Winter is a tough time of year. The sun sets early, bringing darkness more often, and the temperature drops to chilly new lows. Fortunately, if you start a search online, you can find fun activities to chase away those winter blues. Don’t feel trapped indoors! If you’re feeling the winter blues, you don’t have to […]

If you’re looking for a hobby that will get you active outside and provide you with a beautiful and healthy environment, look no further than gardening.

Narcolepsy is perhaps one of the most misunderstood conditions out there, and for many their first point of reference is a cartoonish depiction of someone who sleeps all day or who falls asleep mid-sentence while hilarity ensues. But in reality, it can be a serious condition that can greatly affect one’s independence, abilities, and overall quality of life and is thought to affect more than 200,000 people in the United States and three million people worldwide.

When the weather gets cold, it can be hard to motivate yourself to leave the couch, and keep up all of your active habits from the summer months. Days are colder and nights come earlier, and it’s easy to give up on good habits formed during the bright, hot days of summer. If you’re worried that you’re going to look more like a bear than a person at the end of the winter, you’ll need to start digging deep for motivation to exercise now, rather than later.

With the end of summer quickly approaching, it’s time to start preparing to go back to school. If this is your first year of high school or college, or you have a child who is making the transition to a new school for the first time, this may be a nerve-wracking experience. Luckily, there are tons of things that you can do to make sure that you’re mentally ready for both the challenges and excitement that you’re about to face.

For many parents, August is just one long lead up to the beginning of school, which can be stressful if you have a new student in the family, or just a kid prone to worrying about new things. Starting school can be a fun experience — you just have to plan ahead, and know what will help your child succeed in a new grade, or even a new school.