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Video: Missed It? Live Interview with Debra Schildhouse and Bio-Touch: Healing with the Power in Our Fingertips

With just two fingers from each hand, the healing process can begin. Bio-Touch: Healing with the Power in Our Fingertips is the story of the scientifically-proven, touch-based healing technique proven to alleviate pain, stress, the symptoms of disease, and depression. Debra Schildhouse, an initial skeptic, is drawn to Bio-Touch after…

BookTribDecember 1, 2015

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Prison Ramen: Recipes and Stories from Behind Bars

A unique and edgy cookbook, Prison Ramen takes readers behind bars with more than 65 ramen recipes and stories of prison life from the inmate/cooks who devised them, including celebrities like Slash from Guns n’ Roses and the actor Shia LaBeouf. Instant ramen is a ubiquitous food, beloved by anyone looking for…

BookTribNovember 27, 2015

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Not Your Mama’s Swiss Miss: Utterly Decadent Hot Chocolate

What’s better on a chilly winter morning than a book, a blanket and a mug of hot chocolate? Now, imagine that mug of hot chocolate is something other than the powdered mix you’ve tried to class up a bit with a few mini marshmallows and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.…

Katie HiresNovember 25, 2015

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Tracey Stewart Teaches Us (And Jon Stewart) How to Do Unto Animals

No one expected when Jon Stewart announced his retirement from The Daily Show that he’d be spending his time rubbing the bellies of pigs on a 12-acre farm in New Jersey. But thanks to his wife, Tracey, a veterinary technician and animal advocate whom he calls “the single most joyful,…

JeriAnn GellerNovember 24, 2015

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TED Talks: Andrew Solomon on Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

Thanksgiving is all about family and the stress and joy that come with reconnecting. Family is also the theme of Andrew Solomon’s “Love No Matter What” talk from TEDMED 2013, in which he explores the ways family and identity develop in the face of extraordinary circumstances. Solomon shares the deeply…

Katie HiresNovember 24, 2015

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Forget Pie. You’ll Want to Make These Thanksgiving Alternatives from Violet Cakes Bakery

This may sound like sacrilege, but on Thanksgiving I don’t do pie. That doesn’t mean we don’t have pie; a fantastic local farm kitchen fills that need, but I don’t bake pies. Ever. While I do terrific fillings, the alchemy that results in a tender, flaky crust has always eluded…

JeriAnn GellerNovember 20, 2015

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Smart Reads: Real Life Heroes, Villains and Monsters

Villains and monsters are so much more frightening in the world of non-fiction. While we can reassure ourselves that the horrors of fiction aren’t real and sleep with the lights on, the comfort in non-fiction lies in the books themselves. By shining a light on the darkest hearts we lessen…

JeriAnn GellerNovember 19, 2015

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Thinking of Going Vegan? Let These 2 Cookbooks be Your Guide

Forward-thinking culinary adventures have been the main course lately, from Mark Bittman joining The Purple Carrot (a subscription service where healthy, premeasured vegan ingredients are delivered to your door) to Panera Bread announcing that they are adding more plant-based ingredients to their menu in an effort to keep their guests…

Amanda HarknessNovember 17, 2015

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TED Talks: John McWhorter on Why Texting is Good for the Brain

Do you hate or love the lingo we use while texting? Do the grammatical inaccuracies irk you, or do you delight in the weird way we shorten words and create new ones? In this eye-opening talk from TED 2013, linguist John McWhorter discusses the way texting is revolutionizing the way…

Katie HiresNovember 17, 2015

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Going South: 3 Books That Explore Life Below the Mason-Dixon Line

“The South is a strange place, one that can’t be fit inside a movie, a place that dares you to simplify it, like a prime number, like a Bible story, like my father.” For our latest round of Shelfie picks, we return to our friends at Square Books, located in…

Ben S. DutkaNovember 13, 2015

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Finding an Island of Hope in a Sea of Depression is The Happiness Quest

There are many ways to try to visualize major clinical depression, a disorder that affects one out of every five women and one out of every eight men. The picture I always found most accurate comes from a scene in the Tom Hanks movie Cast Away. One moment, he’s on…

Michael RuscoeNovember 13, 2015

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Greg O’Brien: Learning to Live, and Not Die, with Alzheimer’s Disease

Greg O'Brien There’s hardly a family in America that hasn’t been touched by Alzheimer’s disease. More than 5.4 million people live with the disease and 500,000 die from it each year. Alzheimer’s is not a normal part of aging and without being able to cure or prevent it, in the next…

Carole ClapsNovember 11, 2015

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Cook Like Nonna with Lidia Bastianich’s Latest Cookbook

Let’s face it—nobody can cook like Nonna. If you have ever attempted to dazzle family and friends by recreating authentic Italian recipes and you don't have an Italian grandmother handy, you need to go to the source. It doesn’t get more authentic than Lidia Bastianich, the Emmy-winning host of WGBH’s…

Katie HiresNovember 11, 2015

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War Photographer Robert Cunningham Honors our Veterans

Few civilians have captured the service of our active military and veterans as vividly as embedded war photographer Robert L. Cunningham. Embed War Photographer Robert L. Cunningham He has worked throughout Afghanistan, primarily beside the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry, 10th Mountain, and 101st Airborne Divisions. He recently returned from his…

Carole ClapsNovember 11, 2015

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‘Charlie Mike’: The Story of Veterans Who Continue to Serve Through Team Rubicon

The woman at the Red Cross said Port-au-Prince, Haiti was too dangerous for untrained volunteers after the earthquake when Marine veteran Jake Wood called to volunteer in January 2010. “It’s complete chaos there,” she said. 'Charlie Mike' author Joe Klein “I’m a marine,” he replied. “We do chaos.” Wood hung…

Michael RuscoeNovember 10, 2015

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Shonda Rhimes Inspires Positivity with a Year of Yes!

Shonda Rhimes just reminded me what happens when you spend a year saying, “Yes!” to life’s possibilities. In 2008 this became my mantra. It had been a bad year—major surgery, my employer cheated out of $90 million by Bernie Madoff, massive layoffs (including me), the end of a valued relationship.…

JeriAnn GellerNovember 10, 2015

Video: Missed It? Live Interview with Debra Schildhouse and Bio-Touch: Healing with the Power in Our Fingertips

Not Your Mama’s Swiss Miss: Utterly Decadent Hot Chocolate

Tracey Stewart Teaches Us (And Jon Stewart) How to Do Unto Animals

TED Talks: Andrew Solomon on Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

Forget Pie. You’ll Want to Make These Thanksgiving Alternatives from Violet Cakes Bakery

Smart Reads: Real Life Heroes, Villains and Monsters

Thinking of Going Vegan? Let These 2 Cookbooks be Your Guide

TED Talks: John McWhorter on Why Texting is Good for the Brain

Going South: 3 Books That Explore Life Below the Mason-Dixon Line

Finding an Island of Hope in a Sea of Depression is The Happiness Quest

Greg O’Brien: Learning to Live, and Not Die, with Alzheimer’s Disease

Cook Like Nonna with Lidia Bastianich’s Latest Cookbook

War Photographer Robert Cunningham Honors our Veterans

‘Charlie Mike’: The Story of Veterans Who Continue to Serve Through Team Rubicon

Shonda Rhimes Inspires Positivity with a Year of Yes!

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