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I think it confuses people that my name is Christian but my religion isn’t.  It confuses them more if they know that I grew up as a Catholic.  Especially…

Sitting is the new smoking. That’s a useful new buzz-phrase for what some health experts are calling the “pandemic of inactivity.” In January, the Harvard…

Perchlorate is an environmental pollutant primarily associated with releases by defense contractors, military operations and aerospace programs, as it is a key…

Yoga, the 5,000-year-old art of fusing the body and mind, is not just transforming adults today. Because of its amazing benefits, yoga for children is all the…

There's no shortage of health myths out there, but I believe the truth is slowly but surely starting to seep out there and get a larger audience. For example,…

Are there any other moms out there besides me up for changing Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love” mantra to “Eat, Pray, Sleep”? This feels more appropriate…

Co-Sleeping - The Full 18 Minute Interview with James McKenna, PhD from Kindred Magazine on Vimeo. Dr. James J. McKenna, PhD, director of the Mother-Baby…

Side-splittingly funny, because it's true! Portlandia lampoons parenting expert advice books, including ones that recommend avoiding eye contact,…

If anything makes Americans stand tall internationally it is creativity.  “American ingenuity” is admired everywhere. We are not the richest country (at least…

In August 2011, I was on a tour of the gardens at Acorn Community, home of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, when we came upon the hibiscus…