From a New York Times article this past January… Experts say many of the practices that are most likely to extend your life are also the cheapest. Simple lifestyle choices, like eating well and getting regular exercise, are by far “the most effective and well-supported” longevity tactics — and “nothing…
I often enjoy episodes of “The Interview” podcast, by the New York Times. Last September, in an episode called “Brené Brown Doesn’t Want to Be a Self-Help Guru Anymore,” the Times’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro said, “We spend more than half of our life at work. I've never met a content (as…
Almost eight years ago, I wrote a blog post titled “Exposure Breeds Empathy,” which you can read here. The piece is pretty long. If you are even slightly inclined to read it, I urge you to do so. The gist of the piece is the way being exposed to others…
Last year, I read “All In,” Billie Jean King’s autobiography. I highly recommend it. Towards the end of the book, she talks about the time she spent at an eating disorder clinic. While there, she was “fascinated to learn that brain scans show how sugar activates the same neurological pathways…
I’m a big fan of the actor Nick Offerman. I haven’t watched a ton of episodes of the TV show Parks and Rec, but his character is my favorite on that show. I also enjoyed his relatively small, but memorable, role in season two of The Last of Us, and…
I have family in downtown Detroit, and when we were there in October a driver ran a stop sign and nearly hit me. That led to my being more aware and driving slower for the rest of my trip, and for the time I spent in Detroit when we visited…
As I have written countless times, I'm not a big fan of New Year's Resolutions. I believe in making small changes all year long, which I have written about here and in my book, and have talked about in many presentations. I recently read an article in Fast Company called,…
Happy holidays! As I have done for quite a few years, here are some of the experiences I enjoyed this past year: what I listened to, what I read, what I watched, and more. Reading The best books I read this year, most of which are non-fiction (as is usually…
There has been a lot of talk about ultraprocessed foods. Their consumption is linked to health risks like obesity and heart disease. A recent Wall Street Journal article gave some good suggestions for cutting back on ultraprocessed foods, which can be hard to do, considering they make up about 55%…
Recently, a friend of mine, in a group text about baseball, made a comment about how, paradoxically, a team can score fewer runs in total than its opponent in a doubleheader and win both games. I replied, "I’m having trouble with the math on this." While I waited for his…
Eating well is a major challenge for most people. You may have heard about a recent report indicating that American adults and kids over age 1 get more than half of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods.. A New York Times article shared a bunch tips from nutrition experts on how to…
I’ve written and spoken about New Year’s resolutions countless times. My main messages relating to New Year’s resolutions are: They tend to fail because we make too many, or ones that are too big New habits can be formed any time of year, not just in January Rather than making…