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07/14/2020

Perspective | Why parents — especially new parents — need to nurture their friendships

“When two women who care about each other get together face-to-face and interact, oxytocin starts flowing through both of their bodies, which not only increases empathy and fond feelings for each other but also counters stress and could be thought of as basically an anti-inflammatory," Molly Millwood, Ph.D., author of TO HAVE AND TO HOLD (on sale now HarperCollins), tells the Washington Post.

The specifics may differ for introverts and extroverts, but everyone benefits from social connections in those exhausting early years.

07/10/2020

Now Serving: Don't miss authors of UNVARNISHED (on sale now HarperCollins) Eric Alperin and Deborah Stoll in conversation with Brad Thomas Parsons! Register for the zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2315940530581/WN_gXLU1EiGQ2-c1aHfWIQHuQ

07/10/2020

440 How to Make Change in Life That Really Stick & The Dangers of Relying on Experts

How often have you tried to make an important change in your life only to have your efforts fail? Ross Ellenhorn, author of HOW WE CHANGE (on sale now HarperCollins), joins Something You Should Know to discuss why we don't change and how we can.

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07/10/2020

Do I Stay or Do I Go? Travel in the Age of Covid

Do you stay or do you go? Judith Matloff, crisis expert and author of How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need (on sale now HarperCollins), weighs in on travel in the age of COVID for Psychology Today.

Vacationing requires caution but can be done safely.

07/08/2020

How to Start Embracing Your Perfectly Imperfect Self | Maria Shriver

"I am done, reader. Done viewing myself as a permanent fixer- upper," Karen Karbo writes in her new book Yeah, No. Not Happening. (on sale now HarperCollins) Head to Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper for an exclusive excerpt from the book!

How to Start Embracing Your Perfectly Imperfect Self by KAREN KARBO The following is an excerpt from “Yeah. No. Not Happening” by Karen Karbo. Women are the self-improvers of the world. Those famous Paleolithic cave paintings in France and Spain? Created not by bison hunters dabbling in self-exp...

07/06/2020

COVID Put Me in a Cooking Rut. These 6 Cookbooks Got Me Out.

"It’s a great cookbook for when you’re feeling mentally exhausted but still need quick and healthy dinners." Outside Magazine on Lukas Volger's "START SIMPLE: Eleven Everyday Ingredients for Countless Weeknight Meals"!

Their delicious recipes will get you out of any culinary slump

07/02/2020

Carla teaches Ryan how to make the perfect date-night peach and tomato salad

We can’t think of a better way to celebrate the 4th than with delicious recipes from Chef Carla Hall! 😍

06/23/2020

Vote for Change: A Message from Hannah Bronfman

This message from the incredible Hannah Bronfman was too important to not share!

History with Hannah!

"I want to share something I learned about recently that helped me understand why and how voter suppression is as bad as it is right now. If we can get a handle on these systems, we can outsmart them. Systems are made up of people and guess what?! We have the power to vote them OUT! So if you learned something in this video, SHARE it, and make sure you're registered to take action by VOTING! And fill out your census!"

Resources mentioned:
2020census.gov
@fairfightaction
@staceyabrams
@votesaveamerica
votesaveamerica.com/adopt-a-state/

06/19/2020

de Porres

In honor of Juneteenth we’re excited to highlight de Porres, a Los Angeles based, traveling dinner series by Pablo Osorio and Danielle Bell. de Porres is pure, creative decadence rooted in culinary history and culture—savory dishes are inspired by Pablo’s native Peru while desserts are drawn from Danielle’s roots in the American South. Every year, Pablo and Danielle create a special menu in honor of Juneteenth, but in lieu of a physical shared meal, this year’s menu will be delivered. To learn more about the team’s mission (and what “guests” can expect on this year’s menu!), check out their site and give them a follow to find out what they’re cooking up next.

06/19/2020

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06/14/2020

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06/01/2020

05/29/2020

Join us for NextTribe's Sunday Salon with Karen Karbo as she talks about her hilarious new book, YEAH, NO. NOT HAPPENING. and why she’s done with the world of self-improvement and is embracing her perfectly imperfect self. And how you can,too!

