With the staggering rise in global food prices, Americans are taking a noticeable hit each week at the checkout counter. Many are cutting back on purchases, clipping coupons, and stocking up on sale items to reduce their monthly grocery bill. Others have joined the increasing ranks of individuals taking responsibility for growing some of their
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As Americans, we waste…a lot. As a result of living in a wealthy nation, many have bought into the mentality that an endless supply of resources exists. What’s more, we’ve become a throw-away society which relies on cheap, low-quality products of which we have little guilt in discarding. For decades, we’ve taken for granted the abundance of
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When I was a teenager, I purchased a poster with a phrase from former President Calvin Coolidge. I gazed at it so much that it became memorized, and the words have stuck with me for life: “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful
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Did you know that a mid-afternoon slump, chronic irritability, and a down-in-the-dumps feeling may be caused in part by eating not-so-smart foods at not-so-smart times of the day? Your food choices do impact how you feel in a number of different ways. One of the bodily processes impacted by what you eat is neurotransmitter production. Neurotransmitters are
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That old saying about death and taxes being the only things in life one can count on is a bit incomplete in its philosophy. I suppose the implicit message is that life holds virtually no guarantees, but that a visit from the grim reaper and government collection exist as the only two obvious unavoidables. Yet
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Steven Covey’s bestseller, “Seven Habits of Highly Successful People” touches on the importance of recreation, and how it can become re-creation. Recreation has the miraculous ability to re-create our energies, spirit, and joy. Everyone needs a temporary escape from the drudgery and disappointments of their personal and work lives; recreation provides that and more. For
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Many employees know what is expected of them. The minimum number of hours they’re expected to spend at work usually falls into the typical eight hours a day, 40 hours a week shift. But, what about the maximum number of hours? Most employers don’t define this as part of a job description, and there seems
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Many people are making the switch to organic foods…but with practically everything now labeled as organic and coming with a higher price tag, is it just a fad that’s going to break the average consumer’s bank? Revive Your Life spoke with Katie Cavuto (MS, RD), a registered dietitian and personal chef based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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