In the midst of a crisis is the worst time to try to figure out what helps you. In crises, emotion-caused brain chemicals flood your brain, effectively making it impossible to think. Instead, your brain gives your emotions space for a free-for-all, which is not...
“Self-care” has become a loaded term in mainstream culture today, and often calls to mind things like bubble baths, spa days, and shopping trips—ways to allegedly decrease your stress by taking a break from it all or indulging in guilty pleasures. But for folks who...
None of us appreciates a traffic jam, which are all too frequent occurrences with driving, biking, walking or rolling. That’s why there are a growing number of apps and websites that can alert us to traffic problems and allow us to choose alternate routes. One such...