Personal Finance and Lifestyle Guide
Here you will find the latest guides to healthy living, health advice, and tips to help you and those you care about live longer.
When life gets a little crazy, we get a little stressed. With two little girls, a husband, a career, and everything else in life, I sometimes find myself a little stressed out wondering how I’m going to find the time to get everything done. Fortunately, I always do. Stress, however, is not that much fun. […] More
Alcoholism is not a joke. Of course, that doesn’t stop us from making jokes about it. Here’s the deal; a lot of us drink. My husband and I have a glass – sometimes two glasses – of wine every night after our kids go to bed. We have cocktails when watching football games and we […] More
Some of us are born with sunny, optimistic personalities and others are more like Eeyore off of Winnie-the-Pooh; we are dull, drab and downright negative. There is good news, though. Just because you were born with one personality trait does not mean you have to stay that way. You can become a more optimistic person. If you […] More
I love to workout. Nothing makes me feel better than taking care of my body except for feeling more energized and better about myself after every workout. The only problem with working out when you work from home, have a husband, two kids under the age of four, and a cat is that you have […] More
You may think that the seasons are to blame for your illness. When winter comes along people start thinking they’re getting the flu simply because it’s that time of year and spring brings on allergies. While this is completely true, there are other things to blame for your sniffles and your not so good feelings. […] More
Depression is something that many people experience. Some only experience it in a very minor capacity while others experience it to the point that it is impossible for them to come out of their depressed state. While a great number of people require medical help to fight their depression, those who do not suffer as […] More
We spend a lot of time working out, dieting, and trying to look good. Sure, we want to be healthy. For the most part, however, we really just want to look good, which is why we spend so much time making sure we do. We all know that speeding up our metabolism is a great […] More
I think everyone can agree that losing weight is a difficult task.  It’s hard enough as it is to keep up with a specific diet and exercise plan in order to achieve your goals. But we also face a ton of pressure from the media and our peers to stay in shape.  We all have […] More
Are you getting enough sleep?  Chances are you aren’t. Many of us don’t get the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep a night but it turns out that we really should be making a better effort. Getting enough sleep is vital to your health. Did you know that if you don’t get enough sleep […] More
Having a stomach virus is miserable; there is just no other way to say it. Once you have it you really have no choice but to ride it out but there are strategies you can take to get through it quicker, easier and with less lingering symptoms. The first thing you should think about is […] More
Holiday stress is something we anticipate as readily as we do our grandmother’s annual gift of fruitcake. It doesn’t have to be that way. You can get through this festive season without holiday stress ruining it. A lot of holiday stress comes from financial worries over how to pay for all the gifts, what to buy […] More
Holiday weight gain is so difficult to avoid. Everywhere you turn there are treats just teasing you, from the homemade fudge your next door neighbors send over every year to the pie your grandmother is so famous for, they are impossible to avoid. But you don’t want to pack on another five pounds of holiday weight […] More