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Still searching for your purpose?
Can you imagine a world where everyone just gets it? Where everyone just gets everyone else? Where everyone.. even gets themselves! Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Let’s not get too carried away here. I got rid of my Dashiki and suede fringe vest a while ago (just kidding, I’m still waiting for someone to buy…
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Mental disorders are more common than you think
About one in four American adults ages 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Mental illnesses such as mood disorders are prevalent throughout societies around the world, yet these disorders largely remain hidden behind smiling faces and closed doors. Mood disorders like anxiety, depression, bipolar, and obsessive compulsive disorder…
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Nipple rings and genital piercings were once a symbol of the Victorian upper class
Nipple and genital piercings may seem like a new fad, but they have proven to withstand the test of time. Dating back to at least the Victorian era, intimate piercings have been the symbol of choice to demonstrate some societies’ most intrinsic values. Today, we tend to associate intimate piercings with unfavorable qualities like drug…
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Even universities can’t get mental health right
It is no secret that mental illness has a hit an all-time high amongst youth and young adults alike, particularly in the light of students attending university. Regardless of rhyme or reason, this is happening. And what better way to tackle a demographically specific epidemic than to implement psychological support systems on campuses across the…
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How to find empowerment by saying “no”
As humans, we are capable of forming countless relationships. Whether that relationship be friendship, familial or romantic, it is constantly up to us as individuals to make sure that we are being treated the way we desire to be. If seeing too much of your friend made you sick to your stomach, but you couldn’t control how…
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A World Full of Compliments, Part 2
Does receiving and accepting a compliment make us more or less powerful? Many studies show that it is harder to receive a compliment then give one for a few reasons. First off, receiving a compliment means letting go of control. When we give, we’re in control in a certain way. It might be easy to…
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A World Full of Compliments, Part 1
We all have that one female friend or loved one who just can’t take a compliment. EVER. She usually responds to compliments with “oh no, I’m nothing special” or “oh please, you’re just saying that.” Women not being able to take compliments is very common. Instead of a sentiment of gratitude, a woman does the…
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Dress For The Job You Want: Why the devil is in the details
“Dress for the job you want, instead of the job you have.” [lead_text] “The clothes make the man!” [/lead_text] We hear these and similar sentiments often, and seem to associate dressing better with doing better and achieving more in the workforce. But is there actually evidence that “dressing for success” works? How? Do certain clothes…
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Bang Your Head: 4 reasons why rocking out could be good for you
Heavy metal. Punk rock. Hardcore. Screamo. Metalcore. The heavier side of the rock genre has evolved and diversified plenty since its breakout years in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Many regard it as the antithesis to the jams of the “free love” movement in the 1960’s that clashed with the sociopolitical upheaval of the era (like…
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Mushrooms can do more than just please your palette
“Imagine an organism that feeds you, heals you, reveals secrets of the universe, and could help save the planet…today. Now imagine that it’s in the ground beneath your feet.” Human use of fungi usually goes as far as selecting edibles (like the Oyster mushrooms pictured above). And if we can’t eat ’em, they’re as useful as…