This is a featured excerpt from my book Tech-Life Balance: 101 Ways to Thrive in a Digital World. Here are my tips for the holidays. The plan will look different for everyone, but the key is to take control and...
Life’s challenges arrive with terrible timing. Nobody schedules a crisis, a setback, a detour, or an unraveling. Yet across countless stories—ordinary people, public figures, and the quiet heroes living next door—difficulty often becomes the spark that reshapes identity, opens possibilities,...
It’s true that you can’t diagnose anyone on the spot, but this guide will help you spot a narcissist, or at least someone with those tendencies, quickly. Narcissists can mask well, present polished personas, and mirror your energy to seem...
Rage bait has become the Internet’s latest viral sensation. In exchange for being offensive and outrageous, posters get clicks and comments. Use of the phrase has tripled over the last 12 months, according to Oxford University Press, which has named...
It’s well established that expressing gratitude can have a powerful impact on your mental health and overall well-being. Practices like gratitude journaling, daily reflection, and mindful appreciation have become part of many people’s wellness routines. But what makes gratitude so...
Do you know that your attention is a scarce resource being “mined”? We live in an age where we have an extreme abundance of information, which can be a good thing, but can also be overwhelming. Especially since a human’s...
In a world obsessed with intensity—crushing workouts, rushing to the next appointment and hustling harder—it’s easy to get carried away. But when it comes to building a body & mind that’s resilient over the long haul, it’s good to remember...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
