Bring Your Story Home to Your Reader

By John Carlton
"Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact."
- Robert McKee

Let’s go deeper into storytelling, what d’ya say? My last article (“You, The Movie“) seems to have hit a nerve.
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An Important Health Habit for the Entire Family

By Shane Ellison

Though my wife and I have very different parenting styles, one of the things we agree on is this: Give the kids lots of sun exposure and never slather chemical sunscreen on them. Here are three reasons why:
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Your Investing Plan for the Next 3 Months

By Rick Pendergraft
Historically, stock market volume has slowed down from Memorial Day until Labor Day. (Picture Wall Street traders lounging on the beach in the Hamptons, and you’ll know why.) Hence the old Wall Street adage: “Sell in May and go away.” But this stereotype may be a thing of the past.
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The Golden Days of Summer

By Rick Pendergraft
It doesn't make much sense that a hard commodity would follow a seasonal pattern, but the ultimate hard commodity does just that. For a number of years now, gold has bottomed out during the summer doldrums and then rallied sharply.
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The Virtuous Investor

By Michael Masterson
If you want to be successful as a stock investor, you must have these three virtues:
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Word to the Wise: Proclivity

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It's Good to Know: About Decision-Making

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Taking All the Right Supplements, but Still in Pain

By James B. LaValle, RPh, MS, ND, CCN
You may have heard that glucosamine HCL and chondroitin can help rebuild damaged cartilage in your joints. But what if you’re taking supplements to relieve your aching joints, and you just aren’t feeling better? You could be missing a surprisingly simple piece of the puzzle: Exercise.
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Re-Entering the Workforce

By Jason Holland

Finding a new job after being out of the workforce for an extended period of time can be tough. Maybe you left work to raise your kids. Or took a few months to care for a sick family member. Or had to quit your job because of an illness of your own. Whatever the reason, you probably want to know what you can do to improve your chances of getting hired again.
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