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What Grandma Knew About Cleaning a House: Tips to Help You Make Quick Work of It

By Kim Bundy / March 31, 2022

Spring is an opportunity to sweep away dust bunnies, store winter clothes, pull back the curtains, and let the sunshine...

What Grandma Knew About Cleaning a House: Tips to Help You Make Quick Work of It

Take a Walk in the Park: The Symphony of People and Life in Harmony Without Rehearsal

By Ling Fei / March 30, 2022

Take a Walk in the Park Day is celebrated annually on March 30, which encourages all of us to invest...

Take a Walk in the Park: The Symphony of People and Life in Harmony Without Rehearsal

3 Ways Nature Encourages and Enlivens Your Artistic Side

By Marcy Swisher / March 28, 2022

7 Simple Steps to Create a Permanent Home Office

By Kim Bundy / March 8, 2022

At the beginning of the pandemic, many of us scrambled to find space to work from home, whether it was...

7 Simple Steps to Create a Permanent Home Office

Job Searching in Uncertain Times

By Christine Horstman / April 6, 2020

Whether you had already been engaged in an active job search or you’ve just lost your job, I know it’s...

National Dog Rescue Day Pulls at Our Heartstrings for Canines Needing Love and Affection

Two of the most beautiful beagle rescue dogs, Lois Lane and Lana Lang, own me and my husband. They were puppy mill mothers and are still scared by the sound of a pencil dropping on a carpet. Lois lost an eye due to neglect because these two precious girls were just...

May 20, 2022

Make Time to Enjoy a Healthy Meal with Others This National Mediterranean Diet Month

With roots in a more traditional and healthful way of eating, the Mediterranean diet is said to be modeled after the diets of those living around the Mediterranean Sea. From Greece and Italy to Turkey, Egypt and Morocco, the many countries surrounding the...

May 19, 2022

A Catalyst for Learning and Unlearning: How Museums Open Our Hearts and Minds

There is something extraordinarily special about the sensation of walking into a museum. Upon stepping inside, one is overwhelmed by a feeling of homecoming, calm, eagerness, serenity and solace that often lingers long after we have walked out. Being surrounded by...

May 18, 2022

How to Take a Pause to Look Within: A Story About Being in the Present Moment

In India, there was a small village called Kothanari. A mom, Umaiyi, and dad, Umapathy, lived happily in their farmhouse. Trees covered their house. Umaiyi was pregnant; it was the summer season famous for different varieties of mangoes. So, her habit was to sow...

May 17, 2022

Tell Me About Yourself: A Conversation with a Dedicated Women’s Mentor, Jamesha Smith

One question inevitably asked in an interview or when meeting someone for the first time is ‘tell me about yourself.’ This is an important question as it establishes your authentic self, brand, or identity. I remember practicing the answer to this question for...

May 10, 2022

My Several Mothers: The Women Who Helped to Shape Me and Encouraged My Journey

It takes a village to raise a child. It took several mothers to shape the woman I am. I was born in a remote and economically deprived village in southwest China. All the young and middle-aged adults in my village served as migrant workers in coastal and developed...

May 7, 2022

May the Fourth Be With You: It’s the 45th Anniversary of Star Wars!

May 4th is the 45th anniversary of Star Wars! It has been 45 years since George Lucas introduced us to the Force and the bounty of characters who captured our imaginations. People all around the world love Star Wars. “May the 4th be with you” is a celebration...

May 4, 2022

10 Things I Learned From 10 Days of Clean Eating

After some recent indulgences, I decided to mindfully reset and embark on 10 days of clean eating and put my focus on the following areas. Let’s see how I did, what I learned about my body and how I felt. 1) Gluten — I feel better when I don’t eat gluten. Moreover,...

May 2, 2022

The Impact of Food Waste is Greater Than You Think: How to Help Reduce It

When you hear of restaurants like Panera’s Day-End Dough-Nation, where they donate unsold bakery products and bread; grocery stores giving food banks recently expired packaged food; or Food Rescue US where volunteers transfer surplus food from businesses to people...

Apr 28, 2022

The Small Light in the Dark: The Lost, the Found, and Something New

These are two small stories between my neighbor and me, and theirs are two of the many kind hearts I have encountered since I set my foot to this strange land in 2010. Because of these kind hearts, I felt at home far away from home. While I do have many hardships...

Apr 27, 2022

4 Tips to Help Better Manage Stress: Focus on Your Physical and Mental Refresh

Since 1992, April has been recognized as Stress Awareness Month. At that time, I am guessing that life had started getting more stressful and coping mechanisms were being discovered. After all, stress can quickly affect our mental and physical state. There is no...

Apr 25, 2022

Print Books, Paperbacks, Electronic Versions or Audio: Which is Your Favorite Way to Read?

So many options present themselves when one decides to “read” a book in this day and age. After hearing nothing from the private bookstores I contacted asking about the variety of “reading” methods (I thought they’d like some free advertising; apparently, I was...

Apr 22, 2022

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