Health

After a few minutes I become more accustomed to the quiet and my brain calms. I start to notice the sounds of nature. Then, the ideas start to come.

If you're in one particular category of students heading to college this fall, your odds of gaining weight are pretty good. And if you're going to gain the freshman fifteen, there's one main culprit that will cause it.

We've finally reached that point in our East Texas summer where we start hearing about the heat advisories seemingly on a daily basis.

Who knows? Sometimes these are the "fringe" breakthroughs that lead to a paradigm shift in a decade or two that could surprise us all. I hope so.

It's right up there with food, alcohol, and even some drugs. The buzz we get from checking our phones explains why we do it so much.

Even the smallest changes you make toward whatever goal you're seeking to accomplish--if you maintain those consistently--you'll be amazed at what you can do.

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when I was 14 years old. Throughout my life, I have managed it pretty well. Starting next month, I will be getting back on an insulin pump, a machine that will improve everything with my management.

So what's the deal? Well, they say it cures like ... everything.

Sometimes it's the little things: The stream of tiny stressors plaguing our days like a million metaphorical mosquitoes during an East Texas summer afternoon.

I'm not going to be in a hurry to re-fill every nook and cranny. I'll start with the necessities and add only what I find to be truly meaningful and beautiful.

Life begins to feel shallow if we're not filling it with anything else except ourselves. Reach out to someone you love. Find something to be passionate about.

If you feel guilty for getting out of the office and taking an actual lunch break, you're facing "lunch-shaming" on the job. This is why you're eating noodles at your desk for the fifth day in a row.