Last fall, when I enrolled in an adult education class called Beginning Spanish, I had one thing in mind. It had felt presumptuous to travel abroad and expect everyone everywhere to speak English. It would be more courteous, I thought, to learn something of the language that’s native to so many countries.

Written by: Claudia Haller NBC-HWC

November hits, and suddenly the calendar fills up, the candy bowls never seem to empty, and it’s way too easy to think, “I’ll start fresh in January.”
But here’s the truth: how you navigate the next six weeks shapes how you’ll feel when January arrives.
You don't need to sacrifice the joy of the season - you just need a plan that lets you celebrate fully while staying on track.
If you stop prioritizing your health now and wait until January, you’re skipping almost 20% of the year. Read that again.

​By Kathy Whelan

It’s not official yet, but summer as we usually think of it is over. For some of us, that feels sad. Biological reasons help explain this: With shorter days and cooler temperatures, we naturally generate less serotonin, the “happiness hormone.” Psychologically, as we see the end of summer activities and vacations and the beginning of a more rigorous schedule, our levels of dopamine, one of the feel-good hormones, can also decline. Socially, we might have to say goodbye to summer friends.

A few weeks ago, I found myself sprawled on the couch in discomfort. This wasn’t the first time, either. In fact, I had recently been noticing a pattern that I did not like…a pattern of feeling like I needed to lay down after eating a meal or even just a snack. What was going on? Sure, I’d been busy lately. ​