When will the in-your-face candy crunch end? I can’t take it anymore! According to an article in The Altantic this week, in the early 1940’s Brach’s began promoting their fare during the last week of October but didn’t even mention Halloween, and that was it for candy marketing. Fast forward seventy years and I believe […]
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By Gillian Pieper | Published:Ye Olde Pelvic Lift… We are very fond of the tried and true here at PATH in case you hadn’t noticed. Just consider that idiom: Tried and True. Says it all. And because it’s almost Halloween, and we’re in a Rocky Horror Picture Show spirit, from our “favorites” list this week, we’ve dusted off the “pelvic […]
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By Gillian Pieper | Published:“The Importance of Good Hand Hygiene: For Conscientious Employees.” Seriously? First things first: is that to imply some of us are not conscientious? Moi? Does anyone wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, and say, “I can’t wait to be thoughtless and intentionally spread germs today!” Second: aren’t we all adults who learned […]
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By Gillian Pieper | Published:Stretch and Strengthen in One Fell Swoop! We’re very fond of 2-for-1 deals in wellness. It’s part of our “biggest bang for your buck” mantra. That’s why this pose appeals to us so much, because it takes the side-bend stretch up a notch by adding a bit of a squat! This motion can be done almost anywhere […]
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By Gillian Pieper | Published:Four & Ten Whenever You Can I just spent six days visiting wing 4C of the Thoracic ICU at the University of Michigan Hospital. This is the recovery floor for heart and lung transplant patients as well as those who’ve had THE (Trans-Hiatal Esophagectomy – a procedure where they remove the esophagus and replace it […]
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By Gillian Pieper | Published:Twist and Squat. I know, shout is the right term but shouting won’t strengthen or stretch your body! This classic Yoga pose is a winner for balance and loosening up the lower back and hips. Called “Revolving Chair Pose”, this pose you will work on your knee and hip alignment to balance as you twist your […]
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By Gillian Pieper | Published:Skinny is truly relative. The skinniest I’ve ever been was when I returned from Southeast Asia with dysentery. I know, more information than you needed. Sorry. What you should know is that there was a large bevy of people who looked right into my green hued face and said, “gosh, you look great!” Worse, a […]
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By Gillian Pieper | Published:Zoning Isn’t All Bad… There is a difference between being spacey, and drifting off to a far away refuge in your brain. Big difference. Have you got a task in mind that you’ve been putting off? I always have one I especially hate. There are so many tasks that the one I hate gets filed […]
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By Gillian Pieper | Published:Stretch & Strengthen Monday: Anywhere. Any time. Almost anyone. That’s the stretch we’d like to offer you. In fact, we plan to present you with a weekly stretch and/or strengthen exercise that you can do in a matter of seconds. If you add it up, over time you’ll have a library of many exercises you can […]
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By Gillian Pieper | Published:You see it everywhere – nutrition information based on ‘a serving’ of food. So…what exactly is ‘a serving’? The serving size of a food product can be confusing. You’ll read “Serving Size” on Nutrition Labels and then again on the Food Pyramid and each has related but differing meanings. The United States Department of Agriculture […]
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