MUST READS

How Improv Helped Me Deepen My Meditation Practice

An improv class unexpectedly deepened my meditation practice by teaching me how to let go, be present, and embrace creative flow—on stage and in life.

Breathe Your Way to Wellness: 5 Easy Exercises for Mind and Body

It can be a mind-blowing concept that simply breathing effectively can improve our overall health and longevity, with a good chance of preventing a large number of illnesses. Though, is it truly that mind-blowing when you think about it?

Coping with Depression in the Summer

However, emotional meltdowns and life events do not stick to a planned schedule, and feeling depressed during this season can be lonely and frustrating because the environment seems too cheerful for anyone to understand.

Olivia Wu 11/1/24 Olivia Wu 11/1/24

Breaking the Gravitational Pull of Your Old Patterns

You reach your wits’ end and your current way of being isn’t working for the life you want, so you decide to make a real change. You have built enough awareness to discover a pattern of self-sabotage you’ve been repeating throughout your life.

Maria Vesanen 11/28/23 Maria Vesanen 11/28/23

How Establishing Boundaries and Prioritizing My Wellbeing Improved the Quality of My Life

Many of us struggle with external demands, stress, and busy schedules. We are programmed to believe that we are only valuable if we are constantly producing, achieving, or available for everybody. I’d really like to challenge that belief.

Olivia Wu 3/27/22 Olivia Wu 3/27/22

12 Habits You Learned from Childhood that Support Mindfulness

Simple, practical and applicable wisdom taught to us in childhood still stands in our sophisticated (and complicated) modern world. It seems to me, as I look around, many of us have forgotten these valuable lessons.