How to Make Meditation Work for You
Does meditation feel like an impossible chore? Here’s how to reframe your way of thinking about your practice, and make meditation work for you.
Tea Time! How History’s Favorite Beverage Has Shaped Our World
Did you know you probably have some fascinating connection to tea? This beverage has reshaped history and cultures around the world and led to many aspects of our lives today. So what does that say about some of the universals of human nature and our shared humanity?
Knowing When to Quit, the Key to Success?
While grit is often hailed as the key to success, knowing when to quit may be just as crucial in reaching your goals.
Why is the News so Negative?
You hear the complaint all the time, “Why is the news so negative?”. The answer may have more to do with us than the actual state of the world.
What Are Conductors Even Doing?
Most of us have pretended to be an orchestra conductor at some point in our lives. The interesting thing is, we actually understand, on some level, what we’re doing, even if we know nothing about music! This is a fascinating and fun window into a world we never knew we shared.
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The White Horse: An Effort that Links 90 Generations!
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How to Improve Mental Health: 5 Tips From World Champion Lindsey Vonn
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Your Local Bees Need a Place to Stay: Shifting Spotlight to Native Bees Near You
The honey bee came to America with European colonialists, and has stolen the show in bee conservation. 4,000 other bee species have been calling America home for far longer, and are vital to the health of the American biosphere. Our local bees need our help too—and here’s how you can be their eco-hero!
How to Handle Everyone’s Favorite Person: The Critic
Whenever we decide to put ourselves and our work out into the world, there’s one guarantee: there will be critics. But there is a very solid way we can alter how much of an impact they have on us. In her brilliant and motivating talk, Brené Brown gives us a few tools to do just…
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How to Make Meditation Work for You
Does meditation feel like an impossible chore? Here’s how to reframe your way of thinking about your practice, and make meditation work for you.
Tea Time! How History’s Favorite Beverage Has Shaped Our World
Did you know you probably have some fascinating connection to tea? This beverage has reshaped history and cultures around the world and led to many aspects of our lives today. So what does that say about some of the universals of human nature and our shared humanity?
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While grit is often hailed as the key to success, knowing when to quit may be just as crucial in reaching your goals.
Why is the News so Negative?
You hear the complaint all the time, “Why is the news so negative?”. The answer may have more to do with us than the actual state of the world.
What Are Conductors Even Doing?
Most of us have pretended to be an orchestra conductor at some point in our lives. The interesting thing is, we actually understand, on some level, what we’re doing, even if we know nothing about music! This is a fascinating and fun window into a world we never knew we shared.
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Meet the Hindu Bagpipers Bringing Cultures Together
It’s easy to look back and see that some of the best innovators in history brought together two things that no one had ever thought to combine. For the best kind of ingenious fun with that concept, take a look at The Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Pipe Band: a worldwide organization of Hindu bagpipers who blend…
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Do we need to be bored more often? In a world that is constantly full of mental chatter, boredom can help us practice finding respite.
