By Raymond F. Angelini, Ph.D. Turmoil and stress in relationships can happen at anytime, but tensions often run higher during the holiday season. With the different expectations each person has about the season, increased financial pressure and physical demands, it’s...
Santa in-sanity: Tips For A Balanced Holiday Experience
By Randy Cale, PH.D Okay, let’s face it—most children get too many gifts during the holidays. Certainly, it’s not true for some children, but most families have become hooked on making the big day one that is overflowing with gifts....
Enhancing Fertility with Chinese medicine
By Rebecca Rice M.S., L.AC. One of the most personal events of human existence is conception. We are essentially combining our DNA with our partner's DNA to form a whole new life. A perfectly structured interplay of hormonal regulation must...
Last Page with John Gray
Boys and their toys By John GrayIt started for me with Rockem Sockem robots. Is there anything cooler than punching another guy in the chin and watching his head pop off? Video games were non-existent when I was a child...
Editor’s letter
Sometimes life throws curveballs at you. And you have to learn to cope with those curveballs. That’s the case for nearly 54 million mentally and physically disabled individuals in the country. One facility in the Capital Region is helping these...
Book Reviews: Because She Can
This month’s guilty pleasure is the very The Devil Wears Prada-esque Because She Can by Bridie Clark. This month’s guilty pleasure is the very The Devil Wears Prada-esque Because She Can by Bridie Clark. The devil in the first novel,...
Restaurant Review: Nicoles Bistro
A taste of Paris with Albany pricesOverall rating on a scale of 1-10Service 10 • Food - 8 • Ambiance - 9 • Price - $$$ By L.P. Clark For twelve years, Nicole’s Bistro has enjoyed the reputation of a restaurant that can...
Choose wine like a pro
By Barry Sears ?Have you ever gone into a store to purchase a bottle of wine, and as you walk in and see all the different choices, start to feel a little overwhelmed? When they all look the same, how...
The gift of being mindful
By Lenore Flynn RN, MA Mindfulness is an ancient practice that is simple and profound. It is a practice of paying attention and requires a person to believe in nothing other than the value of their own life. Mindfulness teaches...
Online bullying
By Randy CalE, PH.D Recent surveys of teen Internet behavior reveal some disturbing trends: Over the past five years, researchers have seen a 50 percent increase in the amount of cyber bullying that teenagers experience. Cyber bullying occurs when highly...