Month: September 2024

For years, Laura Rhodes-Levin, a licensed marriage and family therapist, has been trying to get the message out that engaging your five senses can help you lower your work stress. “I am always telling my patients: ‘Come to your senses,’” she said. As the founder of the Missing Peace Center for Anxiety in Agoura Hills, Calif., she wishes mindfulness were called “bodyfulness.” “It’s about getting into your body, and your five senses are the best way to do it, said…

Kate Ferdinand’s life has taken a dramatic turn since her days on The Only Way Is Essex. Now 33, she’s swapped reality TV for the delights and trials of motherhood, discovering her true vocation in family life. Currently a mum to three-year-old son Cree, 13-month-old daughter Shae, and stepmum to husband Rio’s three children, Lorenz, 18, Tate, 16, and Tia, 13, Kate jests that you’re more likely to spot her pushing a pram for exercise than all dolled up.  Read…