Tap here for more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1137225923278024/

05/29/2020

Mae Whitman: ‘Endometriosis Is Like Being Shot With a Cannonball in the Stomach’

"For me, having the information said to me face-to-face, it felt already like it cleared up so much of the panic that I was holding on to," Mae Whitman discusses her battle with endometriosis with Glamour and recommends reading BEATING ENDO by her doctor Dr Iris Orbuch and Amy Stein Beyond Basics Physical Therapy - on sale now HarperCollins.

For more than two decades, the "Good Girls" actor has endured extreme pain—both on and off set.

05/29/2020

Covering anti-lockdown protests: ‘Time, distance, and shielding’

“We planned for the worst-case scenario,” Chris Post, journalist for WFMZ, tells Judith Matloff, author of HOW TO DRAG A BODY AND OTHER SAFETY TIPS YOU HOPE TO NEVER NEED (on sale now HarperCollins), for Columbia Journalism Review.

Bryan Woolston had a plan when he went to cover the anti-lockdown rally last month at the Kentucky state capitol. He wore a cloth mask because the demonstration was billed as a social-distancing gathering. He went on foot in order to get close. But then the crowd got rowdy. People started screaming....

05/28/2020

Why Antibiotic Resistance Is More Worrisome Than Ever

Author Muhammad H. Zaman, Ph.D. speaks to NPR on his new book, "Biography of Resistance" and why we ought to pay serious attention to antimicrobial resistance, both during and after #COVID19.

The novel coronavirus is the world's most pressing health concern. But other threats remain — and are heightened by this current crisis.

05/28/2020

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05/28/2020

#089: Fix Your Period, Fix Your Life with Nicole Jardim

Nicole Jardim - The Period Girl offers details on how to assess the root causes of period dysfunctions and how to address them naturally, exclusively on Kyrin Dunston MD's #HerBrilliantHealthRevolution podcast! Listen now!
#FixYourPeriod

PMS, irregular and painful menstrual cycles are so common that we’ve all come to believe that this is “normal” when it is not. We’ve also come to believe that suppressing our natural hormones with synthetic and potentially toxic birth control pills is the answer when it is not the healthy ch...

05/28/2020

The 3 Questions That Make Saying "No" Easier

"Especially right now, saying no can be a form of self care." Karen Karbo teaches you how to say no with emphasis with this exclusive excerpt from her new book YEAH, NO. NOT HAPPENING. (on sale now HarperCollins) on Refinery29.

How to figure out when you need to say no, and how to actually say it.

05/27/2020

The most successful way to make financial changes stick is one advice-givers don’t talk about

"Once you do look at the reasons you stay the same, change becomes much easier. Not easy, just easier. There’s nothing easy about change." Ross Ellenhorn, PhD, author of HOW WE CHANGE: (And Ten Reasons Why We Don't), shares this powerful essay exclusively on MarketWatch!

The coronavirus is changing our relationship with our money. But will it last?

05/27/2020

WorldAffairs : The Global Struggle to Reopen

Tune in to this World Affairs #podcast, featuring our author
David A. Kessler MD discussing lessons learned during the HIV/AIDS pandemic that could inform the search for COVID-19 vaccines & drug treatments.

https://bit.ly/2yHQVHE

05/27/2020

Former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy joins CBS This Morning to discuss why coronavirus testing is so critical to reopening and the effects of loneliness and the lack of human connection people are experiencing under coronavirus lockdown.

Dr. Vivek Murthy is also the author of the new book "TOGETHER: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World".

Watch here: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/former-surgeon-general-says-any-path-to-reopening-includes-coronavirus-testing/#x

05/22/2020

The Global Response to COVID-19; How Loneliness (and Social Distancing) Can Affect Our Health; Ask the Mayor; Bridgegate Finale | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC

Dr. Vivek Murthy, former Surgeon General of the United States and author of Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World (on sale now HarperCollins), joins WNYC and Brian Lehrer to explain why loneliness is a major public health concern, and how to stay connected while social distancing in the age of COVID-19.

The Global Response to COVID-19; How Loneliness (and Social Distancing) Can Affect Our Health; Ask the Mayor;  Bridgegate Finale

05/22/2020

The Lyme Files

"It’s a wake-up call for our species." Kris Newby, author of BITTEN (on sale now HarperCollins), discusses the current pandemic, her book, Lyme Disease and more with Martha's Vineyard Magazine.

05/21/2020

Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Books 2020

"Make this the summer you finally give up on self-improvement and just say, 'Yeah. No. Not happening.'" The Satellite Sisters include Karen Karbo's YEAH, NO. NOT HAPPENING. (on sale now HarperCollins) in their Best Beach Bag Books of 2020!

