Health, Beauty & Fitness
Holding Onto The Moments: Jefferson Ketchel
The challenges and heartbreak about caring for someone with Alzheimer’s
She started getting angrier because I think she felt lost. She had always been an independent person. I think she felt that we were infringing on her independence…
This is one of a series of three stories profiling family caregivers.
Holding Onto The Moments: Leah White
The challenges and heartbreak about caring for someone with Alzheimer's
(My husband and I) decided to get married in between him finishing his undergrad and starting his master’s program. That’s when I started noticing gaps in my mom’s memory…
This is one of a series of three stories profiling family caregivers.
Gym Journey
Chris Travis launched SSP to help others in the same situation he once found himself in
Chris travis remembers working 80 hours a week after starting a new job at Amazon’s Kindle division back in 2010. Not surprisingly, it took a toll on his health. He was eating poorly. He had developed a bad back, and wasn’t exercising…
Editor’s Note: So Common, Yet So Underappreciated
Most of us have been, are, or will be caregivers in our lifetimes
My mother’s voice was calm, even more measured than usual. “Your father’s breathing tube came off last night while he was sleeping,” she said over the phone from Portland. “I had to take him to the hospital. He’s doing fine.”
This was almost three decades ago, and I still vividly recall not being surprised that something had happened.
Uncommon Thinkers: Sunny Singh
Founder, Roundglass and Edifecs
For Sunny Singh, wellness is more than his job. As the founder of Roundglass, an app that helps users work activities such as meditation, breathwork and yoga into their daily routines, health and wellness are woven into the fabric of Singh’s life. With decades of tech experience, Singh created the company in 2014 with the…
Publisher’s Note: Embrace The Magic Of A New Beginning
A fresh start is a mindset as much as anything
Equal parts terrifying and hopeful. That’s how it feels to embrace a completely new career after retiring from your first line of work. For most, retirement is often seen as the end of a professional chapter, a time to downshift, smell the roses, etc. But for those willing to embark on a second or even third act, it can catalyze complete and radical self-reinvention…
Park It for Free
Fourth graders and their families can explore America’s national parks for free
Got a fourth grader? Then you’ve got a free pass to some of the most stunning parks and public lands in the country — and most people don’t even know about it. The Every Kid Outdoors program gives all fourth graders a pass to national parks and other federal lands and waters for one year,…
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