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Whether you’re an ad executive who's busy negotiating and closing deals all day, or a paralegal helping your firm prepare for a huge case, your professional responsibilities can be overwhelming and stressful. Learning how to manage stress and channel it through positive means is vital, not just for a successful career, but for your happiness and well-being too. If you ...

Excelle created the Nutrition IQ quiz to test how much you know about eating right. We listened to your feedback and are providing the answers so you can learn from the quiz. h4. Don't cheat! If you haven't taken the Nutrition IQ quiz yet, go take it first. See answers on the next page... [page] 1) Skipping meals — a great ...

The home is supposed to be a castle. It is usually presumed to be the place where one feels safest. Unfortunately, this is not the case for everyone. Perhaps spurred on by the recession and other downfalls in the economy, the crimes that are happening in one’s own home have been on the rise. It doesn’t matter what walk of ...

Whether we travel across the planet or just around the corner for vacation, visits or business, there are a few good safety tips to keep in mind. Several new ones have become necessary since we began spending much of our time communicating with people via social media. Here are just a few of the important ones: 1. Keep travel dates to ...

I can’t tell you how many times people start the conversation about green building with solar panels and wind turbines. That’s about as useful as discussing retirement plans on the first date. You skipped the courtship, the sex, the wedding, the antidepressants and the therapy and went right to the empty nest. “Greening” your home (and your lifestyle) begins with some ...

Besides the meaning of life and the ingredients of hot dogs, many a man has questioned "what exactly do women want?" We're not playing coy here, we know we're complex creatures. And, true, we operate on a different wavelength than men. The best example of our gender difference comes from an article we read last year about why men cheat. The ...

Our local farmer's market at the Ferry Terminal Market. Most of us have grown (or were born) accustomed to going to the grocery store. It's just what you do, right? Grocery stores like Safeway, Trader Joe's, and especially Target and Super-Walmart, have all your needs in one place, all year round, and tend to be open pretty late, if not ...

Some of us are night owls. Others, early birds. Apparently, based on your chronotype, you will be more naturally alert earlier or later in the day. And your type may dictate when and for how long you sleep. But while a natural variance in sleep patterns is natural, it appears that the early bird is indeed the more coveted of ...

One of the most common complaints I hear from women is that men don’t listen. Be it at work where their good ideas are ignored or at home when their spouse totally forgets what she told him. Why can’t men listen? They can, if you follow these five steps. So the next time you want to talk to your male boss, ...

I started writing about food because I was tired of vegetarians and vegans telling me I should stop eating meat all together as my carnivorous consumption was inhumane and contrary to humanities’ evolution as a species. I eat meat. I will continue to eat meat. And I think you should too. One of my quickest responses to the vegetarian/vegan anti-meat rhetoric ...

In a post-feminist age, the career of child-rearing is undervalued.

Cakes. Candy. Ice Cream. Or my favorite — cookies. Isn’t it amazing how sometimes we just get a hankering for something sweet? Something chocolatey or creamy but definitely something sugary? In addition to midday cravings, my special time of day was always at night after dinner. Growing up, this was the time that my mom and I would talk, drink tea ...

Although we rarely think about it, most of us participate in chemistry experiments on a daily basis. Whether you’re cooking for yourself or having someone else do it for you, turning raw ingredients into finished meals requires sometimes simple and oftentimes complex chemical reactions. In culinary circles, these processes are hotly debated and highly deconstructed. In most kitchens, however, most of ...

Military husbands are staying home with the kids while the moms are off fighting. When you picture a military couple, one going off to fight a war, and the other taking on the role of the stay-at-home parent, society typically envisions the man off in battle and the woman home with the children. But with nearly 20 percent of the Air ...

Admit it. Who among us wasn’t psyched when we first heard Michelle Obama commit to make work/life balance issues a national priority? I mean, who couldn’t benefit from a little more national attention on achieving balance in our insanely hectic and overscheduled lives? So after the inauguration, I gave her a few weeks to get settled into her new home on ...

Ever sent a sexy text to your boyfriend and then realized it was actually to your boss? Do you know your partner’s email password? Are you constantly checking your Blackberry—even when you’re on a date? Even if you’ve never experienced these tech troubles, it’s likely that you’ve encountered the intersection of technology and relationships—and maybe you’ve wondered how to set some ...

Scholars may argue whether or not the apple was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden (some contend it was a fig, others the pomegranate, citron or grape), but it's hard to argue with the apple's appeal. Available year-round, moderately priced, nutritious and delicious, the apple is the chameleon of the food world, as comfortable in a homey pie as ...

Celebrity event producer and designer, Diann Valentine, has created spectacular weddings for the likes of Usher, Toni Braxton and Kelis and Nas. And now through her hosting duties on TNT's "Wedding Day" and her first book, "Weddings, Valentine Style," Valentine is sharing her keen eye and stunning creations with the rest of us.

A wedding might not seem like the time to skimp on extravagances, but a "green" wedding doesn't have to be any less special or elegant.