Sleep: The Ultimate Smart Food

It’s that time of the school year—midterms. And finals will not be far in the offing. Your school schedule and workload is about to ratchet up to hyper-drive. It is quite understandable many students will spend a more extended amount of…

10 Steps to Become Happier, Healthier, and More Athletic

Anyone who has ever run a marathon has been there. Anyone who has ever taken up weightlifting has been there. Anyone who is a Pilates pro, dancer, or martial artist has been there. Where’s ‘there,’ you ask? ‘There’ is the beginning.…

The Dos and Don’ts of Gym Going

Here we go again, you tell yourself as you climb atop the dreaded gray exercise mammoth, just barely stretching your muscles the five seconds before mounting it. I’d better do some more of these, you think as you recall the week and half of…

The Mental Health Crisis

Every day is the same: I wake up with my boyfriend, scurry to get ready, and then walk home as he heads to work. The TV turns on and I go about my day of writing, usually looking up when a high speed chase breaks the normalcy that is Wendy followed…

The Dangers of Swiping Right

Back in the ‘50s when you wanted to ask someone out, you worked up the courage to walk up to them and pop the question. This remained the same for years. Sometimes a little note was involved, that eventually evolved into an email, then a text…