Healthy and Simple

I love Shirley, but sometimes she does things that are not just rotten, they pretty much amount to cruel and unusual punishment. She is always singing or humming songs. Sometimes it’s a wonderful classic, but sometimes it’s a trite commercial that she grew up listening to. And sometimes it’s something as awful as a Captain [...]

People handle stressful situations in very different ways. Some do so with dignity and aplomb – whatever aplomb is – others do so by freaking out and being semi-hysterical. One woman I know reacted to her husband being attacked by a mountain lion by whacking the lion in the face with a very large log, [...]

So, I read this study the other day that said that swearing can make you feel better. I thought. No shit! And instantly I felt better. Ain’t science amazing!
But it’s true. Researchers at Keele University’s School of Psychology did a fiendishly clever little study that found that swearing can help ease pain and even increase [...]