Health & Lifestyle

Find Financial Balance

Body+Soul Magazine
The economy is down. Your bills are skyrocketing. Getting a grip on your finances, however, goes beyond balancing your checkbook. Take a good, hard look at your relationship with money, and you'll finally figure out how the two of you can start getting along.

The Qigong Show

Whole Living Magazine
The ancient Chinese practice of qigong, a kind of meditation through slow movements, is said to boost energy, banish tension, improve concentration, and restore resilience. To test it, we asked stressed citizens of the Big Apple to step out of the fast lane and go with the flow.

Find Your Center

Whole Living Magazine
The best core workout is about much more than rippling abs: It combines strength with agility, balance with movement, leaving you stronger and more grounded

Think on Your Feet

Body+Soul Magazine
Your boss interrupts your presentation with a question you hadn't considered. A spontaneous debate springs up at a family gathering. You're asked to address a touchy issue with a mutual friend. Sure, your life seems scheduled on paper...

What You Get From Giving

Body+Soul
The reasons for giving vary as much as the people who do it. Compassion, duty, love, guilt—all these motives prompt us to share our time, our money, and our energy. But new research has revealed a surprising fact about what we get in return...