If you want a Strong Core:  Skip the Crunches and do these 5 Exercises.  Bird dog: Bird dog. (Illustrations by The Washington Post ) On your hands and knees (in table top pose), stay centered with shoulders over hands and hips over the knees. Raise your arm forward until the hand is at the same […]

We know that dark green vegetables and citrus fruits are good for us, but if we had to choose among them, which ones pack more of a nutritious punch? Di Noia focused on 17 nutrients considered by the food experts at the United Nations and the Institute of Medicine to be important to good health […]

I LOVE THIS STORY AND WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH ALL OF YOU THIS IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF YOU START… I LOVE THAT THE 21 DAY PP PROGRAM WAS THE INITIAL MOTIVATION!! ENJOY, DR PIA When my kids were young, we had a trampoline. One afternoon, I was jumping on it and my son looked underneath […]

PAUSE. Step off the gerbil wheel regularly—if even for a moment, even if you have to schedule it in, to figure out where you are, and where you reallywant to go. Understand how strong the PRESSURE is to overwork, overparent, overschedule, and overdo—and that humans are wired to conform. Our outlandishly unrealistic cultural ideals keep us […]