The Great World Race & the Remarkable 7-Day Journey of Ellen Hunter Gans
The waiver for Antarctica was not especially comforting. In fact, according to Ellen Hunter Gans, it essentially boiled down to a simple message: if something goes wrong on the frozen continent, you're on your own. For many people, such a warning would serve as a compelling reason to stay home. For Gans, a lifelong traveler, writer, mother, and increasingly ambitious…
10-Minute Mobility Routine for Desk Workers
Build a mobility routine for desk workers that eases stiffness, supports posture, and fits real workdays without turning breaks into workouts at your desk.
Why This Exercise Deserves a Spot in Your Workout
The Dumbbell Lateral Lunge Most people train in straight lines. We squat up and down, lunge forward, walk forward, run forward, and for a lot of us, lean forward at a desk during our work day. But everyday life—and most sports—require us to move through multiple planes of movement. That’s why I’m a big fan of the dumbbell lateral lunge.…
The Secret to Beating Seasonal Depression
As the days grow shorter and sunlight fades, many of us feel our energy, mood, and motivation dip. The lack of light, the chill in the air, and the long hours indoors can leave us feeling sluggish, disconnected, and blue. But in Sweden, a country that faces some of the darkest winters on Earth, people have learned not just to…
Tech/Life with Taino: A Letter from “Man’s Former Best Friend”
In today’s hyper-connected world, our screens often steal attention from the people—and pets—right in front of us. This column takes a humorous yet poignant look at how our digital habits, especially excessive screentime, impact not just our health and stress levels, but also our relationships with those who rely on us for presence and care. Told from the perspective of…
Resilience is Not Just Another Buzzword
Change causes stress, and stress is by its nature disruptive. Since we can’t avoid change, we can’t avoid the physical, emotional, and interpersonal consequences that accompany it. Most of us have been conditioned to look at stress as something harmful—a state of affairs to be minimized and managed with as much equanimity as we can muster. Unfortunately, this point of…
Are Screen Devices and Social Media Making Us Un-Social?
The Pace of Modern Life I spent last weekend in a big city and was, as always, struck with the higher pace (it literally seems like there is a high correlation between population and pedestrian walking speed!). What I was not prepared for, however, was the lack of human interaction. Now, it’s not like I live in the countryside where…
An Introduction to Tech-Life Balance
Let’s face it. Digital technology like the internet, smartphones, social media, laptops, tablets, email, wearables, streaming, has disrupted our way of living in just 20 years. With many upsides for sure, but at what cost? Global depression rates have been climbing; there's talk of tech addiction; we´re facing a stress pandemic and massive mental health challenges; increased loneliness; physical health…
The Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Menopause
In perimenopause and menopause, women experience an increase in inflammation due to decreased estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Typically, progesterone and estrogen have anti-inflammatory effects on the body, but when the reduction in these hormones occurs, this causes a general increase in inflammation in the whole body. This low-grade inflammation contributes to common menopause symptoms such as low energy, sore joints,…
Managing Your Mental Health in a Tumultuous World
If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that times are hard. In modern society, we are triggered on a daily basis by various stressors: the news, driving to work, a call from the principal’s office, worrying about money, and so many more. There are endless life events—big and small—that can activate our body’s stress and anxiety responses.…
Essential Traits for Leadership
Below is an excerpt from the book The Character of a Leader by Harry Wetherbee. While there exist an infinity of definitions, checklists, and “secrets” of leadership out there, in the end, no one can hand it to you on a platter. Like all those things of value in life, leadership is something you have to work at, constantly refining…
