Lifestyle
Reader's Digest US
Reversing a Grave Injustice
Madonna White and Aaron Schultz plant American flags near each cleaned headstone.
1 min |
November 2022
Reader's Digest US
A Few Kind Words
A passerby convinces a distraught woman not to end it all
3 min |
November 2022
Reader's Digest US
12 Tips for More Sustainable Living
Doing right by the planet is easier than you think, and might just help your wallet as well
6 min |
October 2022
Reader's Digest US
Breathe Better for Your Whole Body
Exhale, taking twice as long as you did to inhale.
1 min |
October 2022
Reader's Digest US
Beyond Burnout
What to do when (or ideally, before) stress reaches epic proportions
4 min |
September 2022
Reader's Digest US
Reduce-a-What?
Eating a little less of certain foods can do a lot of good
4 min |
October 2022
Reader's Digest US
13 THINGS High-Flying Facts About Air Travel
A New DIY Nightmare
3 min |
October 2022
Reader's Digest US
Pepitas Pack a Punch
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
1 min |
October 2022
Reader's Digest US
We Found a FIX
HELP, HACKS & HOW TO
1 min |
October 2022
Reader's Digest US
The Appalachian Apple Hunter
Thousands of varieties of our favorite fruit have nearly died out. One man is trying to bring them back.
2 min |
October 2022
Reader's Digest US
THE REUSE KING
If you happen to be sitting on 8,000 lengths of blue rope or a few dozen 26-foot-long guardrails, this guy wants to talk
5 min |
October 2022
Reader's Digest US
22 RIVERS across 22 STATES in 22 MONTHS
A lone canoeist crosses America in search of what binds us together
9 min |
October 2022
Reader's Digest US
SUPERNATURAL VISITORS
Readers share their not-so-scary ghost stories
5 min |
October 2022
Reader's Digest US
A Soldier's Ghost Story
The World War II veteran had a mysterious visitor who showed up at his bedside with a clear, comforting message
3 min |
October 2022
Reader's Digest US
THE NICEST PLACES IN AMERICA
For the sixth year in a row, Reader's Digest spotlights places where people are kind, resilient, and always striving to make their communities better.
8 min |
October 2022
Reader's Digest US
A Gem of a Proposal
CHRISTIAN LIDEN WAS in eighth grade when he hatched a grandiose plan to create a personalized engagement ring for his future fiancée. Never mind that he didn't have a girlfriend. If a natural diamond could take billions of years to form, he figured he could be patient.
2 min |
September 2022
Reader's Digest US
Learn a Language as an Adult
Contrary to conventional thinking, it isn't too late
4 min |
September 2022
Reader's Digest US
Bubble Tea Blows Up
WHEN BUBBLE TEA was first introduced to the United States about 30 years ago, you could get it only in mom-and-pop shops in big-city Chinatown and Koreatown. Now it's popping up in cafés around the country; Baskin-Robbins even offered a version this spring and summer.
2 min |
September 2022
Reader's Digest US
A Celebration of 100th Birthdays
A Celebration of 100th Birthdays
3 min |
September 2022
Reader's Digest US
MIND OVER MIGRAINE
A German study of migraine sufferers found that weekly sessions of mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy reduced the frequency of their headaches by 40 percent.
2 min |
September 2022
Reader's Digest US
My Southern Accent, Lost and Found
For years, I denied this part of myself, until I realized what I was missing
7 min |
September 2022
Reader's Digest US
THE GREAT 9/11 MARITIME RESCUE
We've read about so many heroes of that fateful day, yet somehow this mission-the largest of its kind in history-remains largely unknown
7 min |
September 2022
Reader's Digest US
THE PLACEBO CURE
WHY DOCTORS ARE PRESCRIBING SUGAR PILLS INSTEAD OF THE REAL THING
6 min |
September 2022
Reader's Digest US
The ENDURING DELIGHT of the DICTIONARY
Every unknown word is a solvable mystery
3 min |
September 2022
Reader's Digest US
What I'm Currently Reading
Classics? Self-help books? Not for this Reader's Digest editor.
3 min |
September 2022
Reader's Digest US
SO THAT'S WHY WE SAY THAT
Fun facts about the language that's been confounding speakers for centuries: English
10 min |
September 2022
Reader's Digest US
A Peek at New Eye Science
Smart contact lenses may do far more than correct vision.
1 min |
July - August 2022
Reader's Digest US
A Dose of Mental Health
Many people are microdosing, but scientists are split over whether the benefits of taking small amounts of psychedelic drugs are a placebo effect or something more
6 min |
July - August 2022
Reader's Digest US
13 Things Home Sweet Vacation Home
We found a fix
3 min |
July - August 2022
Reader's Digest US
Advice to the Young
One of the world's most celebrated writers has much to share—though she sometimes wonders whether she should keep her thoughts to herself
10 min |