Endometriosis Awareness Month and the Importance of Your Gynecologic Health
Many women over the world suffer with intense and painful menstrual cramps, but when a woman has endometriosis the pain becomes even worse. And if that isn’t bad enough, the pain will probably increase over time. But does anyone believe these women are actually in...
Women’s History Month and a Celebration of Sheroes Past and Present
As this is Women’s History Month, I was asked to write an entry on a woman I admired. I thought, “Just one?” and “Does she need to be an historical figure?” I googled “unsung females,” “women warriors,” “cool chicks,” “invisible women” and many more. Women I...
Age is Just a Number on As Young As You Feel Day: Live Spontaneously!
March 22 marks As Young As You Feel Day, which was established by Thomas Roy and his wife, Ruth Roy. Says Roy: “Now more than ever you are as young as you feel. So, stop acting your chronological age and get out there and start feeling peppy!” We may recall our...
Chuckle, Giggle or Howl: It’s National Let’s Laugh Day!
If the world really needs something beyond the masks, the vaccines, the dedicated people, and the will to work through everyday life in a pandemic, laughter could become very important. Studies show laughing can boost your immune system, help you relax, and relieve...
5 Inspiring Body Positive Influencers to Follow
There are times when we look in the mirror and begin rejecting the person staring back at us. Times when unwelcome emotions spring to the surface and self-loathe crashes down like a tidal wave. We have all been there, and for some, far too often. There have been...
Golden Nuggets Learned and 3 Pointers for Parenting in the Pandemic
I doubt I’ll ever forget the feelings of anxiety I felt going into March 2020. I’d spent several weeks hearing about this whole coronavirus thing, fielding questions about it in my role as a Gateway Associate at Metropolitan State University about what the school...
How to Avoid Burnout: Relax Your Mind, Rejuvenate Your Soul
According to a survey, 95% of human resource leaders in 2019 claimed that heavy workloads are causing employees to become burned out. Chronic stress is the cause of burnout, and the primary concern is how our system responds to the many stressors that accumulate on...
Calling All Storytellers and Scribes! It’s National Write Your Story Day: Let’s Hear Yours!
Brandon Stanton, a New York photographer, pursued a small project to capture the people of New York. As he worked on this project, he started to learn more about each individual’s story. He would discover stories about a daughter’s relationship with her father, an...
Daylight Savings Time and How to Prevent that Spring-Forward Grogginess
You wake up Monday morning seeing the sunshine through your blinds and hear your alarm clock blaring. You blink a couple of times and immediately close your eyes, sensitive to the pulsing cluster headache, and want to go back to sleep. You remember now that you...
Highlighting an Activist and Pioneer of Birth Control and Sex Education
While sex education and birth control are more readily available than ever, both are still divisive topics. Religious beliefs, societal expectations, and lack of education play a large role in the choices people make, and it can be easy to take those choices for...
Increase Your Talents and Mindfulness by Learning a New Craft
One little known fact about the month of March is that it bears the designation of National Craft Month. A craft, known as a skill that involves making things by hand, is an incredibly broad term that may categorize thousands of different activities from painting,...
Happy International Women’s Day! Honoring the Extraordinary Nature of Womankind
1911 was, by and large, an eventful year. It was the year when the first official airmail flight took off, the year that the NAACP was consolidated, the year when the world witnessed the theft of the Mona Lisa, the year when Portugal approved female suffrage,...
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