Everyone likes getting compliments. But sometimes, even the nicest-sounding compliments are actually insults in disguise. Worse yet, you may not even realize it when your own words could be hurting someone’s feelings. Here are eight phrases that sound nice at first glance, but really aren’t: ‘BLESS YOUR HEART’ The granddaddy of backhanded compliments, “bless your …

Things are going well. The sun is shining, you’ve got a full cup of hot coffee, but then you remember that big deadline you’ve got coming up. Cue lack of creativity and zero thoughts going through your brain. But this is always the case according to a neuroscientist. John Kounios of Drexel University told the …

If you had to pick a dollar amount where people are happy with their income, what would it be? Don’t say “unlimited,” because research shows that’s actually not true. In Purdue University research using Gallup World Polls with controls for demographic factors, scientists studied 1.7 million people in 164 countries and came up with some …

The Great White North is the second largest country in the world based on acreage but number 38 by population, which means there’s plenty of wide-open space to explore. Vancouver Located in the southwest corner of British Columbia, and surrounded by water on three sides, Vancouver is an irresistibly vibrant, diverse, and verdant coastal city. …

1. Weight loss Is it better to count calories or watch fat content? Despite increased awareness around the benefits of good fats and the ongoing argy bargy around calories, the most fundamental tenant of weight loss remains true: it’s calories in versus calories out, says nutritionist Rob Hobson, head of nutrition for Healthspan. ‘It all …