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Can People Shut Up About Our ‘Summer Bodies’?

Maria-Louisa Vichou

May 30
4 min

Can People Shut Up About Our ‘Summer Bodies’?

Of all the ridiculous things I have heard in my life, my P.E teachers’ comment to a group of girls -when they weren’t running around like...

Martina Minto

May 24
4 min

Let’s Talk About Abortion

At the age of seventeen, I moved to Brazil for a year. As an Italian citizen, I had given for granted a lot of my rights, but one in...

Why It’s So Hard To Set Healthy Boundaries

Devan Reid Musser

May 23
4 min

Why It’s So Hard To Set Healthy Boundaries

This year has been an especially humbling time for me. After I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease - an experience I wrote about...

What I’ve Learned From Having an Autoimmune Disease

Devan Reid Musser

May 6
4 min

What I’ve Learned From Having an Autoimmune Disease

All last year, I was not feeling like myself. Granted, it was a very stressful year. My nephew was born 10 weeks premature - a miracle...

Divisive City Structure, the Environment, and Urbanization

Cynthia TM

May 3
6 min

Divisive City Structure, the Environment, and Urbanization

South Africa is a country well known for its past struggles with segregation and structures that promote classism. It had been recognized...

Martina Minto

Apr 26
5 min

Switching to a Zero-Waste Period Life

Up until two years ago, I didn’t consider myself as a sustainable or minimalist person. I liked stuff. I still do, actually. I like...

Current Events and Anxiety: How Yoga and Meditation Can Help

Martina Minto

Mar 21
4 min

Current Events and Anxiety: How Yoga and Meditation Can Help

How can we control our anxiety when it gets the best of us? I thought I had found an answer that worked for me, and I went back to it...

Kristin Reimer

Feb 28
2 min

Do You See Red, White, and Green?

Before you start reading, I want to clarify that this article is based on my personal feelings and experiences. I think everybody is...

Consumerism’s Harms: How Plastic Is Silently Destroying Our Health

Vesna Zubkova

Dec 14, 2021
7 min

Consumerism’s Harms: How Plastic Is Silently Destroying Our Health

Consumerism and plastic come hand-in-hand. The rise of plastic production resulted in the rise of consumerism because plastic allowed...

It’s Time to Commit to a Lifestyle That Supports Our Whole Person

Devan Reid Musser

Nov 19, 2021
3 min

It’s Time to Commit to a Lifestyle That Supports Our Whole Person

I’ve just wrapped up another meditation retreat, and I don’t want to become a broken record, so I won’t repeat all the reasons you...

Six Years Later: Meditation Keeps Getting Better

Devan Reid Musser

Nov 5, 2021
4 min

Six Years Later: Meditation Keeps Getting Better

When this article is published, I’ll be starting my eighth meditation retreat, so I wanted to update you on my meditation journey so far....

The Mystery of the Placebo Effect: Fake Surgery and the Big Question - Part II

Vesna Zubkova

Sep 28, 2021
4 min

The Mystery of the Placebo Effect: Fake Surgery and the Big Question - Part II

Placebo as Surgery When I first stumbled upon the concept of “sham surgery” (fake and, sometimes, staged placebo surgery) I was quite...

The Mystery of the Placebo Effect: How Our Thoughts Can Cure Us

Vesna Zubkova

Sep 27, 2021
6 min

The Mystery of the Placebo Effect: How Our Thoughts Can Cure Us

Imagine an idealistic pill. A seemingly ‘miraculous’ medicine or treatment. It has the potential to effectively and safely treat...

Lucca

Aug 23, 2021
3 min

I Think You’ve Heard of This Before

“I can’t stand this topic anymore!” Mindfulness. It’s a word that makes a lot of people cringe or roll their eyes due to the increasing...

How Would You Feel if You Got What You Want?

Devan Reid Musser

Aug 6, 2021
4 min

How Would You Feel if You Got What You Want?

The answer might surprise you. Five years ago my therapist asked me a question that changed my life. For months, I’d poured out...

Anonymous

Jul 27, 2021
1 min

— ARMS —

If you’re not careful these will end up like your mom and aunt’s, said my uncle as he playfully jiggled my meaty upper arms. If you wear...

Anonymous

Jun 15, 2021
1 min

— STOMACH —

Red and white snakes Hungry. Reaching for something they can easily reach After all, I’m making it way too fucking easy for them To grow...

Kristin Reimer

Jun 11, 2021
3 min

A Look into your Human Toolbox

If you live in a city, you can probably relate to that feeling when a noisy place can seem like too much at times and you just want to...

Anonymous

Jun 7, 2021
1 min

— HANDS —

Bitten down to stubs, Bloodied and torn at the edges, The once-perfect layer of dark, dark blue These nails, nothing more than o n c e –...

Ilse Ganzert

May 31, 2021
4 min

Thoughts of a 99 year old

What kind of fears do you have? I have no fears! What can I say, maybe I am afraid that my family could get sick or that I could get sick...

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