By: Susan Heckler If you are happy and you know it take a bow, clap your hands, stamp your feet or however you would like to celebrate. Authors Ed Diener, Robert A. Emmons, Randy J. Larsen and Sharon Griffin wrote an article in the Journal of Personality Assessment in 1985 to measure global cognitive judgments … Continued

Fruits and vegetables are part of a well-balanced and healthy eating plan. There are many different ways to lose or maintain a healthy weight. Using more fruits and vegetables along with whole grains and lean meats, nuts, and beans is a safe and healthy one. Helping control your weight is not the only benefit of … Continued

By: Rudy Silva If you have acid reflux or heartburn, using natural remedies to balance your stomach is what nature intended. Listed are four natural remedies that you can use to balance the acid in your stomach. Cinnamon Cinnamon has many medicinal uses aside from being great for various pastries. It has an antiseptic effect … Continued

By: Marty Gallagher Certain foods are extremely difficult for the human body to convert into body fat – not impossible but damned near impossible. Byconsuming calories derived from these foods, the anabolic margin of error is extended dramatically, which means it will be easier to lose fat and gain muscle, if you choose. Lean protein, … Continued

By: Susan Heckler For those of you who are too busy to apply their morning mascara, can’t deal with daily application of false eyelashes, or love to wake up your beautiful best, you can join the new craze and try eyelash extensions. Before you do, a little due diligence is needed prior to taking the … Continued

By: Daniel Regan Waking up for a few sober minutes, face wet, imbedded on a dirt-ridden floor, in this abandoned motel in the middle of Palm Springs…I was crying in my sleep.  I needed to run from myself, instead I reached for another needle….internal combustible self-hatred. If I remained sober for too many minutes I … Continued

By: Susan Heckler Vaseline has been a household product for many generations. Its journey started in 1859, when a 22 year old chemist from Brooklyn, New York named Robert A. Chesebrough, went to Pennsylvania to investigate an oil well. Chesebrough, like many others, was hoping to find a way to earn profit out of the … Continued

By: Susan Heckler Are you one of those consumers who hate to haggle? It just isn’t in your nature to negotiate a deal…you never know what to say or how to say it. Help has arrived! A new app for your Smartphone, “Negotiate It” can show you how to do it. Ramit Sethi, author of … Continued

By: Susan Heckler Capsicum is a biological classification of some flowering plants in the nightshade family. Potatoes, tobacco, tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, tomatillos, tamarios, pepinos, pimentos, paprika, and cayenne peppers are classified as nightshade foods. “Nightshade” is actually the common name used to describe over 2,800 species of plants. All of the plants, … Continued