Creating healthy habits
Rather than treating food as a reward, let’s emphasize nutrition as fuel. Every time I turn around there is an event that involves offering sweets to children. More often than not, these unhealthy treats are given out in school, sports
Mindfulness
Charting a path toward greater sanity, well-being, and purpose—and changing business from within When my article “The Mind Business” was published, I wasn’t sure how readers would respond. In previous years, I had interviewed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in Silicon Valley
All work and no play?
Dr. Stuart Brown invites each of us to rediscover our unique “play personalities.” His directions were precise, though unusual for a meeting: “follow the big Eucalyptus trees along the right side of the road; cross the first of two one-lane bridges,
Sleep on it
Neuroscientist Russell Foster explores the importance of sleep and how it’s being used more recently as an early predictor of mental health. “EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE MAKES A MAN HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE.” You might expect someone who's devoted much
Kroc Center to the Rxcue
Medical director makes patient appointments in the gym Jeff Menter was sick. Just 36 years old, the Post Falls, Idaho, man suffered from heart disease, chronic pain, obesity and depression. Menter was sick, but maybe most of all, he was sick
Let’s make the cure contagious
Cure Violence applies epidemic health model to communities People have known for a long time that violence begets violence, but I don’t think people truly understood that violence is scientifically a contagious problem. When we apply epidemic control methods to prevent
Invisible imagination
Disability is redefining genius Have I actually understood? This weird quirk I try To suppress or hide Is a talent that could Help me meet the Wizard - Stephen Schwartz (Lyrics from “The Wizard and I” in the Broadway Musical Wicked) Elphaba, the supposed “wicked witch” as re-imagined
Housing first, care second
Pathway to Housing’s simple yet revolutionary way to help the chronically homeless Gerard Thomas served with the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War, and then lived on the streets of Washington, D.C., sleeping on park benches, in alleyways and deep in
5 Steps to No-Nonsense Cycling in the City
There's something about being on a bicycle that elicits a childlike feeling. Remember those carefree summer days when riding your bicycle around the neighborhood was your favorite way to pass the time? In the midst of back-to-school schedules, deadlines, emails, to-do
Without limits
Author, Olympian and recent law school graduate Erik Weber continues to defy the odds. Erik Weber interrupts his whirling dance to throw his arms around his mother, Sandy. She beams at her 27-year-old son just as a young mother would. Watching
Making the Makers
In 2008, Emily Pilloton founded Project H, a non-profit that teaches building and design skills to youth, with an emphasis on girls and children of color. Project H has three different arms: Workshop H, which is geared toward adult learners, and Studio
Tips on Conserving Water
It’s no secret that California is running low on water. Images of dry reservoirs, shrinking lakes and dead almond trees are popping up everywhere online. This is the fourth year the golden state is in a drought, one of the worst