Thanks for all the emails of concern guys! Not to worry, I’m still here- just had to take a month off to finish my thesis. It was a rough couple months…

But, now I’m back and more refreshed than ever! Let’s get this gossip started

Hey friends,

It has been a wild couple of months for me and I’ve definitely been MIA on the blog lately. Lots of changes and shifts in my world. On a good note, I was accepted into the PhD program that I had my heart set on. So, 90% of the time I’m really ecstatic [...]

Ahhh… yet another “first week of school.” 

After so many of these, I still get my first day jitters. I spend way too much time the night before organizing my highlighters, pens, textbooks and notebooks. Sometimes, I even purchase new folders (back in the day my folders featured Lisa Frank animations, then I graduated to athletes and TV shows, now it’s peace [...]

Amidst my frenzied effort to get my work done for yet another finals week, I realized that I haven’t posted in a while.

I also haven’t worked out since Saturday morning (and I didn’t have a drop of sweat during that workout)… I’ve had little sleep the last few nights (and anticipate less in the nights to come)… I [...]

Though I don’t completely agree with all the points in this video (i.e. the milk, fluoridated water), there’s no question that public health programs have been vital to our health. With continued support for these programs, we’lll see even bigger positive health impacts. Check out the plug:  

60 Minutes did a really interesting story about the debate over lowing the drinking age. Check it out:

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MADD is strongly against lowering the drinking age. The organization believes that a drinking age of 18 will just result in more deaths. MADD responded to the 60 Minutes report in more detail on their website.

What [...]

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Wellness Gossip is back!

I’m happy to say that I will be back posting strong tomorrow. It has been an absolutely wild couple of months but, unfortunately, I had to let my passion for researching and writing slide. I can blame this lapse in posting on the Restore event which was quite a time-hog in [...]

This is not a political blog. Wellness Gossip is all about… yup, you guessed it, wellness. However, there are many different facets of wellness- we hit on a lot of them here.

The hard economic times, the war, pollution and the 45.7 million people in the U.S. living without health insurance-these things definitely affect our wellness.

Many [...]

And another… and another… and another…

Sex is definitely an aspect of wellness. However, I don’t believe that a healthy sex life is necessary for optimum health.

Interestingly, Cosmopolitan magazine seems to think sex is the only aspect of health. Really, is this mag written by all men? Surprisingly, no– of the seven editors, only two are [...]

Perhaps some of you noticed that there was no post yesterday… I certainly did

Fortunately/unfortunately, life has grabbed me by the hair and is dragging me around a bit faster than I can keep up with. In hopes of catching up, I’m going to limit Wellness Gossip posts to the weekdays. So, expect posts [...]

I passed these strange, paper-wrapped, tomato-like things too many times- always wanting to buy 1 or 2 and try to make a yummy Mexican dish with them- but I never had the guts. Yup, I was once intimidated by the tomatillo.

Last month, without choice, I was forced to make friends with [...]

The Central Labor Union (of New York City) initiated the first Labor Day in 1882 to offer “a day off for the working citizens.” I intend to do as little as possible today and spend some extra time with friends and family. I’m feeling a bit nervous to be heading to the ginormous U of [...]

It looks as if the website needs a bit more work. A little cleanin up to do still. Well, that and I’m going on a much needed vacation before I start school again. I’ve decided to do something pretty crazy- be without my computer for 3 days. Holy man, I can’t believe I’m [...]