Wednesday, November 11

LIFESTYLE

Cougar – What’s In A Name?
DATING, TOP FOUR

Cougar – What’s In A Name?

I used to hate the term "Cougar" for all the obvious reasons. First, it evoked images of Mrs. Robinson in a girdle and garters, smoke billowing around her alcoholic head as she seduced a vulnerable (but willing) Benjamin. Flash forward to leopard clad women over 40 showing way too much cleavage, voguing in 4 inch stilettos, hanging out at bars, guzzling wine and dragging home young prey. Every time the media interviewed me, I cringed, knowing the obvious questions would be asked: "Isn't this just about sex?" "Isn't this just about money?" I endeavored to explain to them that in my 20 years of research as a human behavior research psychologist and world's foremost authority on cross generational dating and psychosexual imprinting (translation: Cougar and Cub dating) that they had it all wro...
Hobbies According To Your Zodiac Sign
HOME, TOP FOUR

Hobbies According To Your Zodiac Sign

What can we come to know about one's hobbies merely by knowing one's zodiac sign? A lot, really! By one's zodiac sign, you come to know of an individual's basic nature. Let's take an instance. Someone born under the zodiac sign of Aries is likely to be energetic and adventurous. The hobbies would by default involve activities which require high mobility and less concentration! We could now run through the favorite hobbies of people from each zodiac sign! 1. Aries: Aries are invariably energetic and enthusiastic. A stationary activity is likely to bore them out, and you could expect them to be on a lookout for action. So the hobbies would involve sports and outdoor games. Sometimes it is even adventure sports and video games which interest them. They're sure to adore vibrant music or m...
A Practical Guide To Transform Your Money Habits And Reduce Financial Stress
FINANCIAL HEALTH, TOP FOUR

A Practical Guide To Transform Your Money Habits And Reduce Financial Stress

Busy professionals, working parents, and gig workers managing regular bills alongside long-term goals often feel trapped in financial stress even when income is steady. The core tension is that unhealthy financial habits, avoidance, impulse spending, guilt, and all-or-nothing thinking, quietly intensify money management challenges and keep personal finance struggles on repeat. Many general readers have tried budgets and rules, yet still feel anxious, behind, or unsure what “good with money” even looks like. Building a healthy relationship with money replaces that pressure with calm, control, and clarity. Understanding Healthy Money Habits and Mindset A healthy relationship with money means you can look at your numbers without panic, make choices on purpose, and recover quickly from m...
Lifestyle Options
LIFESTYLE, SELF-CARE, TOP FOUR

Lifestyle Options

It seems like now more than ever there are hundreds of different lifestyle choices a person can make. It is a good thing there are so many options because a person's lifestyle choice has a direct bearing on the things they do, the people they hang out with, the clothes they wear, and the things they consume. Lifestyle choices also happen to be incredibly diverse in that they can range from choosing to be healthy to choosing to pledge allegiance to a certain type of music, to even deciding on a lifestyle devoted to religion. With so many lifestyle choices, it is no surprise that people devote themselves to actual lifestyles on various degrees. For instance, a teenager might become infatuated with punk rock and decide to devote themselves to that style. At this stage they can choose ...
How Babies Adapt To Their Mother’s Physiological State
MENTAL HEALTH, PARENTING, TOP FOUR

How Babies Adapt To Their Mother’s Physiological State

The classic image at New Year's where old Father Time represents the year just ended while the bannered New Year's baby emerges onstage, heralds the iconic star of a conference I attended in San Diego recently. Sponsored by the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH) the international congress addressed the scientific and psycho-social discoveries centered on "the conscious baby." Founded in 1983 by Canadian psychiatrist Thomas R. Verny MD, and David Chamberlain PhD, the APPPAH started as a small group of people who shared an interest in the sensitivity and consciousness of babies. Membership chair and parental educator Barbara Decker explains, "Their premise is that babies are having experiences in the womb-welcoming or not being welcomed, experiencing fear...
With Empathy For Friends – Teens With Secure Family Relationships ‘Pay It Forward’
FAMILY, TOP FOUR

With Empathy For Friends – Teens With Secure Family Relationships ‘Pay It Forward’

Jessica Stern, University of Virginia The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Teens with more secure family relationships get a head start on developing empathy, according to my colleagues’ and my new study tracking adolescents into adulthood. In contrast to popular myths about self-obsessed teens, existing research shows that adolescence is a key stage of development for the growth of empathy: the ability to stand in someone else’s shoes, to understand and resonate with their emotions and to care about their well-being. Empathy is a skill that develops over time, and it has major consequences for teens’ social interactions, friendships and adult relationships. So how do teens learn this critical skill? Our team’s new findings, published o...
How To Prepare Your Home For Life After Baby With Easy Setup Tips
PARENTING, TOP FOUR

How To Prepare Your Home For Life After Baby With Easy Setup Tips

For new parents, especially those bringing home a first baby, the early postpartum weeks can feel like a constant loop of healing, exhaustion, and overwhelm. When the home isn’t set up for postpartum home preparation, small tasks stack up fast and steal energy that should go toward rest and bonding. A recovery-friendly postpartum recovery environment helps daily life run with fewer decisions, fewer trips across the house, and fewer moments of frustration. Prioritizing home safety for newborns also reduces worry, so postpartum challenges don’t get amplified by preventable stress. Quick Summary: Postpartum Home Setup Priorities Stock the freezer with simple meals to reduce daily cooking after the baby arrives. Place laundry baskets where clothes pile up to make quick sor...
Designer Babies
PARENTING, TOP FOUR

Designer Babies

When human desires and wants are quantified as unalienable rights, then, ethics and morals become easily compromised, and a disaster often awaits. Designer babies will soon be the norm in reproductive healthcare, a reflection of desire passed off as an individual right. Soon, a couple will be able to walk in a reproductive healthcare facility and select all the features that they would prefer their child to have or not have. If permitted from clinical trials to practical applications, couples will have the freedom and right, depending on affordability, to decide the features that their child will have, in the process creating a child that they want. Therefore, based on their preference, a couple can decide to have a child with green eyes, less chances of becoming obese, high probabi...
Helping Make Society More Respectful And Equitable – Nurturing Dads Raise Emotionally Intelligent Kids
PARENTING, TOP FOUR

Helping Make Society More Respectful And Equitable – Nurturing Dads Raise Emotionally Intelligent Kids

When my oldest son, now nearly 13, was born in July of 2008, I thought I could easily balance my career and my desire to be far more engaged at home than my father and his generation were. I was wrong. Almost immediately, I noticed how social policies, schools and health care systems all make it difficult for dads to be highly involved and engaged at home. Contradictory expectations about work and family life abound. As a fatherhood researcher with four kids of my own, I am convinced that fathers are transformative figures for children, families and communities. But a man’s mere presence, paycheck and willingness to punish misbehaving children is not nearly enough. Many of the benefits of fathering for children come from dads being nurturing, loving and engaged in all aspects of p...
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LIFESTYLE

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