This belongs in the “it-seems-obvious-but-somebody-actually-studied-it” category: A study by university researchers has found that people who feel bad about feeling bad – that is, people who get sad about their own negativities and judge themselves harshly for having them – wind up with even more mental stress than people who learn to accept their emotions […]

TWINSBURG, Ohio — Titina and Elizabeth Gist, both donned their “twindividual” shirts before heading out for their first night here. The 30-year-old identical twins do everything together. They often speak in unison. And in Gainesville, Florida, where they share an apartment, they’re used to turning heads. “In our town, we only see us,” Elizabeth said. […]

The wolf-bitten nails of writer Mark LaFlamme. Resident ‘wolf biter’ finds shock gadget not up to the challenge There’s a scene in “Lethal Weapon” where Mel Gibson’s character is hanging from a rafter in a gloomy warehouse. The bad guys are hitting him with jolt after jolt of electricity in their attempts to elicit information […]

The word retreat never seemed to fit into my life. As someone who isn’t religious, doesn’t do yoga and struggles to disconnect and slow down, the concept of just being somewhere solo never really crossed my mind. It took spending a night at Holy Wisdom Monastery, a Benedictine monastery outside of Madison, Wisconsin to realize […]

There’s a time and a place for getting your hands dirty: cleaning the house, working in the garden, cooking in the kitchen. Afterward, though, you’ll need a good, reliable hand soap, preferably one that doesn’t damage the skin it’s meant to protect. “Most ingredients are very drying and very fragrant, and fragrance is always a […]