Topic: Father’s Day

6 Healthy Ways To Celebrate Father’s Day With Your Dad This Weekend

6 Healthy Ways To Celebrate Father's Day With Your Dad This Weekend

As you probably already know, this Sunday is Father’s Day. And while buying presents (like these healthy habit-forming ones) might work for some dads, gift-giving definitely not a one-size-fits-all strategy. If your old man (or the father of your kid, or another dad-like figure) isn’t really into stuff, doing something with or for him might be a better way to go. So here are six healthy ways to celebrate Father’s Day with your dearest dad–whether you’re in the same town, or live worlds apart. More »

8 Healthy Habits Your Dad Should Adopt–And The Father’s Day Gifts To Help Him Do It

8 Healthy Habits Your Dad Should Adopt--And The Father's Day Gifts To Help Him Do It

Ties. Steaks. Booze. Your dad is awesome, but every year, you go back for the same old Father’s Day gifts which, aside from being boring, don’t do much for his health. Instead of getting him something that he’ll never use–or worse, something that’s bad for him–help him develop healthy new habits with a super-fun, heart-smart present. More »

Mandy Ingber’s Father’s Day Tribute Video: “I Like To Think of Exercise As The Father Of The Body”

Mandy Ingber's Father's Day Tribute Video: "I Like To Think of Exercise As The Father Of The Body"

Mandy Ingber is one of those celebrity trainers (she’s best known for being Jennifer Aniston’s yoga guru) who seems like they’ve been fit and healthy forever; you practically assume she came out of the womb doing downward dog. But of course, that’s never true; there’s always a story behind a fitness fanatic’s passion. And Ingber’s Father’s Day Tribute video gives us a glimpse of her yoga roots: More »

Happy Father’s Day! Here Are Some Last-Minute Ways to Celebrate

Happy Father's Day! Here Are Some Last-Minute Ways to Celebrate

It’s Father’s Day, a day that you may or may not have forgotten about in your haste to make it to the gym, cook next week’s lunches, and catch up on your sleep this weekend. (Because we know that’s what you’ve been doing all weekend; you certainly wouldn’t have been out drinking or anything…) But it’s not too late! Maybe Dad’s in a different time zone; you can still get a way with calling him “first thing in the morning” (like you’ve been planning all week, of course). And thankfully, we remembered the holiday for you; here’s what we’ve been doing this week to prepare for Father’s Day. More »

Father’s Day Tribute: Happiness Coaching From My Dad

Father's Day Tribute: Happiness Coaching From My Dad

My dad still has a subscription to Rolling Stone magazine. Last time I was home, he was paging through one of those consummate Rolling Stone best-of articles, this one featuring the ‘Top 50 Songs by Bob Dylan.’

“Can you tell me what number one is?” my dad asked my sister and I.

“Like a Rolling Stone?” we both answered.

Correct. “I guess I raised you guys right,” he said.
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Corked! – How One Daughter Took On Wine, France, And Her Relationship With Her Dad

Corked! – How One Daughter Took On Wine, France, And Her Relationship With Her Dad

Unfamiliar with the finer points of wine? Yeah, so was Kathryn Borel Jr., in spite of her wine-connoisseur father’s best efforts to enlighten her. But after a life-altering accident, Kathryn realized that she would never really understand the greatest man in her life unless she took an interest in his most valued passion. So, she did what any daughter would do: She proposed a drunken daddy-daughter detour through France. Don’t tell me you haven’t thought of doing the same thing with your pops? More »

Father’s Day Gift Idea: Buy Dad A Drink, Regularly

Father's Day Gift Idea: Buy Dad A Drink, Regularly

It’s no big secret that most Dads enjoy a quick pint at their local pub after a hard day’s work. Even dads who are well into their retirement still seem to relish that after-hours Bud or snifter of brandy. And now that we know that moderate drinking may actually be good for your health, even better than not drinking at all, this Father’s Day, why not join your old man for the occasional pint? As you both age, it can be a great way to relax, shoot the breeze, and reconnect over his favorite pastime. And when it comes to Father’s Day, it’s also a much more personal way to celebrate your old man, as opposed to the old BBQ or trip to the hardware store. More »

Health Lessons From Dad: Work-Life Balance Does A Body Good

Health Lessons From Dad: Work-Life Balance Does A Body Good

Growing up, I didn’t see much of my Dad. The reasons were complicated (as family matters tend to be), but at least one of them had a lot to do with work: For many years, he got a lot more face time with the photos of his family on his desk than his family itself. So the lessons he taught me about health don’t have much to do with him feeding me carrot sticks or teaching me how to play soccer (although we did spend time doing active things like skiing and hanging out at the park). Instead, the biggest health lesson he taught me came in recent years, and that is that work-life balance is just as important as whatever time you put in at the gym, yoga studio, or cooking your own nutritious meals. And all he had to do to teach me is retire. More »

Father’s Day: Advice For Dads From A Daughter Who Knows Best

Father's Day: Advice For Dads From A Daughter Who Knows Best

Parenting expectations have changed so much since I grew up that current alternative approaches to Daddyhood would give the men of my father’s generation a brainsplosion. Fathers don’t just have to smoke their pipes and yield to Mum when daughters come running up, asking for advice. They can be involved in everything from poopy diapers, to first kisses, periods, boyfriends, and beyond. Are there lots of things I learned from my dad? Yes. Are there lots of things I didn’t learn from him? Also yes. With Father’s Day (and many stork deliveries) on the horizon, I want all the new dads out there to take it from this daughter. More »

Celebrate Father’s Day With These Tailor-Made Dad-tivities

Celebrate Father's Day With These Tailor-Made Dad-tivities

Father’s Day is less than two weeks away, which means you still have time to celebrate an entire day of all things Papa. Dads are notoriously hard to shop for, so instead of combing the biography section of the bookstore and getting him the same grill set you’ve been buying him every year, why not show the most important man in your life how much you care by spending some quality time with him? There are plenty of activities you can enjoy with your family that will not only be more fun than a book; they’ll boost Dad’s health (and yours, too). More »

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