How to Destress With Calming Pictures Certain images, colors, and shapes have a calming effect. Learn how and why you can destress with pictures. By Ashley Zlatopolsky Medically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MD Stress can cause a number of health problems, ranging from heart disease to seizures to insomnia. Getting a massage or doing breathing exercises are some common methods for alleviating stress,…
19 Yoga Apps That’ll Bring Some Much-Needed Zen to Your Life Ready to touch your toes? By Ahad Sanwari and Rosemary Wojtkowski Look, if there’s one thing that I’ve taken away from the pandemic, it’s that you can do almost anything from the comfort of your own home—including fitting in a quick flow before a Zoom meeting thanks to the…
It’s normal to experience stress from time to time – it’s part of the human condition. But the good thing about stress is that it can also be easily brought under control. If you want to put your stress in check and unwind these weekend, follow one of these seven simple tips. You’ll be on your way to reclaiming your…
College students across the country will be enjoying some well-earned time off this week. Thanksgiving break looks different for every student. Some will travel home to big family dinners, some will host dorm-room feasts and some will endure horrific traffic jams, flight delays and layovers. For some students, this will be the first Thanksgiving they spend away from their families.…
From providing comforting escapism to offering practical advice, books can help us heal, grow and see the world in a whole new light. Here are ten incredible titles that should be on every woman’s TBR list: Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde: In this collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Audre Lorde incisively explores issues like sexism, racial prejudice and homophobia. The revolutionary black writer…
You’ve been in overdrive all day — juggling logistics, people, project deadlines, and endless to-dos — or maybe putting out fires, squeezing in errands, finding lost toys, and making sure you’ve filled out all the forms for school tomorrow. All-day, you eagerly anticipate finding just 30 minutes to relax, catch up with your significant other, and relax into sleep. But…
You’ve got 10 seconds, right? Meditation can teach you how to recognize anxiety-inducing thoughts, observe them, and then let them go. Basically, you’re learning to recognize and respond to your feelings rather than instantly reacting to them, says Andy Puddicombe, meditation and mindfulness expert and co-founder of the meditation app Headspace Still, it can be hard to know where to start—and,…
