5 Ways to Cope Better During Rekindled Grief

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When loss or tragedy strike, it etches the memory deep in our brain. So even though it’s been 20 years since September 11, 2001, many of us remember exactly where we were and what we were doing on that fateful day. This was my experience: I was vacationing in the Bahamas and had just boarded […]

Finding Hope When You’re in a Place of Darkness

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This is a heavy topic, but I believe it’s very important to talk openly about it. By adulthood, almost everyone has known—or known of—someone who has taken their own life. For most people, it’s hard to imagine what might lead a person to make that choice, and yet it happens all too often. Suicide is […]

Is Fat Good for You or Bad for You?

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Eating fat has had a bad rap for a long time. Starting back in the 1940s, the medical community thought there was a correlation between a high-fat diet and high cholesterol. So, to lower the risk of heart disease, they promoted the idea that a low-fat diet might be a healthier plan to follow. By […]