This holiday season, tune in by unplugging!  All it takes is a simple click of the "off" button to tune out phone calls, emails and text messages. Did you know that every time you're interrupted, your brain has to reconstruct what you were doing?

The consequences of not unplugging, according to psychiatrist Dr. Ned Hallowell, is ADT, Attention Deficit Trait. ADT is sweeping through contemporary culture and time is lost, impatience and irritability reign, and productivity declines. Dr. Hallowell offers coping strategies in his book CrazyBusy.  The chief lesson he encourages: regain control. We can't jump off this speeding train, but perhaps we can slow it down. Read more...

We all want to stay as healthy as possible during the holidays.  Here's your reminder that one of the best ways to resist those bugs is to wash your hands often. According to the CDC, k eeping hands clean is one of the most  important steps you can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. Wash your hands with soap and clean running water for at least 20 seconds (sing "Happy Birthday" twice!). Read CDC article .