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“Color Cloud: Let's Pay Attention” by Jessica Poundstone
Apps that make long-distance friendships less work and more fun
Staying close despite distance is easier with a variety of communication tools.
The transformative power of supporting creators online
The Internet has revolutionized the way we exchange art and foster connection.
Feeling down? It might be time for some opposite action
Stuck in a rut? It might be time to try something different — perhaps even the opposite of what you’ve been doing.
Staging medicine as a neurologist and playwright
What happens when a neurologist is also a playwright?
Finding sex-positive self-love online
What happens when experts in intimacy take their sex-positive coaching skills online? A bunch of people start benefiting from the helpful tips, that’s what.
Our brains aren’t computers and that’s a good thing
Our human mind does compute, but not like a computer
The new wave of wellness: functional mushrooms take over TikTok
Functional mushrooms have gone viral and knowledge of their benefits is spreading like spores
Video gaming for mental health
Exploring the benefits of video game therapy for mental well-being
Want to feel more comfortable in your body? Social media can actually help sometimes
Self-expression through fashion is often more commonly seen in those with smaller bodies, but body-positive social media accounts are helping to inspire change.
Speak to the rhythm: how melodic intonation therapy helps stroke survivors learn to talk again
Melodic intonation therapy (MIT) is helping stroke survivors to regain speech and can be done remotely.
Mental illness remains taboo in the Philippines, but technology might just help break the stigma
In the Philippines, mental health remains a taboo subject, leading to increased suicide rates and limited access to mental health services. However, technology is playing a crucial role in breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness.
How music helped me leverage my repressed rage for transformational change
Anger is often a repressed emotion, but music can provide therapy and catharsis.
Social media shines a light on long COVID and other invisible illnesses
Spoonies around the world have found something online that they don’t get often enough offline: the ability to feel seen.
Cinema as a place of rest
Movies and mental health: the connection between the two is, largely, thanks to the connections they cultivate.
The evolution of hospital sounds: from pandemonium to peaceful
What would it feel like if hospitals sounded less alarming?
Graphic medicine: a different way to inform, connect, and heal
Can comics help people to learn, connect, and grow together? The graphic medicine movement thinks so.
Living with autism: finding community and support on social media
Social media is helping to expand resources for those on the autism spectrum
Poetry kept me going when everything else fell apart
Poetry is everywhere if you’re looking for it, which is helpful because poetry might also support your mental health.
How an SEL podcast saved my carpool
Teaching children important interpersonal skills in an academic setting just doesn’t work as well as engaging storytelling.
Use your mind to sleep better
Self-care at its finest might just be the five stages of sleep that harmonize to give your body and mind a chance to heal, regenerate, and strengthen immunity.