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Mind
Are We Wrong About Introverts Vs. Extroverts?
Pema Bakshi
Mar 15, 2022
Work & Money
How ‘Bad’ Is Multitasking At Work, Really?
Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Mar 8, 2022
Mind
I’ve Always Been A Crier – Now I’m On Antidepressants & I Can’...
Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Feb 23, 2022
Wellness
13 Essential Oil Diffusers With The Power To Change Your Room's E...
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Sara Coughlin
Mind
Being Embarrassed Is Good, Actually
The other day, I bought a cheap bouquet of bright pink sunflowers — I spotted them while en route to a birthday party, and they were too irresistible to
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
When To Trust Your Gut Instinct (& When To Ignore It)
“Gut instinct” is a term that holds an almost mystical quality, speaking to a sense we might feel for what is right or wrong: an action, a deci
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Eleanor Morgan
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Books & Art
These Intimate Portraits Show The Reality Of Living With OCD
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a largely invisible mental illness. To those who have never experienced it in themselves or loved ones, it may seem
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Wellness
7 Books That Will Help Quell Your Anxiety
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Kimberly Truong
Wellness
Our Notes App, Ourselves: Inside The Weirdest, Most Wonderful Pla...
“It’s so hot. The woman next to me reading poetry, barking into the phone: Pick up pick up pickup.” This isn’t a snippet of some experimental
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Mirel Zaman
Music
For Lucy Dacus, Nostalgia Is A Way Of Life
Last week, NPR released a Tiny Desk Concert with Lucy Dacus; it was filmed in the singer-songwriter’s high school, back in her hometown of Richmond,
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Olivia Harrison
Living
I Stopped Dating When I Got My Autism Diagnosis. Now I’m Re...
I have four dates coming up this weekend. One each evening from Thursday to Sunday. I know this sounds like a flex but I’m a bit stressed about it. I’m
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Isla Whateley
Mind
Black Women’s Mental Health Is Often Invalidated — & That Problem...
In high school, Nia Wromas became depressed because of an emotionally abusive relationship. She tried to open up to her parents, but they couldn’t seem t
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Aiyana Ishmael
Wellness
Our Society Encourages Excess — Is That Why We Don’t Take B...
Content warning: This article discusses eating disorders and dieting in a way that some may find triggering. Nichola is a 35-year-old learning designer who
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Mind
There’s A Reason You Keep Running Out Of Breath On Zoom
Breathing — you’d think I would have learned how to do it intuitively by now. Apparently not, because I’ve whenever I have to speak for an extended
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
6 Ways To Relieve Your “Winter Pandemic Scaries”
It was roughly mid-August when it first occurred to me how much I was dreading winter in a pandemic. It was a feeling akin to the Sunday scaries. By Septem
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Molly Longman
Wellness
Alexi Pappas Describes How She Accepted & Overcame Depression In ...
Alexi Pappas is a professional long-distance runner (an Olympian in the 10,000-meters, to be exact), and a writer, filmmaker, and actor. Her just-released
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Alexi Pappas
Guide To Great Sleep
25 Essential Sleep Products You Haven't Tried Yet
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Cory Stieg
Wellness
2020 Gave Us One Thing Worth Keeping: Anger
It was December 2019. Our resolutions were optimistic. The future seemed brimming with opportunities. Even the number itself had a sparkly, promising feel
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Elizabeth Gulino
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Mind
Actually, New Year’s Resolutions Are Meaningless: How 2020 ...
The idea of setting a New Year’s resolution for 2021 strikes me as… exhausting. After a year that thoroughly upended so many people’s lives, most “
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Mirel Zaman
Mind
Bring Thankfulness Into Your Life With A Gratitude Journal
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Erika W. Smith
Wellness
We Found A Planner Or Journal For Every Single One Of Your 2021 M...
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Karina Hoshikawa
Wellness
It’s Okay To Grieve The Time You’ve Lost This Year
I could almost feel the heavy weight of jet lag clinging to tired but happy bones, the pressure of my forehead against the glass of a taxi window, lapping
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Marisa Bate
Wellness
SAD Is Going To Hit Different This Year. Here’s How To Cope
Every year, like clockwork, seasonal affective disorder (SAD) rears its head. As daylight wanes and the nights close in, people feel the negative impact of
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Anxiety
5 Proven Methods For Preventing Morning Anxiety
It happened for a string of nights in a row. I woke up hours before my alarm, my thoughts already attached to an anxious worry. For a couple nights, it was
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Mirel Zaman
The Feel Good Project
I Tried 20 Trendy Anti-Anxiety Products & These 10 Actually Work
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Refinery29 Team
Feel Good Diaries
I’m 29, Make $100k A Year, & Spent $250 On Wellness This Week
Welcome to Refinery29’s Feel Good Diaries, where we chronicle the physical and mental wellness routines of women today, their costs, and whether or not t
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R29 Team
Mind
I Did Everything Right But I Still Had A Mental Health Relapse
They say admitting you need help is the first step to recovery. But what if you’ve already recovered? What if you’ve done everything in your po
by
Sarah Graham
Wellness
Sober October: Can A Month Off From Alcohol Really Improve Your L...
In a world where some are calling sobriety a “wellness trend,” and people buy into food and fitness 30-day challenges, it shouldn’t be surprising tha
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Molly Longman
Mind
I Had Passive Suicidal Ideation. Here’s What Everyone Shoul...
Life has hardly been easy lately. COVID-19 has catapulted even the mentally healthiest among us into fear or anxiety, and some warn that a global mental he
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Ziba Redif
Wellness
How To Keep Long Distance Friendships Alive & Well
by
Molly Longman
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