Mind / Body Blogs

By Wyatt A.

Edited and approved by Stephen C. Rose, Ph.D.

Nov 26 2025

I have to confess, I’ve spent 30 years plus treating my nose like a decorative facial accessory.

Useful for holding up glasses, sure. Terrible at moving air? Apparently, also yes. I could breathe through it a little, the way a...

By Wyatt A.

Edited and approved by Stephen C. Rose, Ph.D.

No matter who you are, you are not immune to stress. Anxiety is a part of the human condition, though it serves a useful purpose from an evolutionary standpoint; it is all too common that anxiety consumes an individual’s life. Not everyone...

How to Quit Smoking

A realistic, evidence-based plan for getting cigarettes out of your day—and keeping them out.

By Jackie Kolgraf

Edited and approved by Stephen C. Rose, Ph.D.

Seldom is a cigarette just a cigarette. More often, it's an event in tandem with coffee, beer, sex, or other various and...

By Jackie Kolgraf

Edited and approved by Stephen C. Rose, Ph.D.

October 7, 2025

At some point most of us discover that the mind is not a serene temple. It is more like a group chat, a traffic report, a grocery list, and an old argument from 2009 all trying to talk at once—usually at 2:13 a.m....

By Donna Wright

Edited and approved by Stephen C. Rose, Ph.D.

A hobby will not, independently, add years to your life. It’s not that straight-forward. But hobbies can support several aspects of health closely tied to healthy aging, including stress regulation, physical activity, cognitive...

by Noah Grossman

Edited and approved by Stephen C. Rose, Ph.D.

There is a peculiar little theater where people perform around self-improvement. Someone buys a notebook, downloads a meditation app, Googles 'how to stop doomscrolling,' and then, almost instantly, feels a stab of embarrassment - as if...

How Catching More Z’s Can Improve Health and Longevity

By Jackie Kolgraf

Edited and approved by Stephen C. Rose, Ph.D.

If you are looking for a health excuse to go to bed, here it is, though let us not immediately ruin it by turning sleep into another productivity chore. Sleep is not a spa upgrade...

How Building and Maintaining Good Relationships Improves Longevity

By Jackie Kolgraf

Edited and approved by Stephen C. Rose, Ph.D

In a time when many people spend more hours with a screen than with another person, it is not surprising that loneliness has become a public health concern. Social...

EditedandapprovedbyStephenC.Rose,PhD

Creatine is best known as a supplement used by athletes and weightlifters, but its relevance extends beyond the gym. Creatine helps the body regenerate energy quickly during short bursts of high demand, which is one reason it has been studied for both muscle...

ByNoahGrossman

EditedandapprovedbyStephenC.Rose,PhD

Aging can feel unsettling. For many people, the fear is not the birthday itself, but what they associate with it: loss of strength, loss of memory, loss of independence, tighter finances, or shrinking social connections. Those fears are...

By Donna Wright

Edited and approved by Stephen C. Rose, Ph.D.

August 21, 2025

There is something almost touching about the way humans respond to aging. Tell us the body wears down, arteries stiffen, inflammation simmers, and one day the mirror starts offering its own tiny editorial notes, and we do...

by: Stephen C. Rose, Ph.D.

Embrace your mind, body, and spirit.

If ever you’ve seen the slow ebb and flow of a Tai Chi class you likely experienced one of two reactions. The first is: “That looks peaceful.” The second is: “There is no way that counts as exercise.” Fair enough. Tai chi does not...

Edited and approved by Stephen C. Rose, PhD

Chronic stress is not just an unpleasant feeling. It has been linked to faster biological aging, higher disease burden, and higher mortality risk. In a well-known 2004 study, women caring for chronically ill children who reported higher perceived stress...