Style & Beauty / Beauty
We all know the great benefits of saunas in helping to recover after a hard workout, or to relive pent up tension and frustration when visiting a hotel or luxury resort. What few people realize is that saunas have many more benefits than these. In fact there are a wide…
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Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes
As Easter draws near, we’re often left scrambling trying to find the right ham recipe for Easter dinner, or even the right demi-glaze to make for that ham. What about dessert? Surely you’re going to need a great dessert recipe, right? Use these surefire recipes for your next family gathering…
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Style & Beauty / Product Reviews
Sweating is nature’s way of helping us stay cool, but it’s one of our body’s functions that is considered socially “uncool.” For centuries, people have been trying to overcome the unpleasant aspects of this very normal and necessary physical response. Women in particular take great pains to avoid public sweating….
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Moms / Mom Tips
Come clean already. Do you struggle with laundry? In a perfect world, we could afford to have everybody’s clothes dry cleaned on a weekly basis. Unfortunately, those costs can add up over time. That doesn’t mean you can’t handle with care yourself. It’s a delicate situation — so follow these…
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Moms / Mom Tips
The shopping bug bites pregnant or adopting women at different times, and it’s tough to know how to guide the sweet friends and family who want to celebrate the baby’s arrival with a gift. But it’s important to set up a baby registry, especially if you anticipate having a shower…
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Style & Beauty / Beauty tips
You’ve seen the exorbitant price tags in the boutiques and department stores. But do brands like 7 for All Mankind, Joe’s Jeans, True Religion…the list goes on – have any business charging so much for what others sell for a more reasonable cost? The short answer is – not really….
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Moms / Mom Tips
If your child is around the age of 3, then you might contemplate whether or not it’s time to get him into preschool. There are a lot of variables that go into a child’s – and parent’s! – readiness for school. If you’re a stay-at-home mom who’s ready for a…
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Diet & Fitness / Mind & Body
You were doing so well on your diet! Now you’re covered with cookie crumbs, and the remains of a container of Ben & Jerry’s are melting on the coffee table. You’ve had another eating binge, you feel awful, and you’re ready to give up. But you can bounce back. Many…
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
Anxiety, difficulty sleeping, fatigue and rapid heartbeat…is it stress or overactive thyroid symptoms? When the thyroid is out of whack, it affects the whole body. The thyroid gland may overproduce or underproduce hormones, and both conditions cause a host of sometimes-vague symptoms. But how do you know if you have…
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Love / Relationships
One of the worst scenarios during the holidays is to have lost a spouse and face being alone. As a widower I have firsthand experience with this topic. I now understand that I needed to experience such a loss to know how important the ability to love is to life….
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