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20 Lies Addicts Tell & Keep on Telling

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May 31 is World No Tobacco Day. Most of us know the dangers of smoking—from emphysema to cancer, even premature aging—and yet, a smoker is born every day. It seems that, despite the well known risks and dangers associated with smoking…
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10 Reasons Why the Death Penalty is a Dividing Issue

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“I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us.” This quote from Eric Holder, the first African American Attorney General of the United States, reflects what many Americans feel,…
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20 Ways that Life is All About Relativity

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On May 11, 1916, Albert Einstein presented his Theory of Relativity before the Prussian Academy of Sciences. The theory dramatically substituted the curvature of space time as the cause of gravity, rather than the force postulated by Sir Isaac…
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12 Ways to Earn Back Trust

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Loyalty Day is an American holiday celebrated on May 1. It is meant to be a day for citizens (and those who are soon-to-be) to reaffirm their loyalty to the United States. It also serves as a day to be reminded of the heritage of the American…
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10 Things Women Say to Wrongly Justify Abuse

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Domestic violence and abuse is an epidemic. One of the most frustrating things for the women in the abusive relationship as well as for those who are outsiders but know what’s going on, is that its power over the victim often leads them…
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15 Ways to Decompress (and Evolve) Using Music

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For centuries, music has served as soul medicine for people of all ages, races, ethnicities, locations and predilections. As a tool, music has the power to transport us outside of ourselves, or deeper into ourselves, where many would argue…
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15 Reasons Why Casual Sex Rules

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Lover’s Day is April 23 and we’re excited for this ‘holiday’ based on Spain’s equivalent of Valentine’s Day, St. George’s Day (La Diada de Sant Jordi). While Valentine’s Day is pretty much always about and exclusively for couples…
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12 Ways to Help Your Kids Live Stress-Free

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April 16 is National Stress Awareness Day and the entire month of April is Stress Awareness Month. Stress Awareness Day began in 1992 as an effort to raise awareness of the harm that stress can do. It was an initiative by the Health Resource…
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How to Discuss Columbine With Your Kids

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Who can forget the images from April 20, 1999, as we watched what was until then the worst school shooting in history unfold on television news. When it was all over, 15 people at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, were dead, including…