by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy | Feb 28, 2019 | Chicago Tribune, Lifestyle, Los Angeles Times
I am sitting in a Starbucks in downtown Chicago, wrapping up a work meeting. I reach down for my purse. I’d wedged it between my foot and the wall. It is no longer there. “Where’s my purse! Where is it!” I leap to my feet and thrust my head under the table. No purse....
by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy | Feb 28, 2019 | Chicago Tribune, Dogs, Lifestyle, Los Angeles Times, Relationships
Even if you’re looking forward to visiting relatives this holiday season, you may not be happy about visiting their dog. How can you make your entry through a relative’s front door more joyful and less jump-filled? There are 78 million pet dogs in the...
by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy | Feb 27, 2019 | Chicago Tribune, LA Times Front, Lifestyle, Los Angeles Times, Mental Health, Parenting, Relationships
Know any teen boys who do just enough to get by? Who have time for YouTube but not homework or household chores? Who aren’t in real trouble, just disengaged? An “opt out” teen is like a Chinese finger trap: the harder you push, the more he’ll resist, says Adam Price,...
by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy | Feb 27, 2019 | Chicago Tribune, Lifestyle, Los Angeles Times, Mental Health
The prepper movement, while not mainstream, is no longer just the province of outliers holed up in doomsday bunkers. (Wolfgang Kumm / picture-alliance / dpa) ‘I wouldn’t call myself a survivalist, just a realist,” says “Craig,” a...
by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy | Feb 27, 2019 | Chicago Tribune, Fitness & Nutrition, Food, Lifestyle, Los Angeles Times
A couple of pounds here, a few more there. Weight gain for Matt Baretich, a biomedical engineer in Loveland, Colo., was insidious but steady. By his early 60s, he weighed 300 pounds. “As I approached that number, I was aghast and began to stagger back from the...
by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy | Feb 27, 2019 | Chicago Tribune, Lifestyle, Los Angeles Times, Mental Health
Hygge, a Danish concept that rolls up a sense of belonging, relaxation and enjoyment into one simple word, is the latest trend to promise happier homemaking. Here are some items to bring hygge to your everyday life. Hygge, a Danish concept that rolls up a sense of...
