NYTIMES (Jancee Dunn) - Walk This Way
Are there everyday activities that you can turn into a walk?
NYTIMES (Mark Edmundson) - There’s Something Better Than Happiness
We ought to make it a point not to stay in our happy place for too long.
NPR (Malaka Gharib) - Feeling restless? Level up your life by starting a side quest
Feeling restless in life? Level up your main quest with an activity that has no other purpose than to add whimsy to your life. Play experts share tips on how to find the perfect side quest.
NYTIMES (Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell) - How to Find Your Daughter’s Therapy Speak Less Traumatizing
Step 1: Take it seriously, not literally.
NYTIMES (Celeste Marcus) - Friends Wanted Me to Cut Off My Father. They Were Wrong.
Many queer people are going no contact — cutting off their families for myriad reasons. It’s not always the right answer.
AI:An opinion piece explores the increasing trend of individuals, particularly within the queer community, choosing to go no contact with their families, arguing that cutting off biological parents is often an incorrect and damaging response to familial conflict.Open
NPR (Marielle Segarra) - Feel so busy you don't even realize you're busy? Try doing a time audit
The exercise can help you identify what's wasting your time — and make room for what matters, says psychotherapist Niro Feliciano. Take a moment to try it. You might be surprised with what you find.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Susie Pinto) - Want to be happy? Try developing faith, one Harvard professor says
Harvard professor and social scientist Arthur Brooks says we Americans are in a “happiness crisis.”
NYTIMES (Camille Bromley) - A Generation on Antidepressants Searches for the Exit
Many people feel that antidepressants block their true emotions, but they don’t have guidance about how to get off these drugs.
NYTIMES (The New York Times) - Lessons on the Way to 100
We want to hear from people who aspire to live long lives — maybe even to 100 or beyond — about how you hope to do it and, perhaps, how you have been inspired by others who have made it there.
NYTIMES (Boris Fishman) - To Find Happiness, I Stopped Talking. It Helped.
I had no idea what would help with my problems, but I knew what wouldn’t: talking about them. Which is why a silent retreat turned out to be exactly what I needed.