This creative date night idea will be incredibly easy to plan. Hand your spouse an envelope with choices and let them pick what you two will do for date night. We’ve taken the pressure of planning date night for you. What’s even better, these date ideas are dates your spouse will love! Do you have a spouse who doesn’t take the initiative to plan date night? If so, you know how much blood, sweat, and tears goes into planning date night....
Now, I’ve come back to the topic. I have no choice really—if you keep breathing, you keep getting older. This is not necessarily bad—especially when you consider the alternative—but it’s oddly surprising; the relentlessness of time passing. You can take a break from thinking about getting old, but you can’t take a break from actually doing it. The days keep going by, marking their passage on your body. You’re continually stepping forward into the next piece of your life, going through gate after gate....
I probably shouldn’t have mentioned it during a job interview, but my potential employer was asking me if I ever had a difficult encounter with a medical professional, and I blurted it out. It tends to happen when I’m overtired or under pressure. I blurt, then the negative thought cascade begins “Why did I say that?!” “Now I’m probably on the CIA’s psycho-nut-case-stopper-list.” “Now they’ll be no more cross-border bargain, ANYTHINGS!...
Surprisingly easy to master, it’s the perfect way to create a sleek style on natural hair – without having to reach for any hair straighteners! Check out how Mini Marley gets this sophisticated look in her video tutorial, and check out the details in our step-by-step guide, below. Tutorial: How to Create a Low Puff on Natural Hair If you’re planning on trying out Mini Marley’s natural curly hair tutorial, remember to use the hashtag #StyleItOn when posting your finished look to Instagram or Twitter!...
That’s right! We commissioned one of our all-time favorite designers, the lovely Erin of Strawberry Mommycakes, to design the perfect Summer Activities for Kids printable pack. And you are gonna LOVE what she created! This baby seriously has everything you and the kids need for one amazingly fun summer. Making memories and beating summer boredom was never easier! All you have to do is push PRINT and PLAY! The Summer Activities for Kids Printable Pack Includes…...
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here. But first, we have to give a gigantic summertime shoutout to Carisa from Messes to Memories for designing such truly adorable printables for us. Seriously, this ultra-high level of summer fun just wouldn’t have been possible without her skills! Assembling your Summer Activity Board Alrighty, let’s jump right into the sprinklers er…we mean the goodies! Your Summer Activity Board full of fun activities for kids is SO easy to assemble, it’s almost nuts....
8 Ways to Wear a Bowl Cut Hairstyle 1. Undercut Bowl Cut This cool hybrid short haircut pairs a buzz cut with a bowl cut in this contrasted haircut. When you add some hair color to the mix, you’ll achieve an even more eye-catching look. Back in the day you may have been called a ‘mushroom head,’ but these days your hair will be #OnFleek. 2. Long, Angled Bowl Cut If you’re looking to maintain your length while embracing the soft curve of this haircut, keep it slightly longer for a more feminine rendition of the look....
The answer has proven less obvious, and largely depends on whom you talk to. When it comes to the science of happiness, researchers still don’t fully agree on how to measure it or, even, a clear definition of what “happiness” is. Take, for example, the widely reported and controversial “happiness gap” finding that parents are less happy than people who don’t have children. One of many studies, a survey of 397 adults, found that parenting may provide meaning in life but not necessarily happiness....
That said, I don’t mean to totally dismiss the potential pitfalls of mindfulness practice. Sometimes, when people have difficult or extensive histories of trauma or abuse, meditation practice may put them in touch with those memories and emotions, and they can sometimes feel overwhelming, particularly at first. For this reason, if you have a history like this it’s wise to be working with a therapist while exploring the practice of mindfulness....
He recounts how he has seen many different anti-depression treatments be developed over the course of his career—but meditation was never one of them. There’s a reason for that, he points out: while traditional treatments help alleviate depression and allow patients to get their lives back on track, they often don’t address keeping patients from relapsing once their lives are on track. “What we now understand about depression is that it is an episodic and recurrent disorder,” he says....
As we prepare to slowly re-open our workplaces in the next few weeks, it feels like a very important time to ask ourselves, “How do I want to show up right now as a leader, partner, friend, coworker, and member of my family?” Personally, I have been using this time of quarantine as an opportunity to take greater personal responsibility, shed the stories that keep me disconnected or stuck in patterns that no longer serve, remove the armor of self-protection, and notice where I can create more connection and harmony with the people in my life....
The new map emerged from the Human Connectome Project, a five- year effort to map the brains of 1,200 young adults using MRIs. While the previous map showed 50 regions,the new map presents 180, based on physical differences, functional dif- ferences (e.g., differing responses to a stimulus), and connectivity to other regions. On the surface, regions look identical, so the brain map “is more akin to a map showing state borders than topographic features; the most important divisions are invisible from the sky but extremely important all the same,” says the university’s Tamara Bhandari....
On the flip side, when we feel grateful for our work and colleagues, and when our employer expresses gratitude for our valuable input, we can cope better with the stressful demands and pressures that a job places on us. Gratitude also promotes positive appraisals of our work, and we feel motivated to perform to a higher standard. Despite these psychological and behavioral benefits, gratitude has not been well studied in a workplace context....
Who is ready for the premiere of The Walking Dead??!! Season 7 (what?!?) is set to air Sunday, October 23rd AND we have the perfect date night to help you celebrate! We love this date idea so much that we had Kristin of CdotLove make some delightfully gruesome invitations to start the night off. We tossed in a survival kit and games to make the night a hit! BUT… that’s not all, we had Diva Carisa of Messes to Memories make even more incredible printables to make this party unforgettable!...
Traditionally referred to as cornrows – now most popularly referred to as lemonade braids, lemonade braids are a hairstyle that has been around for ages, and continue to stay in trend as the natural hair community constantly finds new and innovative ways to wear and dress up the look. Looking for a new and trendy way to wear your next set lemonade braids? Check out these 6 trendy ways to wear the hairstyle....
The program has provided a template for similar programs at other museums—read “25 Minutes of Silence in the City of Angels” to learn more. In the article, Diana Winston, an instructor at MARC, describes mindful awareness as “the art of paying attention to the present moment with openness and curiosity. It’s really about teaching ourselves to live in the present moment and not to be lost in the past or the future....
Either way, you need the belly breath in your practice, and so does your kid. Here’s a simple practice you can do by yourself, or with your child. If you’re doing this practice with a child, let the kid burn off some energy first, in the gym or on the playground. Figure out a way to release that restless energy that every kid has. Then, when your kid is a little more relaxed, and more receptive, sit down with them on a mat in a quiet spot....
There’s two reasons we love this look. For one, it is the perfect way to fake a short haircut. Two: It just looks extremely stylish and polished. While some people may look at it as a basic hair trend, we’re here to prove that it is far from that. Every hair trend has a specific formula to help you nail the look. Below, we’re giving you tips on how you can master the art of tucking your hair into your clothing, all in the name of #fashion:...
