So, you need therapy but you can’t afford therapy. It’s a relatable problem. Given the staggering cost of healthcare and the stigma that some still perceive around mental health, there are a number of factors that prevent people from seeking therapy when they really need it. Even for those who have coverage, mental health services […]
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The 4 Best Yoga Studios in Providence, Rhode Island
With hipster enclaves surrounding institutions like Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island necessarily boasts a number of excellent, modern yoga studios. As a complement to the burgeoning vegan/vegetarian food scene that has sprouted up in recent years, Providence’s best yoga studios capture two integral aspects of modern living in […]
Watch Will Smith’s Powerful Red Table Talk on Resolving Conflict
One of last year’s most poignant episodes of “Red Table Talk” (Jada Pinkett-Smith’s new family-focused talk show on Facebook Watch) was an episode featuring Will Smith that centered on conflict resolution. In this episode, Will Smith hosts a conversation with Janet Hubert, who played the original ‘Aunt Viv’ on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” with whom […]
Depression, Anxiety Rising Among “Chronically Perfectionist” Millennials
According to research conducted through Northwestern University’s Family Institute, Millennials’ collective tendency to create unrealistic expectations for themselves is leading the group to experience anxiety and depression at unprecedented levels. The inferences that can be drawn here aren’t exactly rocket science, but according to new reporting in the Chicago Tribune and elsewhere, they should at […]
How To Support California Wildfire Relief Efforts
48 people and counting have died in what is being described at present as “the deadliest wildfire in California history”, the New York Times reports. (Update: CNN now reports death toll at 58.) The so-called Camp Fire has ravaged over 130,000 acres of land in the hills and ravines of Paradise, California. To date, the blaze has […]
NYC’s 8 Best, Most Famous Cookies (& Other Unique Treats)
New York City’s food scene quite literally has something for everyone, as the best chefs and bakers in the world come to this city to prove themselves. Not unlike the world’s best actors, singers, stylists, musicians, and artists, the city has something of a flair for attracting people with niche talents, and in the baking […]
The Incredible Science of Stress Granules (and How To Counteract Them)
Stress has been something of a human paradox since the dawn of human existence. On the one hand, we humans need stress to identify danger in the environment around us. But on the other hand, if left unchecked, this unbridled stress response can lead to a host of inflammatory diseases that can cause poor health […]
6 Best Reef-Safe Zinc Sunscreens of 2023 (Most Effective + Elegant Formulas)
Reef-safe zinc sunscreen– which always contains physical UV blockers rather than chemical SPF– is better for coral reefs because these formulas don’t contain avobenzone, oxybenzone, octinoxate, octocrylene, octisalate, or homosalate– six active chemicals that are known to be toxic to coral reefs. (And they’re not great for the human endocrine system, either!) It’s important to […]
The 8 Best Birthday Cake Bakeries in Chicago
Chicago is increasingly regarded as one of the best culinary cities in America when it comes to bakeries– and birthday cake in particular. It used to be that New York and LA were the only major cities putting cake artists on the map, but the advent of the TV series Cake Wars, social media, and […]
The 9 Best Restaurants in New Orleans, Louisiana (+ What To Eat, Where)
New Orleans is one of the truly mythic cities of the American South, full of Native American, Creole, and down-home Southern spiritualism subsumed with the spirit of local jazz. It is a place full of soul, heart, music, celebration, struggles, and triumphs, at once cheerful and gothic, haunted by the past but evolving solidly towards […]