June 25, 2018 This meditation app is using Bob Ross magic to lull you to sleep If you're a fan of meditation/relaxation apps like Headspace and Meditation Studio, and ALSO a fan of the dulcet voice of Bob Ross, you're in luck. The meditation and sleep app Calm is introducing PBS fave Bob Ross' voice as part of its Sleep Stories, using the audio from his super relaxing painting episodes to lull you into repose. Read More 2.1k 10 Comments June 9, 2018 Doing everything "right" & changing the world: My mental health and Anthony Bourdain When I found out Anthony Bourdain took his own life, I was in shock. I still am. I cried all day. I’m crying now. My shock doesn’t come from a place of ignorance; I have clinical depression myself, and I’ve been medicated for a couple of years. I’ve worked hard to change my habits so that they help my mental health. Overall, it’s working. But there are still days, weeks, months when things are bleak… Read More 1.1k June 1, 2018 6 pregnancy apps that aren't cheesy AF One of my biggest pregnancy symptoms is getting nauseous over cutesy pregnancy speak. I get green around the gills every time I downloaded an app and read the phrase "bundle of joy." Or it referred to my stomach as "your baby bump." [Insert eye roll emoticon here.] So after some trial and error with apps, I've narrowed down my favorite non-cheesy pregnancy apps to these… Read More May 21, 2018 This Instagram of dogs eating gently is your new relaxation happy place You haven't reached the end of the internet until you've seen this relaxing Instagram account where sweet and mild-mannered pooches eat treats, noms, and fuds gently… oh so gently. They're so sweet and so relaxing and ZZzzzzzz… For fans of cute-ass puppies (and maybe ASMR for some of y'all?), this feed of gently scarfing dogs will be your new happy place. Get away from the news, from work, from your whole damned stressful life for five minutes while you remember that dogs are too good for this world… Read More November 9, 2017 How to reach out to a friend with social anxiety I have a friend with severe social anxiety and depression. He lives with his mom now, doesn't leave the house, and I (and all of our shared friends) haven't seen him in about two years. All of our attempts to email/call/visit haven't worked and he won't reply. I know he's in therapy, but I'd love to help him if I can. Is there any way I can reach out in a way that would feel safe for him? Read More 123…7
2.1k 10 Comments June 9, 2018 Doing everything "right" & changing the world: My mental health and Anthony Bourdain When I found out Anthony Bourdain took his own life, I was in shock. I still am. I cried all day. I’m crying now. My shock doesn’t come from a place of ignorance; I have clinical depression myself, and I’ve been medicated for a couple of years. I’ve worked hard to change my habits so that they help my mental health. Overall, it’s working. But there are still days, weeks, months when things are bleak… Read More 1.1k June 1, 2018 6 pregnancy apps that aren't cheesy AF One of my biggest pregnancy symptoms is getting nauseous over cutesy pregnancy speak. I get green around the gills every time I downloaded an app and read the phrase "bundle of joy." Or it referred to my stomach as "your baby bump." [Insert eye roll emoticon here.] So after some trial and error with apps, I've narrowed down my favorite non-cheesy pregnancy apps to these… Read More May 21, 2018 This Instagram of dogs eating gently is your new relaxation happy place You haven't reached the end of the internet until you've seen this relaxing Instagram account where sweet and mild-mannered pooches eat treats, noms, and fuds gently… oh so gently. They're so sweet and so relaxing and ZZzzzzzz… For fans of cute-ass puppies (and maybe ASMR for some of y'all?), this feed of gently scarfing dogs will be your new happy place. Get away from the news, from work, from your whole damned stressful life for five minutes while you remember that dogs are too good for this world… Read More November 9, 2017 How to reach out to a friend with social anxiety I have a friend with severe social anxiety and depression. He lives with his mom now, doesn't leave the house, and I (and all of our shared friends) haven't seen him in about two years. All of our attempts to email/call/visit haven't worked and he won't reply. I know he's in therapy, but I'd love to help him if I can. Is there any way I can reach out in a way that would feel safe for him? Read More 123…7
1.1k June 1, 2018 6 pregnancy apps that aren't cheesy AF One of my biggest pregnancy symptoms is getting nauseous over cutesy pregnancy speak. I get green around the gills every time I downloaded an app and read the phrase "bundle of joy." Or it referred to my stomach as "your baby bump." [Insert eye roll emoticon here.] So after some trial and error with apps, I've narrowed down my favorite non-cheesy pregnancy apps to these… Read More May 21, 2018 This Instagram of dogs eating gently is your new relaxation happy place You haven't reached the end of the internet until you've seen this relaxing Instagram account where sweet and mild-mannered pooches eat treats, noms, and fuds gently… oh so gently. They're so sweet and so relaxing and ZZzzzzzz… For fans of cute-ass puppies (and maybe ASMR for some of y'all?), this feed of gently scarfing dogs will be your new happy place. Get away from the news, from work, from your whole damned stressful life for five minutes while you remember that dogs are too good for this world… Read More November 9, 2017 How to reach out to a friend with social anxiety I have a friend with severe social anxiety and depression. He lives with his mom now, doesn't leave the house, and I (and all of our shared friends) haven't seen him in about two years. All of our attempts to email/call/visit haven't worked and he won't reply. I know he's in therapy, but I'd love to help him if I can. Is there any way I can reach out in a way that would feel safe for him? Read More 123…7
May 21, 2018 This Instagram of dogs eating gently is your new relaxation happy place You haven't reached the end of the internet until you've seen this relaxing Instagram account where sweet and mild-mannered pooches eat treats, noms, and fuds gently… oh so gently. They're so sweet and so relaxing and ZZzzzzzz… For fans of cute-ass puppies (and maybe ASMR for some of y'all?), this feed of gently scarfing dogs will be your new happy place. Get away from the news, from work, from your whole damned stressful life for five minutes while you remember that dogs are too good for this world… Read More November 9, 2017 How to reach out to a friend with social anxiety I have a friend with severe social anxiety and depression. He lives with his mom now, doesn't leave the house, and I (and all of our shared friends) haven't seen him in about two years. All of our attempts to email/call/visit haven't worked and he won't reply. I know he's in therapy, but I'd love to help him if I can. Is there any way I can reach out in a way that would feel safe for him? Read More 123…7
November 9, 2017 How to reach out to a friend with social anxiety I have a friend with severe social anxiety and depression. He lives with his mom now, doesn't leave the house, and I (and all of our shared friends) haven't seen him in about two years. All of our attempts to email/call/visit haven't worked and he won't reply. I know he's in therapy, but I'd love to help him if I can. Is there any way I can reach out in a way that would feel safe for him? Read More 123…7