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If you’ve thought about your gut health recently, odds are you’ve considered picking up a probiotic. And that wouldn’t be surprising. Probiotics have gained traction as a part of any solid foundational supplement regimen for their versatility in supporting whole-body health, benefitting everything from your gut microbiome to your immune system. But, with all the…

https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-september Full moon : September 10, 2022 Perhaps the most iconic of all the full Moons, the “Harvest Moon” will this year rise on Saturday, September 10, 2022. The name is always given to the closest full Moon to the fall equinox, which this year occurs on Thursday, September 22 We are having a full…

Two new studies find that connecting with someone is even nicer than we expect. BY KIRA M. NEWMAN | In the space between strangers and friends, there are acquaintances. They represent the gray zone of relationships: Does she want to get to know me better? Would I even enjoy spending more time with them? Without any effort,…

September 2022Keep up with the latest on the science of connection, compassion, and happinessHappiness Calendar Transform your tasks and relationships at work to build more meaning and purpose. 1 hour • Moderate Why You Should Try It Our jobs aren’t always as satisfying as we want them to be; in fact, research suggests that only…

This month, make a fresh start. Adapted from one of my Mindfulness Teacher Training Sites: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/mind_body BY KIRA M. NEWMAN | September 1, 2022 Happiness Calendar is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we hope it helps you make a fresh start. Day 1: To learn How Regrets Can Help You Make Better Decisions…read…

Here is a go-to breathing exercise for you. One that I learned about a few years ago and research has proven to help in moments of stress and anxiety… Adapted from – https://www.mindful.org/ This easy breathing practice helps to release stagnant in the lungs air and find calm. The 4-7-8 breath was introduced originally by…

As a Certified UFIFAS Master Gardener I am always looking for edibles everywhere; weeds, flowers and even the plants that you would be surprised about and not even think that this can be eaten. So when we think about growing food in our gardens, we generally think about fruits, vegetables and herbs. And just to…

Why Death Care Is Actually A Sustainability Issue + An IntroTo Green Burials By Emma Loewe In life, opportunities to talk about death are few and far between. As such, most of us don’t give much thought to how our bodies will be treated after we pass away—and we may not even know that we…

Are you feeling called to explore the herbal path?🍃 I am🎶🪴🌿!!! I have always had this desire to work with herbs …so, when my Mom, the herbalist passed in 2015, that’s when I met so many of Mama’s family for the first time. Here I learned they are all farmers and artists. In 2017 I…

30-Day Affirmation Challenge Positive affirmations can help you to challenge and overcome self-sabotaging and negative thoughts. When you repeat them often, and believe in them, you can start to make positive changes. To make it easier for you, we’ve come up with a 30-day affirmation challenge. All you have to do is repeat each phrase…

Teachers and parents can help kids regulate, shift, and stabilize their energy and mood, allowing for a little more silence and a little more focus. For kids, practicing mindfulness might just look like a little more silence, a little more slowing down, and more one-thing-at-a-time built into the day’s routines. While there are dozens of practices…

A lot of people associate self-affirmation with self-delusion and conclude that it is nonsensical, but this is a huge misunderstanding of what affirmation is.  Whilst it is delusional to call yourself the fastest without even being an athletic person, it could be quite useful to say that to yourself if you were a runner –…

By Yalda Uhls It’s quite possible that your fears about your child’s screen time are unfounded. Several years ago, when my son was a preteen, I worried he was addicted to video games. I remember looking into his room and seeing his tiny body in an oversized office chair. He sat there for hours, wearing…

Terrariums For Kids There’s no arguing that terrariums bring beauty and greenery to an indoor space, adding an element of peace and tranquility to the overall aesthetic. Besides their aesthetic value, these miniatures greenhouses also offer many additional benefits that can be reaped by children. As these self-contained ecosystems grow in popularity more people are…

Posted by Samantha Johnson Do you weed it or eat it? When weeding your garden, you’ve probably removed this familiar plant by handfuls, carelessly dismissing it as a useless weed. But wait! It may be considered a weed, but it’s definitely not useless.  In fact, purslane is a highly nutritious plant that’s easy to grow…

Shower Ritual Shower Ritual It can be easy to think we need to “make more time” for our wellness practices, squeezing them in amidst the busyness of our day. Another approach is to simply reframe some of your current activities to include more intention, awareness, and wellness.  Take showering, for example. You could view a…

Despite these benefits, many guys find it difficult to even just begin meditating let alone maintaining a consistent meditation practice. The aim of this guide is to bring clarity to the sometimes abstract world of meditation and make the practice more accessible to men. Part 1: Overview What is Meditation? Put simply, meditation is a…

Imagine that you are talking to a yoga skeptic (maybe this was your past self!) about the benefits of a yoga practice with the intention of inviting them to try it out! What would you say? Read some thoughts below: I WAS that skeptic, but after learning the supporting philosophy and research, it became obvious…

Happy Mindful Monday,  I received this in my email: “I live in Sandy Hook, and I have to try and be brave every time there is another school shooting, which literally breaks my heart. Then I have to be brave when I attend rallies and participate in marches and travel to DC and talk to…