Why Your Loved One Might Be Depressed (Even If They Don’t Seem Sad)
Depression in older adults often doesn't look like sadness at all. Clinicians call it "depression without sadness" — no tears, no visible sorrow, just a flat, numb, nothing feeling. And because it doe...
7 Sep 16min
Aging Well Isn’t About Diet — It’s About What You Believe
What if aging well isn't about diet, exercise, or genetics — but about what you believe about getting older? The research on positive aging is stunning: people with positive beliefs about their own ag...
1 Sep 15min
The Science of Laughter What It Actually Does to Your Body PART 2
The science of laughter is stranger — and stronger — than you'd think. In Part 2, health psychologist Dr. Mary Catherine George walks through what laughter actually does to your body: how it releases ...
25 Aug 15min
The Science of Laughter: What It Actually Does to Your Body PART 1
What are the real health benefits of laughter? Not the greeting-card version — the measured, physical effects: what a deep belly laugh actually does to your muscles, your breathing, your nervous syste...
25 Aug 7min
How Long You Can Stand on One Leg Says a Lot
How well are you aging? These four simple aging tests — the grip strength test, the sit-to-stand test, the single-leg balance test, and the walking speed test — can be done at home in under ten minute...
18 Aug 31min
The 10,000 Step Rule Is Wrong! Here’s Why
Did you know that 10,000 steps — the number baked into your smartwatch, your fitness app, and every corporate wellness program — was never based on science? It came from a Japanese pedometer marketin...
10 Aug 21min
I Tried to Eat Healthy and It Backfired
I quit refined sugar 42 days ago — halfway through my 90-day no sugar challenge. I expected cravings. What I got instead was my emotional eating coming back, and as a health psychologist, even I didn'...
7 Aug 26min
