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Get a Life: Downtime is crucial for peak performance.

By Laura Stack You can’t have a decent work/life balance unless you have a life. Follow these tips to make smart choices today so you’ll feel terrific tomorrow and accomplish more in less time. 1. Take...

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It’s Not Over: Failure Is Success in the Making

By Yvette Bowlin “A man’s errors are his portals of discovery.” ~James Joyce Everyone has a story of failure and disadvantage—those things we wish were done differently, better, or not at all. Take...

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New Initiative Created to Assist Health Professionals Reach-out to Latino...

On Thursday, North Carolina State University announced that they are constructing a project titled ProSalud (ProHealth) which is aimed to assist healthcare professionals and students communicate with...

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New Report from the Council of Economic Advisers: The Recent Slowdown in...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed against a backdrop of decades of rapid growth in health care spending, and one of the ACA’s key goals was to root out serious inefficiencies in the United...

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Depression among Latinos

  Martha Trujillo, Staff Writer Depression and/or mental disorders are unspoken words in the Latino community. Why are Latinos suffering from depression ashamed to seek help? Is the stigma in our...

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Paid Sick Days? Not Likely

Clarissa Garcia, Staff Writer As an employer, it is essential to have productive work days alongside workers that offer goods and services to the best of their ability. But what if a few of your...

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Autism Awareness Month

Martha Trujillo, Staff Writer April is Autism Awareness Month, and not a lot of people understand what autism is. Autism is defined as a developmental disorder that appears in the first 3 years of life...

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The Pursuit of Universal Happiness

Dianna Cabello, Staff Writer Pharrell’s “Happy” song has happily and excitedly topped the 2014 Billboard charts for several weeks now, and his song continues to ripple a spirit of happiness that is...

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Entrevista: Dos años de DACA con el dreamer Antonio Castañon

Jose Aristimuño, Fundador El programa de Acción Diferida permitió al dreamer Antonio Castañon trabajar legalmente y no preocuparse por ser deportado. Esta semana, para poner en perspectiva a los...

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Nueva iniciativa nace en Venezuela

Ariana Tablante Todos tenemos talentos, intereses y atributos especiales que son parte de nuestra personalidad, pero además de ellos, todos tenemos una habilidad en común que es la de poder amar y...

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Depression among Hispanics/Depresión entre los Hispanos

Norma Garcia, Staff Writer We know that depression is a mental illness, and it can be debilitating to sufferers. My first significant encounter with symptoms of depression was in August 12, 2001, when...

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Let’s Save Lives: Be an Organ Donor/Vamos a Salvar Vidas: Sea Un Donante de...

Norma Garcia, Staff Writer On the evening of August 4, 2014, I received a call from a good friend of mine. She called to inform me that her mother was at University Hospital in San Antonio waiting for...

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Diabetes in our Hispanic Community/ La Diabetes En Nuestra Comunidad Hispana

Norma Garcia, Staff Writer Did you know that about 10.4 Hispanics/Latinos age 20 years or older have been diagnosed with diabetes? And among Hispanics/Latinos, the rates are 8.2 percent for Cubans,...

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The SELF in your SELFIE: Discovering Authenticity in the Material World

Alyssa Amezcua   Lately, I’ve been thinking alot on social media trends. And mostly, I’ve been getting a weird feeling in my gut about these social trends and feeds of ‘information’ I’ve chosen to...

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Wall for Thought—How to Love Yourself More.

Alyssa Amezcua From purple walls to lime green walls covered in magazine cut-outs,  I’ve done it all when it comes to creating my bedroom space.  The only constant in my technique?    I’ve never been...

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Researchers Identify Where, in Brain, Imagination Comes From

By A.T. Janos It’s an age-old truism that the complexity of the brain leaves us hopelessly in the dark about the mechanics behind it. Phineas Gage, a 19th century railroad construction foreman, lost a...

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Napa fair aims to educate local Latinos on health

By Howard Yune There were outdoor booths, food and even Aztec-style dancers to greet the estimated 800 people who gathered Sunday off Claremont Way. But the heart and purpose of the ninth annual...

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The Passion Test for Success: What’s Your Passion?

By Chris Attwood Take our test to discover your priorities for a fulfilling life.  Take our test to discover your priorities for a fulfilling life.  Your passions are the pipelines to your soul. When...

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Six Happiness Myths…

By Sonja Lyubomirsky Nearly all of us buy into what I call the myths of happiness—beliefs that certain achievements (marriage, kids, jobs) will make us forever happy and that certain adversities...

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Creating The Perfect Day: A New Look At Time Management

By Todd Duncan, Author of High Trust Selling. Have you ever tried to have a perfect day and it didn’t work out as you planned it? The good news is that if you can visualize a perfect day, you can make...

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