I began practicing several years ago as a means to cope with the acute and chronic stressors of police work, and life’s journey for that matter. I had been reading a lot about yoga and its efficacy for preventing and healing lower back injuries (many police officers have lower back problems). I then began researching mindfulness as a tool for stress management and situational awareness (officer safety) for police officers. In short, the suffering of many police officers led me to research and then begin practicing mindfulness....

With Labor Day around the corner & families getting ready to HOP in the car for some fun trips, we thought it was high time we shared a fabulous find with all of you!! Are you looking for some really fun road trip games to keep your favorite little traveling companions happy? It can be challenging to figure out ways to keep everyone content when you are spending hours together in a car....

But does a rinse with cold water really matter though? At the risk of gaining the ire of a worldwide population who’ve all grown up gritting their teeth for the promise of sheen like a baby seal’s, we asked Unilever’s resident R&D expert, Leon-van Gorkom, to get to the bottom of things. Read on: Should We Really Rinse with Cold Water for Smooth, Shiny Hair? Should We Really Rinse with Cold Water for Smooth, Shiny Hair?...

However, many of us have had a love-hate relationship with short cuts, and have also had tons of “should I cut my long hair or not, no but really?” fits that seem to come on the season after season. In addition, depending on which hairstyles look great on our current #WCW, the answers to these questions change mercurially as well. Alas, hair doesn’t grow overnight or even sprout as eagerly as the tulips on a New York City sidewalk in the summer....

In my mind, it all comes down to stress. Kids nowadays are under a tremendous amount of stress with a push from our educational institutions and from parents to get the best grades, do the most extracurricular activities and conform to fit into the highest social circles. Families don’t seem to have the time they used to have. The kids are so booked with activities that a 20-minute dinner together as a family is a major accomplishment....