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I was talking with some friends the other night, and we got in a very interesting conversation about the fall-out from various surprise parties. Turns out that surprise parties are more perilous than I’d thought.

One friend threw a lavish party for her husband. “He loved it, but for months…

By Jane Powell - www.MeditationsForWomen.com "Take charge of chaos." Do you sometimes feel like you’re living a life of chaos; chasing your tail with no relief in sight? Are you in a state where everything takes longer and…

The U.S. obesity epidemic, which afflicts all age groups, has stabilized in the past five years among preschool-age children at about one in seven children, government researchers said.

A good deal of mystique has grown around meditation, yet it is one of the most natural of our human capacities. You've no doubt had moments in your life when you were not thinking or analyzing your experience, but simply "going with the flow." In these moments, there was no past or…

Summer is about being light, boundless and free. For the rest of the summer, use the following tips to lighten up--in every way possible.

1. Lighten Your To-Do List. W hat's eating you right now? A dreaded task? Unwashed dishes? A conversation you need to have but…

Close your eyes and picture a fridge and pantry stocked with yummy munchies that easily fit into a healthy diet. That's no food fantasy: It's the kitchen at the Shape offices. Over the past few months, a group of editors and readers have noshed their way through hundreds of new products and selected the healthiest must eat treats of the year.

Some much needed news about childhood obesity - for some age groups, the rates are holding steady rather than growing. FatFighterTV has a look at this story and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week.

Some spas have you at hello. They smell good, they look heavenly, they forbid you to use your cell phone. But not all of them take you to another place. These ten do. Whether they offer fantastically trained massage therapists in Bali, slather you in fresh-picked fruit in the Seychelles, or teach…

 

By Bailey Vincent Clark

How Calorie Cutting Can Help

Perhaps one of the most essential tools for controlling weight for a lifetime is understanding and becoming aware of the calories within your food. Although…

One trend that has been around for some time in Hollywood is coming back into fashion: IV ozone therapy.

Haylie Pomroy: Practicing in the areas…

By Jane Powell - www.MeditationsForWomen.com As a woman becomes a wife and then a mother, there are many things that she compromises - her dreams are just one of these. When there are diapers to be changed and homework to be…

I've always been one to play by the rules. When I was a vegetarian I wouldn't even eat veggies cooked on the same grill as a piece of meat... Until the day I gave up and at a full plate of orange chicken from Panda Express. It's this all-or-nothing attitude that has caused me to swing from strict vegetarian to full on burger fiend. But as I read more and more studies about the environmental and health benefits of abstaining from meat (check out the American Dietetic Association's newly released position paper on the vegetarian diet for more info on this), I've started to explore a type of diet purgatory called "flexitarianism." There's no official definition, but a flexitarian is basically a vegetarian that cheats and eats meat (occasionally). Sound flaky? Turns out, it could be one of the healthiest (and easiest!) ways to eat!

Java and caffeine are chock-full of health benefits. Here are the top reasons to order up a cup.