By: Emily Torres How To Write A Poem I used to believe that poetry only lived in old books and dusty libraries. I’d pace the tenth floor of my college campus library—what we called the stacks—and run my finger delicately along the linen spines of old hardbacks. That environment, I believed, was where poetry lived and nowhere else. A place…
12 Tips to Help You Fall Asleep Faster During Stressful Times By: Patia Braithwaite Anyone who has wearily dragged themselves to bed, gotten under the covers, and discovered that they can’t sleep knows that figuring out how to fall asleep faster is an elaborate affair. As you toss, turn, scroll through Instagram, and keep calculating how many hours of sleep you’ll have…
How to Handle Anxiety In A Healthy Way By: Sarah Richards For most women, occasional anxiety — how you feel before public speaking or buying a big-ticket item, such as a car or house — is a normal part of life. But what happens when you have trouble turning off the cascade of worries in your mind? Nearly every one…
How to Meditate in a Hectic Home By: Colleen Stinchcombe Stressed out, at your wit’s end, trying to balance work and, if you have kids, your child’s e-learning, and that’s when it happened: You realized you were finally ready to learn how to meditate at home.The only problem, of course, is that home isn’t exactly the quietest place on earth at…
How Art Therapy Can Alleviate Anxieties By: Danielle Cheesman Embracing Creativity Supports Wellness All my life, I’ve been told that I’m creative. But, I’ve always found a way to counter those good-intentioned arguments. As a child, sure, I wrote short stories, “but I never finished them!” As an adult, I was convinced that I couldn’t call myself a photographer if…
How To Become Your Most Productive Self By: Martha Sorren Motivating yourself to be productive isn’t always easy. Some days, inertia takes over and the last thing you want to do is conquer your to-do list. Maybe you have a hard time motivating yourself to do chores around the house or exercise or start that big project for work. But whatever tasks you struggle…
Summer Tips for Parents During COVID-19 As schools across the nation close to stop the spread of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), millions of children are obliged to remain at home. During this time, it is helpful for parents to consider their child’s needs for structure, education, exercise, social contact, appropriate leisure time, and calm, rational explanations about the situation, says Richard…
5 Easy Ways to Give Your Beauty Routine an Eco-Friendly Makeover By: Shammara Lawrence Packaging and containers make up about a third of the trash in US landfills (yes, you read that right), and most likely, there are some empties—bottles, jars, and tubes—tossed from your own beauty collection among that staggering mass. If you’re looking to do better by the planet, know…
How to Optimize Your Immunity During COVID-19 By: Meghan Rabbitt Like most of us, I’m doing my best to stay healthy right now. I’m social distancing and washing my hands almost obsessively. I’m trying to eat as many vegetables as possible to ensure I’m getting health-supporting nutrients that I’m not exactly taking in via all the stress baking. It’s also not surprising that I’ve…
How This Female Founder Opened America’s First LGBTQ-Friendly Gym By: Nathalie Huerta I played college basketball for Dominican University of California, so fitness was always part of my life. But when I stopped playing, I gained 70 pounds. I went from a college athlete to weighing 250 pounds by graduation. I had no idea what I wanted to do with…
