Practice Mindful Breathing With Commander Shepard
Jennifer Hale has voiced some of the most memorable characters in video games and television. She’s been Bioshock Infinite’s Rosalind Lutece, Metal Gear Solid’s Naomi Hunter, and — for a…
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Where We Find Comfort in Video Games
Read MoreIf you haven’t heard of Hygge, you may not have been inside a bookstore lately. It’s a Danish word meaning, roughly, “wellbeing,” but it’s also a concept that encompasses coziness,…
Mindful Powers Has a Mission to Teach Kids Focus and Calm
Read MoreMindful Powers from Smashing Ideas on Vimeo. Most of us go our entire lives without learning to be mindful — to be present and fully aware in the moment. Though…
How Games Help One Writer Work Through Chronic Pain
Read MoreFor many people with chronic pain, a brighter future can be hard to imagine. Chronic pain is closely linked with several mental health issues, substance use issues, and it’s no…
A Look at What Burnout is All About
Read MoreFeeling burned out? If you’ve been pushing yourself too hard for a while, you might be looking at occupational burnout. While that’s not a diagnosis in the DSM, it is…
Self-Compassion is More Important Than Self-Improvement In This Comic
Read MoreKelly Bastow is a Toronto-based illustrator who publishes illustrations (some NSFW) and comics at Moosekleenex. She recently shared this powerful reminder that self-improvement can easily become a way of amplifying…
Why Routines Can Be More Important Than Resolutions
Read MoreHappy New Year, friends, and welcome to 2018. How are those resolutions going? Keeping a resolution up for a couple days is generally pretty doable, but most of us have…
12 Days of Self Care: We’ll Get This Process Streamlined to Perfection…ish
Read MoreOn the final day of our 12 Days of Self-Care series, Take This clinical director Dr. B reminds us to move away from unhealthy perfectionism as we enter the new…