How does the star of the new NBC sitcom Kath and Kim and mom of Stella, 4, and Nolan, 3, stay healthy despite a work schedule even she calls “kooky?” By prioritizing time for family, career, and fitness—and getting in lots of laughs, of course. Read More
The shopping and crowds. The back-to-back diet-busting parties. The interminable chats with the in-laws.
We understand how easy it is to feel not so wonderful at this most wonderful time of the year.
That’s why we’ve rounded up these 19 expert-endorsed ways to help you dodge the seasonal blues and stay happy, healthy, and energized. From quick stress-survival strategies to mood-brightening foods, here’s your cheat sheet to holiday cheer. View the slideshow.
If you’re traveling over the holidays, chances are you’re not looking forward to spending time in a crowded, stressful airport. Faced with the prospect of long waits, deafening public-address systems, and indigestion, you may quickly lose that festive feeling. Read More
By Sara Altshul
I like to be prepared for anything when I travel, whether I’m headed out to my brother Jake’s house for days of holiday feasting and excellent wines, or across the country for a multicity business trip. The remedies I take along help me beat—or prevent—minor problems, fast. Read More
From Health magazine
Hot flashes can last from 30 seconds to five minutes and may occur once a day to several times an hour. They can start in perimenopause and, for some women, continue past menopause.
While researchers are exploring new treatments—including a combo therapy of estrogen and basedoxifene (a compound that works like estrogen without the breast cancer risk)—your best bet is to identify the triggers that cause your brain to release the adrenaline-like agents that dilate blood vessels and heat you up. Here are seven things known to cause hot flashes. Read More
Relaxing for one minute in Child’s Pose gives your mind and muscles a chance to escape the holiday madness. Read More
I don’t know about you, but I’ve reached my worry threshold. The world around me seems like a giant, roiling mess—what with my plummeting 401(k); my fears that finances will worsen before they improve; and my college loans, credit cards, and mortgages getting harder to come by. And don’t even get me started on the election. Yikes! Please, enough already! (And this is coming from a woman who can beat Pollyanna at optimism with eyes closed and one hand tied behind her back.) Read More
Make your a.m. less hectic with these smart finds. Watch the Slideshow
Despite major advances in detection, treatment, and pharmacology, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., killing more than 650,000 Americans every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. And yet surveys show most Americans are more worried about developing Alzheimer’s disease, which kills only a fraction of that number. Do you know enough about heart disease? Take our quiz and find out. Read More
Inhale. Exhale. Ahhh…
“This is the first moment in weeks I’ve had to take a breath,” my sister declared the other day, exhaling loudly. She’s juggling an out-of-work husband, a job she hates, and the care of our 80-year-old mother. Her remark struck me so resoundingly, like a bell ringing to highlight something profoundly true for us all, perhaps, because a client had said something similar to me just a few hours earlier. “I just need some room to breathe,” said Jackie, a mother of three with a full-time job as a school principal.
Breathing room. It’s a metaphor for something we all could use more of: some space in our lives—space to catch up with ourselves, to regroup, to metabolize whatever we’ve been going through so we can know how we feel and what to do next. Read More
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