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Ice Baths, Cold Plunges, The Wim Hof Method & Beyond: How Cold Therapy Became a Pop Culture Phenomenon

February 5, 2023 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

Amid the discerning consumers of post-pandemic wellness culture– in which the prospects for future thriving look increasingly like things we used to do in the past— ice baths and cold plunges are having a pop culture renaissance.  I first heard about cold plunging almost ten years ago, when the talking heads in the New York […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas Tagged With: culture, free therapy, pop culture, Psychotherapy

8 Amazing Paris Art Galleries For Your Bucket List

December 27, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

Paris, France is defacto one of the world’s best cities for art lovers, with a mix of elegant modern galleries and timeless global treasures like the Louvre equally accessible to those living in or exploring the city. The cultural predilection for avant-garde aesthetics and simultaneous access to antiquities, moreover, make discovering art in Paris a […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: art, culture, europe, Europe travel, european cities, Paris

17 Money Saving Hacks For When You Can’t Stop Worrying About Money

November 7, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin 2 Comments

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According to Amazon therapist Bea Arthur, “financial anxiety is the biggest crisis in America” right now. And while it’s true that money itself undergirds many of today’s most divisive political issues (health care, campaign finance, and the like), the experience of financial anxiety in daily life is real and pronounced. For example, according to a […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: culture, money

An Insider’s Guide to Monterey, California (“Big Little Lies” Edition)

May 27, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin 1 Comment

Monterey, California is a charming little beach village located about 2 hours south of San Francisco and 45 minutes north of Big Sur, California. The unparalleled beauty of the coastline in this region, especially along the iconic 17-Mile Drive, is one of the many reasons that visitors have been drawn to the area for decades.  […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: american cities, California, culture, pop culture, Travel Guide

A “Forrest Gump” Guide to Savannah, Georgia

March 9, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin 1 Comment

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Tom Hanks’ 1994 performance in the iconic American film Forrest Gump was a revelation at the time the movie came out– though the politics of having an able-bodied person (Hanks) play someone who was intellectually disabled (Forrest) have certainly changed. (Spoiler alert: that is a bad idea!) Nevertheless, Forrest Gump remains an essential narrative within […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas, Travel Well Tagged With: american cities, culture, Georgia, pop culture, savannah, Travel Guide

What is a Lohri Party? What To Expect When Invited to This Joyful Indian Celebration

January 12, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

 The New Year brings with it lots of fluffy traditions that don’t always seem rooted in history or culture, but Indian Lohri celebrations date back thousands of years and have a certain joyful magic about them.  Like going to an Indian wedding, attending an Indian Lohri party is a bucket list item for many curious […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas Tagged With: culture

Watch Will Smith’s Powerful Red Table Talk on Resolving Conflict

January 2, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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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 […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: anger, culture, pop culture, video

Understanding Ho’oponopono: A Beautiful Hawaiian Teaching About Forgiveness

January 1, 2022 by Admin 37 Comments

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People who struggle with the concept of forgiveness– both for themselves and for others– often find comfort in a deeply healing age-old practice that comes from Hawai’i. The beautiful Hawaiian teaching for Forgiveness is called “Ho’oponopono” (pronounced HO-oh-Po-no-Po-no), and it’s lovely. This ancient Hawaiian practice of forgiveness functions as both a communication concept for reconciliation […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas, Life Coaching Tagged With: culture, inspiration, meditation, self care, video

How Climate Change Affects Mental Health

September 20, 2021 by Molly Beauchemin 4 Comments

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For all the endless chatter surrounding Climate Change, not much of the global conversation has centered on the connection between Climate Change and mental health. The psychological impacts of a warming world might seem intuitive, and rightly so.  But on a personal and macro level, changing habitats and unpredictable weather patterns have had a universally […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Cool Ideas Tagged With: advocacy, culture, video

How Mental Health Became Pop Music’s Unlikely Muse

March 20, 2021 by Molly Beauchemin 1 Comment

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Maybe you’ve noticed that some of the biggest songs on the radio in recent years have dealt with themes of depression, anxiety, suicide, and other aspects of mental health. Or maybe you saw Lady Gaga‘s 2019 speech at the Grammy Awards in which she mentioned, perhaps unsurprisingly, that many artists deal with mental health issues. […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas Tagged With: anxiety relief, culture, mental health care, music

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