By Jay Weisman, CAP®, Legacy Philanthropy Group
Have you thought about how you will be remembered by generations to come? Most people believe that a legacy is something you leave when you pass – something that gets laid out somehow in the instructions in a will. Your legacy is the stories you create and tell while you’re here on this earth, sharing the journey with those that you care about. I believe that you get to “live” a legacy rather than “leave” a legacy and that we each get to have a hand in choosing what that legacy will be.

By Kathy D'Agati, Owner, Back to Basic Wellness
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“Doesn’t everything die at last and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”     Mary Oliver
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We run away from the topic of death. We live in fear of that day that will come to us all. We let the fear keep us from thinking about it at all. That can be a big mistake.

By Mary Ellen Zung, Certified Holistic Health Coach
Life is constantly changing and challenging us with new “problems” or issues to face. We can look at these negatively and feel overwhelmed, or stuck and unhappy, or we can use strategies like goal setting, for example, to manage new priorities without having the issues throw us off our game, bring us down, cause stress, anxiety, or worry, and lead to emotional eating.  All unhealthy stuff!  ​Goal setting is one strategy that helps get into problem solving mode by focusing on and shifting my priorities

By Mary Ellen Zung, Mary Ellen Zung Health Coach 
​Is Work Stressing You Out? How does too much work, or stress effect your self-care, health and happiness? Think about it: you spend eight to 10 hours a day, five days a week at work. Chances are you spend more time with your coworkers than anyone else in your life. Some of us are still working from home, but are glued to our computers for that time. Many of us wear stress as a badge of honor, convinced that productivity requires endless turmoil. How does stress inform your food choices?  

By Dr Jaime Pula, Be Well & Thrive
No two losses are the same. And no two people suffer and grieve the same over the losses. Like ocean waves, grief can have a high or a low tide and mostly unexpected. Yet just as surprising is the strength, power and light that can be found through the toughest of times. Again, there is beauty in the valley. It’s a courageous and brave walk. Mostly, we’re being carried. We are elevated, victorious and triumphant.  Our biology is our biography. For many chronic conditions, there are no cures, only remedies but we don’t address the root cause of the dilemma.

By Casey Carpenter, Speak & Own It Communications
So many of us dread networking. In a room of C-Suite women I facilitated at CHIEF recently, at least half of them said that they did not like networking.  They felt drained by having to be “on.”  Others said they felt as if someone was going to try to sell them something, so they networked with their “sales shields” raised. Can you visualize what that might look like?  People chatting over coffee with many of them on the defensive. If we go into an interaction looking to defend ourselves from others, how authentic are we going to be when we show up?  Not very.

By Laura O’Reilly-Stanzilis RN, MSM, Be Well & Thrive
Everyone feels stressed from time to time. But what is stress? How does it affect your health? And what can you do about it? Stress is how the brain and body respond to any demand. Every type of demand or stressor—such as exercise, work, school, major life changes, or traumatic events—can be stressful. Stress can affect your health. It is important to pay attention to how you deal with minor and major stress events so that you know when to seek help. Here are five things you should know about stress:

By Dr. Alan Rauchberg, Rauchberg Dental Group
​​If you are unable to achieve adequate rest each night, it may be that you have sleep apnea. What can make matters worse is if you are overweight. You may not realize it but the two are connected and determining which one causes the other isn’t always easy. Fortunately, there are effective solutions available that can treat weight gain and sleep apnea in Parsippany. Read on to learn more about how these two problems go hand-in-hand and what you can do to start breathing better, sleeping more soundly, and living a healthier life.

By Dr. Billy Stetzel, Owner, SoVita Chiropractic Center – Morristown
​​With telecommuting and working from home on the rise, people are finding themselves sitting behind a computer more than ever before. Even before the majority of working people were thrust into a work from home situation, sitting behind a desk was a significant cause of aches, pains, and body dysfunction for the American work force.  Maybe you even catch yourself in this position: shoulders caved in, back rounded, head jutting forward. The problem is, although the human spine is designed to last 100 years pain free, the habits we have developed as a society significantly diminish our health and make us more prone to injury.