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4 Stress Types and Their Impact on Busy Women

Paula Davis-Laack | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: High-Achieving Women, Allostatic Load, Women and Stress, Dirk Hellhammer, Resilience, Chronic Stress, Dash and Crash, Cortisol, Collapse, Long-Term Stress, Stress, Life Observer, Stress Type, Paula Davis-Laack, Rejuvenate, Busy, Barbara Fredrickson, Dr. Beth Hamilton, Dr. Stephanie McClellan, Women News
Paula Davis-Laack

It wasn't until I burned out that I actually became aware of how few resources existed which identified, much less discussed, the impact that occurs when stress and high-achieving women collide.

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Mayan Civilization's Demise Linked to Bizarre Beliefs

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Video, Ancient Mayan, Ancient Religion, Decline, Ghosts, Ancient Spirituality, Maya, Collapse, Archaeology, Haunted Places, Civilization, Science News

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 03/22/2012 10:05 AM EDT on LiveScience A dread of malevolent spirits haunting forsaken areas...

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The Great Red Sox Collapse, in 140 Characters or Less

Jeff Polman | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Yankees, Red Sox Nation, Rays, Beckett, Red Sox, Collapse, Crawford, Lackey, Papelbon, Ortiz, Sports News
Jeff Polman

This year's historic Red Sox meltdown may have been more statistically horrendous on many levels than their 1978 swan dive, but with Boston having gone all the way in '04 and '07, the emotional letdown hasn't been nearly as severe.

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Tornado Collapses Florida Airport Hangar, Trapping 70

foxnews.com | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Building Collapse, Hanger, People Trapped, Florida, Tornado, Florida Torado, Collapse, Extreme Weather, Green News

DEVELOPING: At least 70 people are trapped in a collapsed building at a central Florida airport after severe weather hit the region, Fox News confirms...

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WATCH: Interview With Oscar Winning Director Of 'Inside Job'

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Market, Oscar, New York, Money, Lehman, Economy, Meltdown, Worldwide, Dollars, Aig, Movie, Collapse, Politics, Merrill Lynch, Investment, Finance, Stock, Banking, Documentary, Banks, Ferguson, Charles Ferguson, Wall Street, American, International, Arts News
Constantin Bjerke

"When Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and AIG collapsed together in a 48 hour period and we were all wondering if next week we'd be able to get money ...

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What Happens After the Election?

Ben Tripp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Future, Collapse, Democrats, Economy, Election, Republicans, Politics News
Ben Tripp

I'm bracing myself for the GOP gains next month. We can argue about whether Obama's incremental, middle-management approach to governance set Democra...

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The Wisdom Jimmy Cayne - A Career In Lowlights

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman and Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Cards, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, William-D-Cohen, Bear Stearns, Fcic, Bearn Stearns CEO, Collapse, Jimmy Cayne, Slidepollajax, James Cayne, Business News

Former Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne is scheduled to testify before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission today, and his testimony is sure to be mem...

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Notes of a Temporary Ex-Pat #3

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Classical Music, Art, Travel, Hungarian Rhapsody, Ex-Pat, Beauty, Budapest-Hungary, Identity, The Inner Life, Budapest, Hungary, Collapse, Healthy Living News
W. Hunter Roberts

I came here to find a corner of the world where relationships, ideas, and beauty were more important than winning. I wanted a place where people sat down to dinner, where I could live.

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Game Change or Game Over

Matthew Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Sustainability, Deepwater Horizon, Ecology, Collapse, Gulf Oil Spill, Tragedy of the Commons, Green News
Matthew Stein

"Admittedly world organization with common obedience to law would be a solution. Not that easy.... Things cannot be forced from the top. The internati...

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For America to Succeed in the 21st Century, Senate Rules Must Change

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Societal Collapse, Jared Diamond, Unanimous Consent, Filibuster, Collapse, Senate Rules, Decision Making, U.S. Seante, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Accelerating change is the central fact of the modern world. If America is to succeed and survive it must have a government that can make timely decisions, look at the long haul, and act in the public interest.

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: A Popular History of Human Evolution That Actually Contributes to Understanding

Alex Remington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Popular Science, Books, Jared Diamond, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Guns Germs and Steel, Collapse, Popular Nonfiction, Non-Fiction, Books News
Alex Remington

Popular nonfiction is a tricky beast. It's one thing for someone to write a memoir, or a long-form investigation that the journalist-author has perso...

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Collapse: Interviews with a Radical Thinker Who Called the Crisis

Chris Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Michael Ruppert, Collapse, Entertainment News
Chris Smith

Michael Ruppert, unlike most, is always prepared for the worst. He predicted the current financial crisis in his newsletter at a time when most Wall Street and Washington analysts were still in denial.

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Dreaming the Future Can Create the Future

Kenny Ausubel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Tom Linzey, Bioneers, Renewable Energy, Globalization, Clean Energy, Ecoliteracy, Collapse, Energy Policy, Indigenous People, Ecuador, Ecology, Climate Change, David Orr, Environment, James Hansen, Green-Collar Jobs, Globalocal, Global Warming, Google, Biomimicry, Green News
Kenny Ausubel

We stand at the threshold of a singular opportunity in the human experiment: To re-imagine how to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations.

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McCain: Frank and Dodd "Willing Co-Conspirators" In Banking Crisis

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Wall Street, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Collapse, Economy, Financial Crisis, Politics News

John McCain and his Republican allies have elevated an unlikely pair of political villains to deflect blame for the slumping economy. During a town ...

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I Just Took $5 Billion Off $700 Billion (Cost to Taxpayers: Zero)

Dave Hollander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: $700 Billion Bailout, Government Bailout, Collapse, Bailout, Wall Street, Taxpayer Bailout, Lehman Brothers, Economy, Business News
Dave Hollander

The government says they want to help? Okay, let's really put the I.R.S. to work. The President should direct that agency, right now, to identify all those who profited from the root cause.

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The Invisible Hand is Dead. Long Live (Smart) Regulation.

David Sloan Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Economics, Economy, Self-Interest, Invisible Hand, Regulation, Rational Choice Theory, Collapse, Politics News
David Sloan Wilson

I hope that our economy recovers, but the time has come to declare its guiding metaphor dead. This is the metaphor of the invisible hand, which makes...

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Door Number 1 or Door Number 2?

Matthew Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Sustainability, Future, Business, Ecology, Collapse, Climate Change, Green News
Matthew Stein

In the 1800's, millions of people decided that slavery was an evil whose time had passed, and they put Lincoln in power to end it. If we proactively manage the transition away from fossil fuels, they will meet the same end.

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How Did Things Get so Bad So Quickly? (Sustainability Primer Part 1)

Matthew Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Population, Ecology, Overpopulation, Environment, Sustainability, Ecosystems, Collapse, Lester Brown, Green News
Matthew Stein

"The bottom line is that the world is in what ecologists call an "overshoot-and-collapse" mode. Demand has exceeded the sustainable yield of natural s...

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