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CONTENTS
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36 Stressing Stress can speed up aging and
contribute to a host of ills.
BY CHRYSTLE FIEDLER
37 Destressing Costco Connection readers
supply tips on how to keep calm
and carry on.
BY STEVE FISHER
40 Wellness travel Return complete after your retreat.
BY HEATHER LARSON
41 From cynical to spiritual The Jersey Yogi offers tips on
how to be a spiritual man.
BY JIM STARR
43 Developing your child’s awareness
Cultivate the natural mindful
presence of a child.
BY DR. MONISHA VASA
45 Volunteer for health Becoming a volunteer helps
yourself as well as others.
BY MALIA JACOBSON
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Wellness travel 40
Wellness travel 40
Dr. Gail Gross 43
Mindful eating 52
Omega-3s 53
The Rose 75
Mixed Remixed 77
Allowance Manager 100
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48 Running to be present The act of running, used
as a meditative tool.
BY GARY DUDNEY
49 Buyer’s Pick: Fitbit Tools to monitor your activities.
BY MIKE ORBIN
52 Mindful eating It’s not only what you eat,
but how you eat it.
BY VICKI SHANTA RETELNY
53 Nourishing your noggin Certain foods are beneficial
to brain function.
BY LESLIE PEPPER
55 Buyers’ picks FocusFactor, 5-HTP and
Excedrin Migraine.
SPECIAL SECTION
Health F E A T U R E S 25 Capital acquisition Before borrowing money for your business, know why. BY DON SADLER
28 App creation Creating apps for devices has
become a niche business.
BY ERIC TAUB
60 Creative Cooking: Smoking 101
Using woodsmoke for indirect
heating directly benefits your
food’s flavor.
BY HANA MEDINA
63 For Your Table: Italian cheese The hard facts on popular
hard Italian cheeses.
BY HANA MEDINA
65 Wine Connection: Sauvignon blanc
Taking a closer look at this
multifaceted white wine.
BY MATT MIZE
67 Pennie’s Pick: A Land More Kind
Than Home
Author Wiley Cash takes readers
to his home state of North
Carolina in a powerful way.
BY HOPE KATZ GIBBS
69 Book clubs The first rule of book club is that
everybody talks at book club.
BY STEPHANIE E. PONDER
75 The Rose blooms anew The Criterion Collection restores
a Bette Midler classic.
BY BRYAN REESMAN
77 Mixed Remixed This annual one-day festival
celebrates the diversity of
multiracial families.
BY HANA MEDINA
