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“Color Cloud: Let's Pay Attention” by Jessica Poundstone
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.
Somatic mindfulness exercise: breathing with the trees
Breathing with the trees is our first somatic exercise. Find a quiet moment for yourself and with seven-year-old Rudy as he guides you through a peaceful, grounding exercise in the trees he loves so much.
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.
What does extreme isolation do to a person?
Interstellar’s real hero never gets the credit he deserves.
The body image app that helped me recover from a dating nightmare
Not feeling comfortable in your own skin is a painful way to live. Tammy Rabideau writes about an app that’s helped with body image and self-critical thoughts.
Are you truly ‘obsessed,’ or are you just happy to see me?
How the media can misrepresent a medical disorder that traps many people in an exhausting, distressing cycle.
Connecting brains and people through dance
Scientists now know that dance doesn’t just feel good — it can literally heal the body and help it to grow, right down to the brain’s pathways.
Virtual reality exposure therapy for PTSD: Ukraine
WATCH: New virtual reality therapies are being developed to help Ukrainian soldiers recover from PTSD
How to make the most of your meditation apps
Pro-tips for optimizing the tools to begin or fine-tune your meditation practice
Want to be happier? It starts with kindness
Research shows that prioritizing kindness toward others can help us to be happier. Learn how to cultivate kindness with the help of digital media.
Experiencing midlife brain fog? These apps can help
Apps that help you find your way through brain fog, whether from midlife changes, long COVID, or other causes.
Rooted: a case for spending time with trees, even if virtually
Learn how to appreciate the power of the forest and all it has to offer for increased and improved connection to nature and self.
How we media: Shay
WATCH: Shay Staggers is our first profile of people who’ve brought media into their lives in a beneficial way. This is how we media.
No art supplies, no problem — making art online has never been easier
Making art is good for you, no matter how you do it
The effects of music on the brain: a chemical cocktail for mental and physical health
As a musicologist and pianist, Suzanne Hamlin shines a light on her own experience navigating the relationship between music and the brain.