By Aparna Mele Most have probably never set out to read poetry for its health benefits, and furthermore most probably never realized reading poetry can actually improve your health. With many of us at home quarantined during the COVID pandemic, reading and writing poetry may take on a whole new incentive. Did you know that … Continue reading Poetry and Wellness
By Body Zone Sports Clean out the refrigerator and cabinets of all unhealthy, tempting foods Drink water. Americans on average consume an additional 500 calories a day from beverages. If you replace your other drinks with water you’ll not only eliminate the additional calories but also fill the body with its much needed fluid of … Continue reading A Month of Daily Goals This Spring
By Nisha Mele, age 13 and a concerned citizen Yes, many people know and care about the climate change crisis. However, how many of them are actually doing something about it? The worst part is that we are making this so much worse. We caused this, and we must be the ones to fix it! … Continue reading Our Environmental Footprint
By Aparna Mele “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.“ – Thomas Jefferson Are you feeling lucky or are you down on your luck? You can build a “lucky mindset” that either works for you or against you, because your views on luck can … Continue reading It’s Not Luck
New art tool will help patients overcome anxiety and post-traumatic stress for blood withdrawal Dr. Jerry Lee, pediatric physician at Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical (St. Joseph), achieved positive results from testing VR software in a situation where a child resisted immunization and blood withdrawal due to a history of trauma. GoggleWorks and CTMR learned … Continue reading GoggleWorks, Penn State Health St. Joseph & Berks LaunchBox Announce Virtual Reality Project
By Richard Gardner One of the issues which looms large in the field of medicine and mental health, and which has disturbed me for many years is the definition of “healthy”. I am not really sure what healthy actually means, except for an average of everyone’s health in a population with no tolerance for “healthy” … Continue reading I Am Different, Not Sick: Thoughts from a Gifted Bipolar
By Aparna Mele With the start of a new year (and new decade!), everyone vows to start making changes in order to live our lives in the best way possible. However, the difficulty is that new year’s resolutions are notoriously hard to keep because they are often too vague or too monumental. They are often … Continue reading Simplifying New Year’s Resolutions
By Aparna Mele Green Wave is a non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating seaweed and other restorative species like oysters, mussels, clams, and scallops vertically using the entire water column. Farming seaweed is typically a more sustainable approach than wild-harvesting it, which can lead to the clear-cutting of valuable ecosystems. Unpredictable ocean conditions due to climate … Continue reading Seaweed to Combat Climate Change
By Aparna Mele In today’s world, society places great emphasis on material things, distracting us from the real priorities in life—our TRIBE. The trouble with things is that the transient happiness and exhilaration they bring eventually fades, far sooner than the item itself does. As the novelty quickly wears off, we are left with the … Continue reading Experiences, Not Things
While the holidays can be filled with family, feasts and festivities, it can also be a stressful time of year. Whether it’s a strained relationship, the struggle of celebration after a loss, overwhelming travel; the holidays can easily become a stressful time. How you handle stress can affect many aspects of your life from sleep, … Continue reading Starting a Gratitude Practice
