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Thursday, May 15, 2025
Manjiro Nakahama: The First Japanese U.S. Resident
Written By Bridget Hanley
On May 7, 1843, a 16-year-old named Manjiro Nakahama became America’s first Japanese-born U.S. resident. Manjiro Nakahama, or more traditionally, Nakahama Manjirō (中濱 万次郎…
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
What You Really Need to Live in the Now
Deepak Chopra MD (official)
Founder at Deepak Chopra LLC
March 23, 2025
by Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP, FRCP
The present moment is more than a little baffling. Sometimes it brings experiences of love,…
Thursday, February 27, 2025
7 Facts About Ramadan—Islam’s Holiest Month
Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar when Muslims across the globe fast during the hours of daylight every single day. In 2025, Ramadan is expected to begin on the evening of Friday,…
Monday, January 20, 2025
MLK’s ‘beloved community’ has inspired social justice work for decades − what did he mean?
Published: January 16, 2025 1:55pm EST
Since 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Jr. Day into law, many Americans have observed …
Saturday, December 28, 2024
Brain scans of Philly jazz musicians reveal secrets to reaching creative flow
Creative flow involves relaxing one’s focus or conscious control, new study finds.
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Friday, December 20, 2024
Rituals that resonate: 10 ways to make Christmas really meaningful to you
Words by Isobel Lewis December 10, 2024
From singing in community to baking it until you make it, here are some suggestions for how to imbue your festive season with meaning…
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Election Grief Is Real. Here’s How to Cope
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/election-grief-is-real-heres…
Understanding the psychology of ambiguous loss can help people struggling with grief and depression in the wake of the 2024 election…
Monday, October 21, 2024
A controlled scary experience can leave you exhilarated and relaxed afterward.
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Some people love to scare themselves in an already scary world − here’s the psychology
Fall for me as a teenager meant football games,…
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Lost in translation: What spirituality and Einstein’s theory of time have to do with misunderstandings about climate change
Fishermen on Mayotte, where the local Maore language has no words to easily translate ‘climate change.’ Mwanasimba via…
Saturday, August 3, 2024
The French baron who revived the Olympics believed they were more than sport – they were a religion of perfection and peace
Published: August 2, 2024 8:36am EDT
Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, always envisioned the Games as much…