Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Cooking Class

When deciding how to take on a cooking class – as a date night, with friends or solo – keep these tips in mind to get the most out of your experience.

Build Your Own Triathlon

Get creative with your workouts to stay motivated. With these ideas, you can create your own triathlon you’re proud to accomplish.

Finding Beauty in Your Body Image: Get Your Brain on Board

We say a workout is 90% mental; the same goes for how we feel post-workout. One writer explains her tactics to cultivate positive body image.

Running to Find Home

Running – or anything else that makes up your fitness routine – can be much more than just a workout. It may be your sense of home when all else is in flux.

When It Comes to Your Fitness, Even Short Workouts Matter

Don’t psyche yourself out of your workout time if you can’t get in an hour. Even short workouts matter for your body, brain and mindfulness.

How Your Shoe Choice Affects More Than Just Foot Health

Think twice before picking out the shoe to match that new outfit. All our muscles & joints are affected when we don’t select shoes with foot health in mind.

Three Asian Veggies to Spice Up Your Dishes (and Your Life)

The smell of Pumpkin Spice Lattes may be in the air but one writer shares how she’s incorporated these 3 Asian veggies into her diet while living in China.

Bring on the needles: Why I’m an advocate for acupuncture

Acupuncture, eastern medicine and pain therapy, can be a way to help stressed muscles and take the pressure off of nerves – and even aid your aching feet.

Foot Pain Getting on Your Nerves? Dealing With a Morton’s Neuroma

One writer recounts her chronic foot condition, a Morton’s Neuroma. Now living in China, she’s experimenting with acupuncture as a more permanent solution.

Get Gritty and Breath into the Tough Stuff

When you go through change, transition or a challenge, it’s important to breathe and embrace the challenge that will make you stronger – the tough stuff.

The Newest Proverbial Question: To Lift Heavy, or to Lift Light

The debate between whether you should lift heavy or lift light can get heated, but recent research says lifting to failure with any weight is beneficial.

Three Health-Focused Podcasts to Inspire Your Mind, Body and Soul

Find three new ways to get your health info with these health-focused podcasts. Tune in to get what your mind body and soul need.

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