Compliment three people everyday.Watch a sunrise. Be the first to say “Hello.” Don’t waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them. Treat everyone as you want to be treated. Never give up on anybody; miracles happen. Forget the Joness. Remember someone’s name. Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage. Be tough-minded, but [...]
Top 10 most important health tips 1. Move More Make it your daily challenge to find ways to move your body. Climb stairs if given a choice between that and escalators or elevators. Walk your dog; chase your kids; toss balls with friends, mow the lawn. Anything that moves your limbs is not only a [...]
BREATHE: Stop, Drop, and Breathe. Okay, maybe not “drop”, but definitely stop and breathe. When we’re uptight or straining ourselves we usually forget to do this. Start by taking a few deep breaths. Next, give this pranayama technique a try: 1) Inhale deeply. 2) Hold your breath for 4 seconds. 3) Exhale for count of [...]
Why are stars suddenly obsessed with dressing up at their heroes? Jennifer Aniston as Barbra Streisand Photograph: Mark Seliger/AP God alone knows why they do it. The only possible justification for going to the trouble of donning fancy dress is to escape your humdrum life for an evening. But what possesses celebrities to dress up [...]
Costa Rica is the happiest country in the world according to the World Database of Happiness. Costa Rica boasts an 8.5 out of 10 on the happiness scale. Denmark famous for the statue of the Little Mermaid, is 2nd with an 8.3 Icy Iceland comes in 3rd at 8.2. Switzerland scores an even 8. So [...]
Q: What foods can I eat to improve my skin? A: Eating well isn’t just essential for good health; it also comes with beauty benefits. “The skin is a reflection of what’s going on inside,” explains Joey Shulman, Toronto-based registered nutritionist and author of The Natural Makeover Diet. Here are just a few of her [...]
One African-American woman pleads not to be set up on a blind date with the only black professional you know. “I’ve got a guy for you. He’s so hot, it’s perfect.” It was the spring of ’08 when Maureen Dowd, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist, decided to take it upon herself to find [...]
Ready to party? Follow these expert tips and get your lawn in shape for entertaining! “You don’t need to spend a lot on decor to get ambience,” says Jamie Durie, the hunky host of HGTV’s The Outdoor Room and go-to gardening guru. “You just need to transplant the right items from inside your home out [...]
In health-minded circles, “juicing” has become a buzzword – and not in the steroid-abuse way. Fresh vegetable juice drinkers – including Madonna and Natalie Portman – extol the panacean power of juice, claiming radiant skin, weight loss, increased energy, and even a cure for cancer. “If there’s only one thing you do in the day, [...]
Remember the scene at the end of the first Sex and the City movie, when the fabulous foursome was sitting down to cocktails? Samantha had just left Smith, her gorgeous, adoring boyfriend — whom she loved and who had lovingly supported her through breast cancer — because “I love myself more.” That’s right: She dumped [...]