All Around Shine: Taking a break from candy and politics

Do you feel like I do today -- exhausted from the Halloween festivities that went on and on and adorably on and yet, anxious about the election tomorrow? I want to take a nap and I want to keep pouring through political blogs. I'm stuck in the frenzy of fun size candy bars and voting fever. I'm all over the place.

If you're experiencing even a bit of the same, perhaps a bit of direction would help us all. I took some deep breaths to clear the politics and traces of sugar from my brain and put together this list of posts on Shine that will help us focus for a few moments on living well right now.

When you're all done reading these, go on back to your happy Halloween memories and think ahead to our country's future. But for a couple of minutes, shine the spotlight on this goodness:

• Bigger women have more sex than skinnier women. My work here is done.

• There's a technique to teaching kids to wash their hands. Charlene shows you how to zap germs and get squeaky clean.

• 5 no-fuss healthy dinners. And the best part? You can whip them up in 20 minutes. Easy peasy.

• Sigh. When body image turns to plastic: Cosmetic surgery to look like Barbie.

• If you've got it, flaunt it like Aretha. The Queen of Soul sings Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" with the confidence of...well, lots more confidence than Mariah Carey.

• And finally, this last one because we can all use a little boost to our financial health right now.

Now you share: What other healthy living stories should we all be reading?


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