What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Disney Cruises and Epstein...
Thousands of people are sharing a tweet this week that suggests Disney Cruises sends or sent children to Jeffery Epstein’s private island on snorkeling trips. This claim isn’t true, but it is built around a nugget of truth. It festers in that weird gray area in the popular consciousness, where something that is technically a…
How to Get Back Into Your Favorite Childhood Hobby
The word “hobby” has a lot of unfair connotations. When someone describes an activity as a hobby, they’re implying that it’s not serious, or it’s not “professional” work. But many people are incredibly skilled at their hobby, and it’s not uncommon for people to turn a hobby into a more serious endeavor. Plus, hobbies have…
How to Protect Your Teen From the Harmful Effects of Social...
A new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General called “Social Media and Youth Mental Health” outlines how social media changes teens’ brains and impairs their social skills. These scary findings may send you into a panic, wondering if you should uninstall the internet from your home. While you know banning social media isn’t likely to…
Multitasking Is Making You Worse at Everything
Photo: Dragon Images (Shutterstock)On the surface, the concept of multitasking sounds dynamic and kind of cool—the word originated in the 1960s computer boom, after all, and retains its connotations of hyper-competency and over-achievement. We’re all obviously capable of handling multiple tasks at once, and we have limited time in our busy lives, so we’ve been…
These Are the Signs You’re Overstepping at Work
It’s one thing to take your job seriously, but some people don’t stop there. Instead, they take it upon themselves to intervene in situations that don’t concern them, going above and beyond their job description—and not in a good way. Because this is often done with good intentions, it can be hard for someone to…
Beware of These Scams the Next Time You Move
It’s June, prime moving season is in full swing, and so are moving scams. Relocating to a new home is always stressful, but there are steps you can take to avoid falling for a con job that will make it a lot worse (and even more expensive).According to a Newsweek report from earlier this year,…
Try the ‘Memory Anchoring’ Method to Calm a Child (and Yourself)
If you or your child has had anxiety, anger, or other dysregulation, you may be familiar with “grounding techniques,” mindfulness exercises that help calm the nervous system. You can name objects, check in with your physical state, or use physical “tricks” such as the “butterfly hug” or by using ice to help hack your body…
Here’s How Much Bad Habits Can Cost You Per Year
It’s a sad fact of life that pretty often, the better it feels to do something, the worse it is for you—especially when you repeat it so often it falls under the category of “lifestyle choice.” Gorging on unhealthy food once in a while is an indulgence, but living exclusively on cheeseburgers and fries is…
What to Do When You Think Your Kid Is Being Punished...
Sometimes your child gets into a situation that requires them to “repair” or, even sometimes, “repent.” Often you will be the one to dole out these consequences. However, once your child is in school, there may come a time when they “get in trouble” and you get that dreaded call from the office or a…
Use Cognitive Restructuring to Be More Productive
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock)You may have never heard of “cognitive restructuring,” but it’s a real way to adjust your thoughts, make them more positive, and be more productive. Though it’s usually something you go over in therapy, you can still be mindful of it in your real, day-to-day life and reap its benefits.What is cognitive restructuring?The…