Join yoga and meditation teacher Jonathan Relucio for a trauma-informed practice combining mindful movement and breathing to reduce tension and build resilience to stress.
I have a pretty vivid imagination, sometimes for the good, sometimes not. I love it when it helps me to create new stories or songs, or when I can daydream about fun times ahead. But it can also lead to fear or worry, like when I imagine something terrible befalling the people or places I love.
Is there some way to nurture the positive aspects of imagination while minimizing the problematic? Ac…
After venturing through the wasteland of modern dating, it would be natural to harbor disdain for social comparison. Dating apps require you to stand out, which means you can’t just be yourself; you need to sell yourself as more appealing than the 50,000 sexy singles in your area. Putting yourself on display and knowing you’re being compared to others can feel exhausting. But once you’ve swiped r…
When the first cases of COVID-19 were discovered in a hospital in Wuhan, I had already studied the U.S. public health response to seven epidemics and pandemics. I am no stranger to the role of politics in pandemic response. Still, the recent Senate hearings grilling Dr. Anthony Fauci alarmed me.
Fauci is a physician and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allerg…
Backpack-and-pencil time is just about here, but it’s not too late to treat yourself to a healthy dose of summer joy.
There’s no need to feel bad about stretching that vacation feeling out as long as you can. These eight mini-vacations for the mind and spirit require no suitcases to pack (and unpack), no expensive gas tanks to fill, and no big credit card bills to pay. Not only are many of our…
How can we feel more moments of joy? Explore how joy is rooted in connection, gratitude, and paying attention to the people and moments that bring meaning to our lives.
If you’re struggling with something, chances are the answer in some way, shape, or form is community. Or at least that’s been my experience in my 46 years on this too-often-lonely planet.
When I got confused about where to send my kid to school, I found a ragtag group of parents all over the country who were committed to being a force for integration. When I fell down the hell that is our elder…
Ask any educator today, and they’ll tell you that relationships across the board are strained in schools. Our educational landscape is rife with sociopolitical pressures: political polarization, disagreements over the teaching of race and LGBTQ+ rights that lead to restrictions on addressing particular topics, curriculum debates and questions about the effectiveness of inclusive education that un…
During a period of his life when he publicly shared political opinions, Dylan Marron encountered a lot of online hate. The old comments section in his YouTube channel contains horrific, dehumanizing comments like “You should kill yourself.”
Imagine receiving a comment like that—how would you respond? A possible—and tempting—response is to volley the vitriol right back, wishing death in return, …
It’s become a common story: Divided by politics, my father and I grew more and more distant, and after a while we could not talk about much without tension rising between us.
He passed before that distance was ever repaired. I did not have the tools in time. I kept wondering why this happened so easily, to families and friendships and people who had once known how to be in the same room togethe…
Meditation teacher Spring Washam guides us in a practice of embodied awareness, helping us use the body as an anchor during stressful or overwhelming moments.
In Saskatoon, Canada, a group of sixth graders spend their school year outside their normal classroom and at the Sherbrooke Community Centre, engaged in conversation and activities with the long-term care residents who live there. One day, they might be found journaling, another learning new technologies, or writing limericks with the “elders,” many of whom have dementia or other conditions. Or t…
Developmentally, middle school students are beginning to ask questions about who they are and who they want to become. At the same time, they are increasingly having to navigate real and often complex situations—moments when they may feel pressure to fit in rather than to stand up or speak out for what they know is right.
We are beginning to expect a lot from these pre-teens, whether it’s keepi…
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When asked about reactions to Donald Trump being president, a 16-year-old Black girl said, “I feel unsafe and not protected. The United States is supposed to be the land of the free but is really the land of racism.”
In contrast, a 16-year-old white girl said, “I think it’s OK. . . . I do feel bad for minorities. . . . I’m white however and come from a somewhat similar background so I will be al…
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