Changing the Conversation about Mental Health with Seniors

Here are some ways you can work toward a healthy dialogue about mental health.

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Carve Out Mental Space for Creativity

Summer vacation is the perfect time to dream up those new projects for fall. Here’s how to stay inspired.

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Make Time For Volunteering This Summer

Volunteering with family and friends is an opportunity to bond, and feel good knowing you’re helping the community.

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2018 United Way Campaign: Be an MVP in Your Community

Wheatieos Box with Juan Lopez and Peter Panageas
Philadelphia is a great city, but we’ve got some challenges to overcome. We’re the nation’s poorest big city, with 705,000 men, women, and children living in poverty throughout the greater Philadelphia region. But if there’s one thing we’re known for, it’s rising to a challenge. Something else that’s not a secret? It’s how passionate we are about sports in general,...
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Pressure Cooker vs. Slow Cooker

Minestrone Soup made in Pressure Cooker
Maybe this isn’t a fair fight, but it’s worth duking it out to see who wins the battle of pressure cooker vs. slow cooker. If you already own a slow cooker, you may have heard about the new and improved pressure cookers that have been flying off shelves and dominating wish lists. The all-in-one electric pressure cookers,...
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HMO vs. PPO: A Quick Guide

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Consider the differences between HMO and PPO health plans when choosing your health coverage. There are many different types health plans out there, but HMO and PPO health plans remain among the most common. Let’s break down how these plans differ.

HMO Health Insurance Plans

HMO stands for Health Maintenance Organization....
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The ABCs of Innovation: Teach Yourself to Actively Be Creative

Michelle Histand with Philly Tech Girls
Michelle Histand and Philly Tech Girlz members during a design thinking workshop at the Independence Blue Cross Center for Health Care Innovation. The moment I’ve been waiting for is here — September! Back to school, back to sweaters and boots, back to not needing another shower the second I step out the door....
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Know Your Value: A Yearlong Development Program that Helped Me Recognize My Worth

Know Your Value (KYV) is an empowered community that — through tangible, relatable advice — helps women and men to know their value on a professional and personal level, and achieve their own vision of success. KYV was launched by the NBCUniversal News Group and Mika Brzezinski, author of Knowing Your Value and co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough....
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When Independent Living Stops Working

A middle-aged person helping an older baby boomer with laundry.
True confession: I have lived in my apartment for five years, and I have never once washed the windows. In my defense, you wouldn’t know it — washing windows has gone the way of the horse and buggy. Now that roads are paved and gas-powered vehicles are subject to emissions testing, windows just don’t get dirty like they used to....
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Three Important Facts About Cholesterol That Every Man Should Know

Man eating a salad
It’s fairly common knowledge that high cholesterol is a bad thing, and various groups, including the American Heart Association, recommend that men get their cholesterol checked to evaluate their risk for heart disease. Fortunately, this can be done with a simple blood test, but what does high cholesterol actually mean? Why is it bad? And how can you treat it?...
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Taking the Stress Out of Starting an Exercise Regimen

A baby boomer lifting light weights with a personal trainer
Kids are experts at distracting and derailing adults. How many excuses can a child come up with to avoid bedtime at all costs? All that childhood practice makes us experts at avoiding exercise as adults. I’ve written before about how important movement is to my own self-care. My swimming and stretching routines are essential to relieve tension around the inflamed nerves that feed from my spine into my skull,...
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The Great Coffee Debate: Healthy or harmful?

Barista hands customer coffee in a recycled paper cup with plastic lid.
If you’re like me, your day doesn’t really start until you’ve had your first cup of coffee. There’s just something about the rich taste and aroma of coffee that helps get me going in the morning. My love for coffee started many years ago when I was a kid (to my husband’s horror). Growing up in a Hispanic household,...
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Send Your Child Back to School with Healthy Lunches and Snacks

School Snack
Like most parents I know, I’m always on a quest to feed my kids healthy lunches and snacks, while still keeping things interesting. Luckily, I recently spoke to registered dietitian Danielle Burge, who shared some great advice about keeping things healthy and interesting when meal-planning for kids. I was pleasantly surprised to find that her philosophy is realistic,...
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