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Anxiety is something most of us are familiar with in one way or another. It can feel like a storm inside your mind, making even simple things feel overwhelming. Anxiety disorders are more common than ever, and while they can feel insurmountable, the right understanding and tools can make all the difference. In this article,…

The Sardinian diet contains a lot of vegetables and is known for good helpings of barley and Pecorino, a sheep’s milk cheese. While not recreating a Sardinian dish, we’ve been inspired, for this hearty bean and barley stew, by those Sardinian ingredients. Warming and comforting, it’s filled with barley and convenient, protein-packed Borlotti beans and…

“I wish I could just press a button and make this go away!” Whether “this” is something physical or psychological (or both), chances are you’ve made such a wish at some point in your life. The proverbial magic button may not exist—if only!—but proponents of EFT (emotional freedom technique) have discovered something that often comes…

The Okinawan diet is comprised of 67 percent Okinawan sweet potatoes. These purple-fleshed sweet potatoes are rich in anthocyanins, powerful blue and purple pigments with antioxidant properties. The rich purple colour has inspired this fusion dish. It follows a classic gnocchi technique, but the purple colour and touch of miso give it an interesting twist…

The word retirement can elicit a variety of emotional responses and images. Regardless of whether you yearn for it, cringe at the thought of it, or realize you haven’t yet considered it, read on to get your creative juices flowing―this is a change in life that can be leveraged to your advantage! What are we talking…

Beans, squash, and corn are known as the “three sisters” and are a key part of the diet of centenarians in the region of Nicoya, Costa Rica. These breakfast bowls draw on those reliable sisters with a nod to the Costa Rican dish gallo pinto, a mixture of rice and beans, spiked with cilantro, often…

You can’t see them, but microplastics “are ubiquitous across ecosystems,” warn researchers at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. They found that you likely eat and drink approximately 50,000 microplastic particles a year and breathe in up to 70,000 particles annually. Microplastics might be tiny, but they pose a huge risk—and innovative entrepreneurs are working to solve…

These rich little morsels are the perfect ending to a beautiful dinner. The dark chocolate perfectly satisfies that craving for sweets after a big meal. The pecans, pumpkin seeds, and cranberries, along with the warming spices of pumpkin pie, pay tribute to traditional Thanksgiving ingredients. These morsels can be made well ahead of time and…