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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.
Somatic mindfulness exercise: papillon
Take a moment to immerse yourself in this butterfly-focused exploration guided by French seven-year-old Zoey.
Staging medicine as a neurologist and playwright
What happens when a neurologist is also a playwright?
Vinyl and the art of listening offline
Listening to a record creates no new data, why is that so rare? With seemingly everyone listening in, records help you keep them out.
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.
What Swingers can teach us about healthy male friendship
This ‘90s classic got something right that we could still use more of today
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.
Can video games help with pain?
There’s been a flood of recent research showing that games can potentially help people and things are likely to get better when it comes to treating pain with interactive games.
Somatic mindfulness exercise: five things
“Five things” is the second in our somatic series, this time hosted by seven-year-old Emi, who reminds us of how simple it can be to check in with our senses and be grateful for the world surrounding us.
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.
Cinematic stories can be great tools for connection and more
Cinema therapy can actually improve your health by helping people to find catharsis in laughter and tears, hope and encouragement from the experiences of others, and a rediscovery of one’s own strengths.
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.
Birth of the jazz school: how my students helped me connect jazz to play
There’s something particularly playful about jazz that appeals to children.