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6 Lifesaving Skills Every Man Should Know

Life-threatening health emergencies can happen at any moment. While you should always call 911 and summon professional medical attention for a victim, oftentimes time is of the essence, and paramedics are minutes (or much longer) away. If the person is going to live, they can’t wait for a medic to get to them. They need […]

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Healthy life expectancy in decline

New ONS data shows decline healthy life expectancy across the UK. The latest data published today by the Office for National Statistics shows that healthy life expectancy is down by seven months at a national level, the lowest level since 2013. Healthy life expectancy refers to the average number of years a person born today […]

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Love 6.0: Explorations of an 82-Year-Old Male Healer: Love Lesson #2: To Thine Own Self Be True

In Part 1, I described the six marriages Carlin and I have had. The first two were with our previous spouses and the last four were with each other. After two marriages and divorces, it became clear to us that making life-long vows didn’t make good sense. We agreed we would evaluate our marriage […]

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Love 6.0: Explorations of an 82-Year-Old Male Healer

I woke up this morning with the words of a song running through my mind: What the world needs now is love sweet love. It was written in 1965 by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and made famous by Dionne Warwick. That was the year I graduated college and began my career as marriage and […]

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The Fitness Test of America’s Most Elite Civilian Search and Rescue Team

Search and rescue (SAR) teams in U.S. national parks respond to lost hikers, injured climbers, stranded boaters, missing children, and backcountry medical emergencies. Their work ranges from relatively simple trail searches to high-angle rope rescues, swiftwater recoveries, helicopter evacuations, and multi-day backcountry operations.The National Park Service (NPS) has its own search and rescue capability. Many […]

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The Case for Weightlifting Shoes

If you’ve moved beyond machines in your strength training journey and are getting under a heavy barbell to do squats, cleans, or presses, you may have wondered if you should get yourself a pair of weightlifting shoes.If you’ve started to work with significant weight, you really should.Here’s why weightlifting shoes matter and what they do.Weightlifting […]

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The Secret For Saving Humanity: What We Must Do Now

Fifteen years ago, Rebecca D. Costa challenged us all to address the danger we were facing. In her book, The Watchman’s Rattle: A Radical New Theory of Collapse, published in 2010, she said, “Today, the issues that threaten human existence are clear: an intractable global recession, powerful pandemic viruses, terrorism, rising crime, climate […]

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Healthy life expectancy in decline

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Never Give Up on Love: Embrace the Four Marriages That Make Life Meaningful

As a marriage and family counselor for more than fifty years, I know that everyone believes in love, though not everyone practices what we know. Many of us also believe in love and marriage. For those who visit my website, you have seen my welcome video, “Confessions of a Twice-Divorced Marriage Counselor.” I […]

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