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Holiday Stress Quiz alert: Are you happily dashing through the snow this holiday season, or are you tempted to throttle the next Salvation Army Santa you see if he doesn't stop ringing that infernal bell?

This morning in my detox yoga workshop, our homework assignment was: “What makes you hold your breath?” The idea is to identify stressors as they happen–the kind that literally cause us to stop breathing abruptly and hold, diaphram jammed. Just to note and observe, not to judge. So far I’ve noticed that I held my breath when there…

We can substitute “woman” in this too, a’course:  “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”  –Bob Dylan Need more morning inspiration?  Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!

Check out this fun, mood-boosting video of a flash-mob in Jersualem set to the tune of “Hey Ya.” Wheee! “Oy is just “yo” backwards,” indeed! Like what you see? Click here to subscribe and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day.

Reading news accounts of how Bryant Gumbel's lung cancer disclosure went down, I'm captivated by the question: did he really want to share his health news with the world?

I’m taking a yoga workshop this week, every morning from 7 am to 9 am (uhg) and the theme is detoxing. Our teacher has given us two homework assignments so far. Yesterday was: What can you let go of? Coffee? Chocolate? Bread? What thing do you think you need that you can live without? I’m choosing…

When I was kvetching to a friend recently about some items lodged on my to-do list for way too long, she suggested I make a pre-New Year’s resolution: “Clear the list out and start fresh.” Ahhh. My whole body relaxes at that notion. Who knew? I can actually get to New Year’s day feeling accomplished? Instead of…

Meh - I've got the hiccups. But I'm not afraid, I'll just try one of my 5 tried-and-true hiccup cures!

A lovely quote in honor of the first snow, which fell this weekend in my New England neck of the woods: “When snow falls, nature listens.”  — Antionette van Kleef Need more morning inspiration?  Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!

Over at my personal blog I keep regular gratitude lists, but I thought, in honor of post-Thanksgiving gratitude continuation, I’d do an exclusively food-based list here in honor of Foodie Friday (and National Cookie Day!). These are a few of my favorite edible things (today!): 1) Annie’s Naturals Goddess Dressing (ok, that’s a perennial) 2) Pears…
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