As we’ve reported here, travel contributes greatly to our health and well-being, and may even help us live longer. If you’re looking to spend more time with Mother Nature on your next trip, you’ll want to read about the next travel trend: Dark sky tourism. On a cold winter night in a rural area, I […]
Featuring our SuperAging News Network partner, Barb Desmarais, hostess of the popular podcast series: “What’s Next: Conversations With Boomers.” Vancouver-based Barb Desmarais, a Boomer herself, offers a series of engaging conversations with Boomers on a wide range of topics, from health to finance to fitness to relationships and more.We first met Barb when we were […]
The COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccines that saved 2.5 million lives globally during the pandemic could help spark the immune system to fight cancer. This is the surprising takeaway of a new study that we and our colleagues published in the journal Nature. While developing mRNA vaccines for patients with brain tumors in 2016, our team, led […]
There is something timeless about watching children explore their creativity — the way their faces light up as colors blend, the concentration in their eyes as they make each brushstroke, and the laughter that bubbles up when they discover something new. In Marian Egan’s latest Magnifying Peace Project video, this moment unfolds beautifully as she […]
We’ve spent the last two episodes exploring the power of bioenergetic wellness — how small techniques can release blocked emotions, support the body, and build resilience. Today, we go deeper: we explore the science of biofeedback, the skill of muscle response testing, and how these tools give us the confidence to prioritize self-care with precision […]
Ronald Klein was biking around his neighborhood in North Wales, Pennsylvania, in 2006 and tried to jump a curb. “But I was going too slow — I didn’t have enough momentum,” he recalled. As the bike toppled, he thrust out his left arm to break the fall. It didn’t seem like a serious accident, yet […]
When someone opens the door and enters a hospital room, wearing a stethoscope is a telltale sign that they’re a clinician. This medical device has been around for over 200 years and remains a staple in the clinic despite significant advances in medical diagnostics and technologies. The stethoscope is a medical instrument used to listen […]
Uncertainty is part of the human experience. It appears whenever we face the unknown, stand at a crossroads, or challenge ourselves to grow. Yet, when uncertainty becomes a constant state — when we circle endlessly around self-doubt, indecision, and second-guessing — we enter what I call the Circle of Uncertainty. In this circle, every question […]
Caption: When Toni Morrison died in 2019, the world lost one of its most influential literary voices. But Morrison wasn’t a literary wunderkind. “The Bluest Eye,” Morrison’s first novel, wasn’t published until she was 39. And her last, “God Help the Child,” appeared when she was 84. Morrison published four novels, four children’s books, many […]
Psychedelic mushrooms, which contain a powerful psychoactive compound psilocybin, have long been used by Indigenous communities for ceremonial mind-expansion. And, of course, let us not forget the popularity of ‘shrooms’ for recreational use in the 1960s. More recently, science has looked at the potential of using psilocybin for treating mental health conditions such as depression […]
