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TV show prompts me to look more critcally at self-help industry
Given the fact that the so-called “self-help industry,” or “self-help movement” is a multibillion dollar industry, I wonder that I’ve lived so many years without paying it much attention.I saw a television special on ABC a few days ago — “Mind Games” I think it was — which recounted the horrific death of some people devoted to one of the contemporary “self-help” gurus in a sweat lodge gone wrong a couple of years ago.
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Fitness may be overrated as predictor of long life
I know this may sound like something I’m writing to excuse my own laziness and poor health habits, but I’m serious (at least sort of serious) about this: Fitness may be somewhat overrated as a predictor of whether you’ll live a long life.Read more on Fitness may be overrated as predictor of long life…
If lovely calves aren’t your best feature, how are your abs?
I recently posted a confession that my calves may not be the fittest or best-looking part of my anatomy. Then I ran onto an article at the Huffington Post blog about a freshman Republican Congressman from Illinois, Aaron Schock, who’s stirring up controversy and causing hearts (of men and women) to flutter over his attractive abs.Read more on If lovely calves aren’t your best feature, how are your abs?…
