Image & Style Magazine

Understand the relationship between music and physical activity

Athletes seeking an edge over the competition may want to add a new weapon to their arsenal – music. Combining contemporary research, evidence-based practice, and specific recommendations, the forthcoming Applying Music in Exercise and Sport (Human Kinetics, August 2016) explores the psychological and physiological effects of music while demonstrating how to apply scientific principles to […]

Image & Style Magazine

Solitary Lives

Solitary Lives 100 WAYS TO OVERCOME SHYNESS Statistics show that people who live solitary lives don’t live as long as those who enjoy deep and meaningful connections with family and friends. Each step you take to vanquish the fear holding you back will add more years to your life—and perhaps, more life to your years. […]

Image & Style Magazine

What Savants Can Teach Us

What Savants Can Teach Us By William B. Miller, Jr. M.D. When Seattle man, Jason Padgett, walked into a bar for a drink a few years ago, he was an ordinary man with seemingly average intelligence leading an unremarkable life. He worked contentedly in his father’s furniture shop and had never done well academically or […]

Image & Style Magazine

Spirituality In The 21st Century

Spirituality in the 21st Century When The Bank Account Is Full But The Soul Is Lacking.  Material Success Doesn’t Have To Get In The Way Of Inner Peace, Spiritual Author Says. It’s second nature for many people to toil endlessly to achieve what the world at large considers a successful life. “Spirituality in the 21st […]

The Big Six

“The Big Six+” Martin Luther King, Jr. – Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) James Farmer – Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) John Lewis – Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) A. Philip Randolph* – Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Roy Wilkins – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Whitney Young – National Urban […]