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Healthy Habits - Gamification Apps for Healthy Habits

Motherhood Moments

A Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School report underscores research detailing why gamification is proven to work, noting, “The most prominent categories of persuasive feedback involve goal setting, overcoming challenges, providing feedback on performance, reinforcement of positive behaviors, comparing progress and social connectivity.”

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Amazing Apps: Health-Seekers Level Up Self-Care with Gamification Apps

Motherhood Moments

A Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School report underscores research detailing why gamification is proven to work, noting, “The most prominent categories of persuasive feedback involve goal setting, overcoming challenges, providing feedback on performance, reinforcement of positive behaviors, comparing progress, and social connectivity.”

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Psychological Tips for Successful Stock Investing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

These psyc tips are from an investment book first published in the early 1960′s “ Build a Fortune in the Stock Market” by David L. Transposing even a single digit on one of the research factoids can throw off your decision making. Markstein. Don’t Rely On Your Memory. Don’t Trust The Majority Opinion.

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LeapFrog Tag Learn to Write and Draw Just $5.49!

Saving Cents With Sense

This set uses methods based on current research on effective handwriting instruction. Workbooks, activities and sticker sheets help build writing skills through tracing letters and drawing shapes. ©2009-14 Saving Cents with Sense ™, a website of Saving Sense Media LLC. All rights reserved. This site uses affiliate links.

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Be Selfish – GIVE!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

which shows that people as young as 2 are wired to give: “Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany recruited some tough subjects for their study on compassion: a group of 2-year-olds. Giving builds your social contacts. The individual has to give something to get the benefits of the group.

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Delicious and Nutritious Dessert with yasso and Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

In July of 2009, Amanda and Drew teamed up after she was introduced to the idea of making frozen Greek yogurt while working as a food broker for her father, Stu. After a degree from Ice Cream Camp (yep, seriously), countless road trips and over a year of research and development, they executed their first production run in September.

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Your Worst Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

According to ShrinkThatFootPrint web site, the average size of a newly built home in Canada in 2009 was one thousand nine hundred and forty eight square feet, and in the US it was two thousand one hundred sixty four square feet. We bought some property that had 3 old farm buildings on it. Two were living spaces.

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