Small kids often ask “Why?” in response to everything you tell them. It’s a normal part of development and indicates a healthy curiosity about the world around them. But when my kids were teenagers, they

Maybe you’ve heard the one, familiar piece of expert advice on what to do if you’re ever in a relationship with a narcissist. That advice is to leave. Apparently, there’s no hope of ever changing the behavior

Buchu is the new health crazeThis anti-inflammatory herb is a fynbos shrub. Read more here:

I don't take many supplements because I believe in consuming whole-foods. Nutrients in isolation lack the accompanying enzymes found in the nutrient's original food source. But there is one nutrient I

Introducing the Isle of Write: Creativity from the Cabana Message in a Bottle #1 Origin: The Isle of Write Sender: @jrhughes Recipients: Steemit Creatives I’m sending this message from the lovely, sun-drenched

Welcome to the next installment of Story Time with Steemit. Your host is Cap'n Swimbad, who will regale you with the tale of Lord Percival the Magnificent and his "Trek" to New Cowardonia. Again,

Do you crave salt? It might be that you're craving the iodine in salt. Do you crave being near the ocean? It might be that you're craving the iodine naturally present in the sea water and air. Iodine is

Trump, himself, was a lobbyist. During his campaign, president-elect Trump proposed a five-year ban on lobbying for executive branch officials, lawmakers, and their staff after they leave their government

Many of us have way more stuff than we need. To make it worse, We go on a trip, and we pack a ridiculous amount of stuff. The airline lets us bring a carry on bag, and a personal item with us on a plane.

I don't have the time or money to purchase a look. Plus, spending a half hour painting chemicals onto my face doesn't fit with my idea of a simple life. If using lots of makeup sticks and brushes and wedges

Most of our habits are conditioned responses. One thing that used to complicate my life a lot was pill popping. Nothing serious, really, just over-the-counter solutions to any number of problems, and an

Living simply isn't a new idea. It's a back-to-basics, in some ways old-fashioned, often spiritual way of approaching each day. It doesn't have to be austere, but it generally involves the idea that less

One way to simplify is to find one tool with many uses. This is the opposite of what our consumer culture tells us to do. The message of advertising is that we need a myriad of specialized products to

Choosing simplicity doesn't mean I'm a luddite. Proponents of voluntary simplicity are often accused of being luddites, people opposed to technology. It's not hard to see why; some of us advocate living

My life got simpler when I made some difficult choices. Our choices and lives have inverse levels of ease. Choices that are easy to make often complicate our lives. The reason for this is that "life"

Voluntary simplicity is choosing to live more simply. One of the first ways we can simplify our lives is to identify a ripe area. That area would represent habits of over-consumption and under-use. An

The concept of voluntary simplicity simply means choosing to lead a more simple life. In the series : voluntary steemplicity : I'm going to look at voluntary simplicity, its history, its tenets, its methods,

A woman from the planet Kardashia is requesting to board!

Sound technology has been improving at a fast rate over the last few years. Two engineering students at George Mason University have developed a fire extinguisher that transmits a donut of low-frequency

A post by @gavvet entitled Is there a scientific basis for Jesus Christ? put forward the idea that sin can be defined as something that moves people into a state of disorder. I find this a fascinating