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Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here. We used the bracket to give you a giant list of date night ideas that you and your spouse can choose from to create a night that’s perfect for you! Thanks to Carisa of Messes to Memories, it looks like a really fun version of a typical March Madness bracket. Throughout the night, you and your spouse will be given choices to make your at-home date night into the perfect evening....

Feeling good in your own skin Feeling good in your own skin Do mindful people feel better about their bodies? Researchers asked 115 female college students about their level of mindfulness, body responsiveness, body shame, and overall health. Women who reported greater awareness and who tended to be nonjudgmental and nonreactive—key mindfulness skills—had less body shame, were more attuned to their bodies, and were healthier overall. The researchers say it’s not yet clear whether mindfulness increases body satisfaction, or vice versa....

In one of the studies, 20 veterans with insomnia (25 percent who also suffered from at least one of the following: PTSD, depression, anxiety/panic, pain/fatigue), took part in Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia for 8 to 10 weeks. Researchers found the mindfulness therapy improved sleep, especially in reducing sleep latency (the time between lying down and falling asleep) and reducing the frequency of having nightmares. To read the article written by Boston Public Health Examiner Monica Wahi, click here....

New Men’s Hair Trends for Spring 2017 New Men’s Hair Trends for Spring 2017 1. Short Mohawk Let’s start things off with this short curly mohawk. To keep your mohawk relevant for spring 2017, go for shorter lengths all around. We like this style, worn with natural curls that you can still spike up. Use the Bed Head by TIGI Manipulator Matte Cream to mold and hold your mohawk. 2. Extremely Long Hair So this hair look is a bit more time consuming to achieve than going to the barber for a trim....

“We have a xenophobic focus on achievement and achievement-testing as the measure of how good our education systems are,” says Greenberg, “and very little focus on the whole child and the idea of nurturing of children’s full development to become an adult with full potential.” At the other end of the classroom, there are some exquisitely stressed-out teachers, says Greenberg. He notes how a recent study from Germany compared how teachers have similar stress profiles as Romanian orphans....