It’s easy to get caught up in everything that needs to be done during the week. How can you not be stressed out with work, school, kids and finding time for yourself? External demands, such as work or family commitments and internal influences, such as what we eat and how our digestive, immunological and neurological […]
When you finally reach your senior year in high school everything seems to really speed up. One minute you are immersed in your school events and activities, like clubs and prom, and then suddenly you are taking college entrance exams and selecting universities. Once you’ve filled out the lengthy college applications you find yourself eagerly […]
If you approach any professional athlete, they’ll tell you that outside of your training schedule, you can only make bigger strides on your own. You have to go out of your comfort zone and put in that extra time of dedicated training and caloric intake. One top tip: Beta-alanine. Beta-alanine metabolizes into carnosine, which has […]
Spending time at home is way more stressful than spending time at work, according to a surprising new study by Penn State researchers. This comes as something of a surprise given the endless national dialogue about American working too much. The study measured participants’ cortisol levels, which is one of our bodies’ major markers of stress, both […]
Sometimes it feels like no matter where I go or what I do in my downtime, I can never escape the heavy weight of the “shoulds” on my shoulders. I should be getting some work done right now. I should be cleaning the apartment or paying that bill or running that errand. A frame of […]
Most of us in the Western world adhere to the Busy Myth: we believe on some level that more we complain about being “busy” to our friends, the more social cred we get. Apparently, the busier we are, the more work ethic we must have, which in turn evolves into a moral superiority humblebrag competition — who got the least sleep […]
