Your Non-Fat (or Lower-Fat) Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes to the Rescue
Hosting and Holidays, Recipes
Healthy Thanksgiving recipes? For real? For many of us, just thinking about the holidays makes our stomach start to rumble, getting ready for all the delicious food we plan to eat. Holiday parties, family dinners and sweet treats—all that…
In Defense of Being Silly & The Importance of Play
Empowerment, Health, Slider
In our over-scheduled world, we often overlook the importance of play — for children and adults. Young children in particular develop important skills through play. According to a Wall Street Journal article by author of Free to Learn, Peter…
10 Reasons why Working Out in the Morning Makes You Close to Divine
Diet & Nutrition, Featured Stories, Health
Setting your alarm an hour earlier so you'll have time for working out in the morning may sound painful but it hurts so good! For one thing, nothing makes you feel more virtuous than starting your day with exercise. And that's just one of…
Eyes Wide Open: New Illicit Drugs on the Streets Parents Need to Be Aware Of
Featured Stories, Health, Parenting
No mom wants to admit that her precious offspring would ever use illicit drugs. Unfortunately, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports, "Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million…
Intentional Ink: In Defense Tattoo Ideas that Are Meaningful
Slider, Style, Trends
Tattoo ideas serve a lot of purposes, depending on how they are designed and what they stand for. Sometimes tattoos are a source of rebellion, and for some people they are a way to commemorate a life event, a loss or a struggle. Sometimes…
Making the Time: 12 Reasons to Have Date Night for Married Couples
Life, Love & Relationships, Slider
Date night for married couples, you ask? Heck yes. Here’s why: When you first begin dating someone it's exciting and passionate. You want to spend every waking moment together and your focus is 100% on your partner. For better or for worse,…
Modern Mothering: 12 Parenting Tips & Rules that Could Use a Revamp
Featured Stories, Health, Parenting
The truth of the matter is that there is no perfect way to parent and all of us can use parenting tips from time to time. Can we all agree on that? Great. That said, the battle of old school versus new school parenting tips and styles continues…
Sonic Thanksgiving: 15 Songs About Gratitude to Crank Up Right Now
Entertainment, Featured Stories, Life
UPDATED: August 1st, 2016
This morning we heard holiday songs on the radio and while we love ourselves some All I Want for Christmas is You (who doesn't?), it seems a little premature. It's not even Thanksgiving yet! This month, instead of…
Spotlight on Famous Hispanic People: HBO presents The Latin Explosion: A New America
Entertainment, Featured Stories, Health
If you’re a Latin music fan, mark your calendars: on November 16, the royalty of famous Hispanic people will receive honors thanks to an HBO documentary that explores the cultural impact of Latin music in the U.S. The Latin Explosion: A…