Protect Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

Summer is just about here which means Siesta Key is calling your name. ohWell wants to make sure you spend time enjoying your fun in the sun without having to spend time in the mirror dealing with sun damage. Here's our picks for your beach bag essentials!

6th Graders Say: Give Us Our Damn Lunch (And Health) Back!

In the Minneapolis public schools, we are supposed to have 15 minutes to eat, which would be bad enough. But realistically we get only 10 to 11 minutes (we have been timing it). Having to rush to eat is part of the reason for the obesity epidemic, eating disorders, indigestion and kids not doing well in school. There is research that proves all of these points. Kids just need more time to eat at school.

A bunch of random - yet totally awesome - facts about the human body

These facts are like if the movies Inception and Limitless got together and had a fact baby. Every person you've ever dreamed of you've seen in real life. Your brain holds every bit of information you've ever learned, you just can't access it. There's even facts about sperm - always a winner!

Yoga Eases Back Pain

Yoga teacher Elise Browning Miller share her secrets for practicing yoga to prevent chronic back pain.

Giving Health Myths The Smack Down

Fact or Myth? The truth behind common health knowledge.

A Pill To Make You Smarter

Researchers have found a drug that can help the brain grow new cells and said their study may lead to ways to improve experimental Alzheimer's drugs.

FREE Acupuncture and Massage - BEACHSIDE!

Ummm. Free acupuncture? Free massage? On Siesta Key Beach? From the most awesome acupuncturist in the world? Duh.

The Dreaded Sitting Disease

Save yourself from 'sitting disease'… use a stand up desk (which comes with built in treadmill.) Working at a desk for hours a day could put you in danger of ‘sitting disease’, a doctor in Minnesota has warned.

Tennis... Easy as 1-2-3!

How it took my 34 years to get over my fear of tennis.

Tips For Oily Skin

Natural Home Remedies for Oily Skin

The Beauty Diet

Looking good isn’t about how much you spend on things like Botox and beauty treatments – you can get gorgeous from the inside out. Just boost the ‘beauty’ foods in your diet.

Water For Thought

We suggest getting refillable titanium or glass bottles and using your own filtered tap water in place of plastic water bottles that are filled with tap water anyway.

21 Ways To De-Clutter Your Mind

Keep your mind uncluttered and stress free!

High Fructose Corn Syrup Is The Devil

The debate over whether high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is really worse for you than sugar is always popular and heated.

Green Your Home

She Uses Vaaaaaaseline

Vaseline, a.k.a. petroleum jelly is a beauty staple that every girl should have in their makeup bag. There are a zillions of uses for it and it is so inexpensive! Here’s some beauty related tricks you can do with vaseline:

Recycling Is Garbage

"Recycling may be the most wasteful activity in modern America. A waste of time and money, and a waste of human and natural resources." - The New York Times.

Man in the Mirror

Sometimes you just don't feel like yourself. Perhaps you have an illness, or you just don't feel good. Maybe you've lost your mojo and your motivation to do what you thought you loved to do. Your inspiration is gone, your career is on the wrong pathway or your life is at a standstill. Maybe you had a life changing experience that caused your world to tumble upside down. All the above is exactly how I felt over the past month. I am the most happy-go-lucky person I know. Nothing bothers me, nothing gets me down, but sometimes life takes you on a pathway you didn't expect and you are left looking at the man (woman) in the mirror! What does that mirror say back to you?

Relationship: New Year One Month Challenge!

It's the New Year! Start it off right with your loved one. Try these tips to make January the start of the best relationship of your life.

New Years Resolutions Part 1

Here we go again... those little things we call Resolutions. Why are they called resolutions? According to Gretchen Rubin, author of best-seller "The Happiness Project", "A New Year's resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to one or more lasting personal goals, projects, or the reforming of a habit."

11 Hangover Cures

The Holidays are upon us. Which means getting wildly drunk to survive family get togethers, getting wildly drunk to spice up office parties, or getting wildly drunk just because it's almost New Year's and you need the practice. Either way, there is probably a great chance that a hangover is in your very near future. Here's 11 great tips to combat the hangover blues.

25 Clever Little Tricks For Life

Some things are worth working hard for. And some are not. Besides, who doesn't want to make life easier? Check out these sweet little tips that'll make tasks a breeze.

5 Reasons Your Workout Isn't Working

Have you been working out consistently for months (maybe even years) and yet the scale is creeping up? Here are five ways your workout could be keeping you from losing weight, and what our experts recommend to start shedding pounds again.

Little Changes = Big Weight Loss

The Holidays are here and for so many of us that means tighter pants, bigger bellies and and the desire to throw the scale in the garbage. But no need to fear. IVillage has 52 tips to help you lose weight. 52 tips! That's a lot of tips. These are tiny little suggestions that have big payoffs.

Tricks To Teach Your Body

Check out these Ninja Health Tips - tricks to really impress yourself and others.

Superwoman Becomes Humbled

Six weeks ago, my world as I knew it tumbled down around me as I sat and watched in horror. The life of this "Energizer Bunny/Superwoman” was about to change drastically. You see, I am a triathlete. I run, swim, bike, run adventure races, train, have my own business, work on my feet all day, a student, have two dogs, and I have a full social life. I sleep little and think all day. When this happened, all I could see was my world with NOTHING I enjoyed doing and a feeling of emptiness and fear, but instead I have been humbled by this experience. I learned to lean on other people when every bone in my body was so independent that each bone may work unhinged to the joint in which moves. The power of positive thinking and prayers spoken on my behalf from different parts of the country really do work. My goals in life have suddenly become more important. The things I have been putting off are now things I can't put off any longer. Most importantly I have learned the value of true friendship.

Keeping out the CREEP

Do you ever feel like this?

Does constant clutter cause you stress?  Is your home, your closets, your office, your life unorganized?  Find out how to have a peace of mind and an organized home or office without dipping into your fun time!  Find out how to make your home FUNctional.

Number One Killer - Women Beware!

Dr. Oz, Oprah, The Doctors, Good Morning America, CNN --- EVERYBODY has told us about heart disease being the number one killer of women ...check out this important article about women and heart disease in IVillage. 

Nutrition Trick of the Week

How often have you heard, "drink 64 ounces of water everyday?"  Or perhaps "drink half your body weight in water each day?' Well, I have no idea what the magic number is.  I just know that drinking plenty of water, staying hydrated and lessening your soda/teas/coffee beverages is proven to be a better option.  We know that proper hydration is key, especially if you live in a hot climate.  Your skin loves you, your joints love you, your digestive system loves you and your momma is happy because you did what the doctor told you.  Not being an expert on the correct water consumption number I do know that trying to drink that magic number you have in your head can sometimes be difficult. Let's face it, water doesn't taste like a milkshake or we all would enjoy drinking well more than our body weight everyday. 

 

 

35 Life Hacks

These helpful hints should be filed under the "How to Do Everything Better" tab.

Know When To Zen

This may come as a big shock to you, but I’m about as peaceful as a freight train.  Hold on, hold on…that doesn’t quite encapsulate what I’m trying to say.  That would be like saying that a broken arm only requires a band-aid.  Let me try again: I’m as peaceful as two T-Rex’s battling in an action flick on a freight train that is derailing off of a bridge in between two mountains in the middle of a category 5 hurricane.  I also like to exaggerate.  I’m not sure if you noticed.