Feminine Hygiene Training in Nepal by Rachel Skoog Christmastime 2017, I sat on the couch, drinking a large mug of steaming chai tea, chatting with my friend Hannah. Hannah is from Nepal and grew up in a hostel where she and hundreds of other young girls received education, food, and...
Activate Hope through Goal Setting by Adriel Anderson Have you ever considered how the placebo effect points to tangible consequences of hope? When the simple belief that you’ve received effective treatment (when you haven’t!) leads to actual improvement, it’s clear that hope changes things. Researchers have even found that high-hope...
Shedding the Shackles of Unconscious Bias by Shiloh Gideon-Sjostrom There was a dramatic moment in the college class I was teaching. We had been discussing bias, racism, and ethnocentrism when a student stood up and gave the rest of us his opinion on the matter. “Why do we need to...
By Jodie May I quit Facebook, and I am much happier. Sure, social media can be exciting. But it can also create poor habits and grow into your source of dopamine, the “feel-good hormone.” It can become your outlet to find joy, and eventually, it corrupts your idea of what...
