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Continue reading →: Homelessness Community Support Program
The Community First Village in Austin, Texas, has marked a significant milestone – 10 years of operation. This tiny home village, run by the nonprofit Mobile Loaves and Fishes, provides a supportive community for people transitioning out of homelessness. Founded by Alan Graham, the village has become a model for…
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Continue reading →: The Impact Of Environment On Mental Well-being: Natural And Built Spaces That Influence Mood
Research has identified various locations that can positively impact one’s mood. A beach at sunrise is one such place, where the combination of natural light, expansive horizon, and rhythmic waves can trigger serotonin production and calm the mind (Kaplan, 1995). The sound of water lapping against the shore has been…
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Continue reading →: Finding Solace In Community: A Lifeline For Those Living With Chronic ConditionsFour thousand pounds. An arbitrary figure, on a balance sheet, but in Braddan it represents a reprieve. It is the sound of a session not being cancelled, the continuation of a specific warmth found within the walls of The Roundhouse. For those on the Isle of Man living with the…
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Continue reading →: The Empty Spaces Of AffluenceThere is a particular silence that settles in a house filled with things that are not used. It is the hum of a wine refrigerator stocked for a party that will not be thrown, the inert gleam of a professional-grade stand mixer on a marble countertop, the solemn presence of…
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Continue reading →: Leveraging AI For Enhanced Employee Wellness And SupportThese tools offer confidential support, providing immediate coping resources or guiding employees to professional help. A study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that AI-powered mental health interventions can lead to significant reductions in symptoms of depression and anxiety (Kirkpatrick et al., 2022). The use of…
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Continue reading →: Beyond The Sit-UpDo you remember the sit-ups from school? The squeak of sneakers on a varnished gymnasium floor. The singular goal of touching your elbows to your knees, a motion that felt both necessary and somehow wrong, a folding of the body that seemed to miss the point entirely. The strain felt…
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Continue reading →: The Power Of Quiet Self-Improvement: Small Steps To Lasting ChangeJulia, the author of the article, notes that she often feels overwhelmed by the idea of making drastic changes, but small, incremental shifts can be more accessible and sustainable. This approach is supported by research in positive psychology, which emphasizes the importance of small, achievable goals in promoting lasting change…
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Continue reading →: The Unlikely Partnership Exploring Digital Wellbeing For ChildrenThere is a particular strangeness in this partnership, a kind of modern fable taking shape. On one hand, the felt and foam reality of Sesame Street, a place built from the tangible world of puppetry, of song, of neighborhood interactions that have a beginning and an end. And on the…
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Continue reading →: A Prescription For A Sustainable Food SystemThe contents of the global stomach. A planetary gut, churning with what we have chosen to feed it. This is not a metaphor. The system that moves food from soil to mouth is directly responsible for a third of the greenhouse gases warming our air, the single largest driver razing…
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Continue reading →: A Body In Motion. A Mind In Flux –We are told the clock turns only one way, its gears grinding forward, accumulating dust and slippage. But now, a proposition, presented in the stark pages of a medical journal and spoken aloud at a gathering of minds in Alzheimer’s research. What if the hands could be persuaded to falter?…










