keep your diabetes under control.

A holiday party calls for an elevation of the usual glass of wine or mixed drink, so this year, get your head in the game with our guide to mixology. We’ll teach you how to set up a home bar, and prep for any party in style. You don’t need to be an expert in order to wow your family and friends with amazing drinks — it just takes a little research, and patience. You’ll be a whiz in no time.

This year, resolve to flex your creative muscles when it comes to thinking up gifts for your nearest and dearest. Do-It-Yourself gifts are a fun and thoughtful way to communicate your love to your friends and family. Plus, they often cost less than a traditional gift bought from the mall, and are way more personalized and meaningful.

Potlucks are a staple of the holiday season – whether it’s an appetizer party where everyone contributes a plate of tiny bites or a family holiday meal that’s gotten so large one kitchen simply can’t feed all the guests anymore. While potlucks may seem easy (“everyone just bring whatever you feel like!”), a truly great potluck requires people to make sacrifices.

Unfortunately for all of us, money doesn’t grow on trees. Unless you plan carefully throughout each stage of your life, you may find yourself broke at the end of it. Financial planning is the key to ensuring that you have one less thing to worry about when you retire.

The lead up to the holiday season can be difficult. It never seems like you have that many family members, until the time comes to make a shopping list for all your holiday presents. Then the number of gifts that you have to coordinate and buy can be overwhelming. Don’t fall into the trap of buying your gifts from those tempting end-of-aisle displays!

People who society deems as overweight are frequently discriminated against in the realms of education, employment, medical care, the media, and personal relationships. But because excess weight is considered to be unhealthy, whether that is true of the individual or not, this discrimination goes unchecked.

Even though a growing amount of our day to day interactions now happen through a screen, it’s still important to teach your children basic manners from a young age. You don’t have to enroll your children in charm school of course, but a little etiquette can go a long way. Experts say that manners can teach children how to be more empathetic, which will help them to better form healthy relationships in the future.