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With so much research going on in the field of sleep it is good that they have dedicated a week to helping people get a better nights sleep. This weeks research talks a great deal about the fact that as our economy deteriorates so does our ability to sleep. This leads to a more stress related society. I too am being hit by the economy just like everyone else is but I understand that it is an...

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation from office worker to ocean rower, described with humor and soul-baring honesty in her blogs, captivated a worldwide audience. Roz is now...

We seem to live in an obesogenic society where food is available—and consumption is promoted—on a 24-hour basis. So how can we possibly eat sensibly and lose weight? I posed this question to Dr. Edward Abramson, psychologist and author of Emotional Eating, Body Intelligence and It's Not Just Baby Fat, in a video interview you can find here. Dr. Abramson points out that once we leave our home,...

If you think I am talking about tidiness, you’re wrong. NEAT refers to Non-exercise Activity Thermogenesis.That’s a mouthful. To understand the concept, think about it this way. You’re sitting in a chair, watching television—a sedentary state. The effort of sitting upright burns about five extra calories an hour compared to the calories you would burn if you were sleeping. Or you walk...

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation from office worker to ocean rower, described with humor and soul-baring honesty in her blogs, captivated a worldwide audience. Roz is now...

Tending the Wild – The Workshop 10 a.m. - 4p.m. Saturday or Sunday, October 27 or 28 Pepperwood Preserve, 2130 Pepperwood Preserve Road, Santa Rosa $30-$50 For thousands of years California Indian basket weavers have used little known techniques to shape California’s landscape. In Tending the Wild – The Workshop Master Basket Weavers will lead interactive programs that provide...

Given the alarming rise in the incidence of diabetes (or diabesity, a recently coined term suggesting the link between obesity and diabetes), researchers and health educators are struggling to come up with solutions to treat—or reverse—the trend. From early intervention to severe diets that cure diabetes, here are the latest reports:Diabetes Epidemic Affects 300 Million Adults Worldwide: An...

Ed Begley, Jr. started growing bolder when growing bolder was NOT cool. He learned as a young boy never to waste anything. He was a starving actor down on his luck in 1970 when he bought an electric car. He said it wasn't as much to help the environment as it was to help him afford to commute. But the bug bit, and soon, he was into reducing his carbon footprint before anyone knew what that meant....

Country club to Shelter living Homeless Shelter, scary words for me. I came to the Women’s Shelter a little over four weeks ago. I came not wanting to, but had no other choice. After neck surgery, I put $10,000 on credit cards, paying doctors and hospital bills. I knew the $600 a month I got from Social Security would not allow me to pay bills, pay rent, and eat. I pictured myself in a card...

Country club to Shelter living Homeless Shelter, scary words for me. I came to the Women’s Shelter a little over four weeks ago. I came not wanting, but had no other choice. After neck surgery, I put $10,000 on credit cards, paying doctors and hospital bills. I knew the $600 a month from Social Security would not allow me to pay bills, pay rent, and eat. I pictured myself in a card board box,...