Understanding Nutritional Supplements: The Basics
Most healthcare professionals agree that the best way for people to meet their bodies’ nutritional needs is through a healthy diet, meaning, actually eating nutritious food as outlined in the USDA’s Dietary Guidelines. While eating enough healthy foods and a...
Dealing with Tragedy: Understanding the Work of a Chaplain
Exactly what a chaplain is and the duties a chaplain is expected to perform, and for whom, may be a little challenging for most people to describe in detail. This article serves to explain what a chaplain is and their main roles in service to others. What is a...
5 Tips To Getting Road Ready For A Successful Summer Vacation
You’ve budgeted for a road trip this summer and you’ve secured the time off work. Now what? What else goes into a successful road trip when it comes to driving long distances, staying in unfamiliar places, and essentially, living out of your car for a week or two? In...
How to Help Your Aging Parents Connect to Your Kids
These days, people are waiting longer to have children. And while there are many benefits to this, such as being more financially stable by the time kids come along, it also means that extended family members, like grandparents, are older. In fact, your young...
4 Food Tricks To Help You Fight Chronic Disease
According to the CDC, chronic diseases are broadly defined as those lasting one year or more, that limit normal daily function and/or require ongoing medical treatment. While some chronic diseases do have a genetic component, meaning they are inherited, many are...
4 Foods To Take To The Grill
When I’m hot and tired at the end of a long summer day, the last thing I want to do is turn on the stove or oven in my kitchen and heat up the house even more. Even if the AC is cranked, adding the heat of appliances to the mix just makes it harder to keep the house...
Top 5 Largest Wildfires In California History
Not only did 2020 bring unprecedented suffering in terms of a global pandemic, three of the five largest fires in California history burned a total of 1.8 million acres that year. With a multi-year drought encompassing most of the Western half of the U.S., California...
4 Great Reasons To Hold Family Meetings
Parents and other caregivers who gather their household members together regularly to discuss issues large and small, and about anything—chores, rules, or upcoming vacation activities—know that it is a fantastic way to get buy-in from kids. But that’s not the only...
3 Healthy Habits To Help You Avoid Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s Disease, the world’s fastest growing neurological disorder, affects approximately one million people in the U.S., with around 60,000 new cases diagnosed each year. In fact, PD affects more people each year than multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, and...
How Earning An Allowance Helps Kids Learn About Money
Next time you are in a group of your peers, preferably those with elementary-age children, try this for a conversation starter: “Do your kids get an allowance?” Chances are you will be on the receiving end of an entire range of opinions, from “No way! It is their job...
