Apr 1, 2021 | Living Well
I am not a morning person. Finding a moment of mindfulness by rolling out of bed and onto my meditation cushion won’t work for me… I’ll just fall asleep on the cushion. I’m also great at coming up with reasons not to meditate. For example, on my recent 15 minute...
Mar 24, 2021 | The Science of You
It’s an understatement to say that women have faced tremendous challenges over the past year. Due to pandemic-related fallout (like increased domestic workloads and job losses in female-dominated industries) more than two million women left the workforce in 2020....
Feb 22, 2021 | Relationships
In my former career as a news anchor and reporter, I’d often run into people at the grocery store, school events, or out eating – people who recognized me from television. In an attempt to make small talk, or maybe because they really wanted to know, they’d...
Feb 17, 2021 | Relationships
First things first: We are social creatures wired for connection. We all desire to be loved and belong. And if you’re struggling with either of those realities, you’re not alone. We can all picture love as an elegant dance of giving and receiving,...
Feb 15, 2021 | Relationships
When it comes to mental health access and support for everyone, we’ve come a long way, but we still have so much work to do. As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, we’d be remiss not to talk about the fact that Black people...
Feb 8, 2021 | Relationships
If you’re like some of us, you were completely content living an independent life and then suddenly found yourself navigating a pandemic as a single person, experiencing an all new level of loneliness. First off, let’s normalize feelings...
Jan 28, 2021 | Relationships
“What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.” – Carter G. Woodson From the start, Black History Month was meant to be meant to be history. ...
Jan 26, 2021 | Living Well
All January, we’ve been focusing on forgetting the idea of “resolutions” and instead pursuing little steps toward lasting change. It’s not as sexy, but it works. After all, it’s human nature to want big, immediate change, but we need to train...