05/20/2020

Fix your Period

Are you ready to completely revitalize your body and hormones and put your PMS symptoms in the rearview mirror? Nicole Jardim - The Period Girl and author of FIX YOUR PERIOD (on sale now HarperCollins) - writes for Better Nutrition Magazine.

Are you ready to completely revitalize your body and hormones and put your PMS symptoms in the rearview mirror?

05/20/2020

Murthy: 'To see CDC reopening guidelines squashed I think has once again struck fear into people's hearts'

"To see CDC reopening guidelines squashed I think has once again struck fear into people's hearts." Dr. Vivek Murthy, 19th Surgeon General and author of TOGETHER (on sale now HarperCollins), joined MSNBC.

Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy discusses reports that top White House officials buried CDC guidelines for reopening the country amid the coronavirus pandemic.

05/20/2020

Connecting to the iTunes Store.

Excited Apple Books chose HOW WE CHANGE by Ross Ellenhorn (on sale now HarperCollins) as one of the #MayMustListens! Check it out here: apple.co/mustlistens

Connecting to the iTunes Store.

05/19/2020

How We Change by Ross Ellenhorn

“Ross Ellenhorn has given us an elegant, convincing, and deeply humanist approach to understanding our resistance to change—and in doing so, he helps us to overcome it. Engagingly written and scientifically rigorous, his book is an important contribution to the literature of mental wellness.” David A. Kessler MD says of Ross Ellenhorn's HOW WE CHANGE, on sale now HarperCollins!

The Coronavirus pandemic has revealed a very big secret we’ve been keeping from ourselves and each other: We can be remarkably agile in the face of change.How is it that we are able to so radically and rapidly change our daily behavior in order to follow the social distancing and stay-at-home poli...

05/19/2020

Self-Improvement in the Time of Coronavirus | 104.7 WONK-FM | Jen Richer

Karen Karbo, author of Yeah, No. Not Happening: How I found Happiness Swearing Off Self-Improvement (on sale TODAY HarperCollins), joins 104-7 WONK FM to discuss self-improvement in the time of coronavirus and saying no to making yourself the latest DIY project.

Bestselling author Karen Karbo (In Praise of Difficult Women) on trying self-improvement while quarantining during the coronavirus.

05/19/2020

Quarantine Beauty: Bad Hair is Just the Beginning

"Feeling ungroomed, unkempt, and completely undone? Meh, you’re not exactly alone," Judith Matloff, seasoned war correspondent and author of How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need (on sale today HarperCollins), writes for The Plum Online.

Feeling ungroomed, unkempt, and completely undone? Meh, you’re not exactly alone.

05/18/2020

Why Loneliness Is A Public Health Issue | Dr. Mark Hyman

When we think about health, we usually think about diet and exercise...But what about the things we can’t see? Dr. Vivek Murthy, 19th Surgeon General and author of TOGETHER (on sale now HarperCollins, joined Mark Hyman, MD on The Doctor's Farmacy to discuss why loneliness is a public health issue.

When we think about health, we usually think about diet and exercise. We think about the things we are doing for our physical body to promote wellness. But what about …

05/18/2020

Body Literacy & The Menstrual Cycle with Nicole Jardim (podcast #64)

"We are exquisitely sensitive to stressors and it is a good thing." Nicole Jardim - The Period Girl and author of FIX YOUR PERIOD (on sale now HarperCollins) - joins SuperFeast.

Nicole Jardim joins us on the Women's Series today to chat mensuration, fertility tracking, natural contraception and learning the language of the femme form.

05/18/2020

Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs Could Be Worse Than Covid-19

Medium's OneZero caught up with Muhammad Zaman to discuss his new book BIOGRAPHY OF RESISTANCE (on sale now HarperCollins), the existential threat we’re facing with superbugs, Covid-19, and whether there is a silver lining to the medical catastrophes that are currently bombarding us.

The author of ‘Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens,’ explains an overlooked and incoming crisis

05/15/2020

Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on America’s loneliness epidemic

"We should think about loneliness like we think about hunger and thirst — as a natural signal that our body gives us when we’re missing something that we need for survival," Dr. Vivek Murthy, 19th Surgeon General and author of TOGETHER (on sale now HarperCollins), tells Vox.

Why Americans are so lonely — and what we can do about it.