Today, I have the pleasure of inviting Emily Newhook for a guest post. Emily is an outreach coordinator for the MHA degree program from The George Washington University, MHA@GW. Outside of work, she enjoys baking, writing short stories and horror…
When I was still in Belgium, I tried out a bikram yoga class in Antwerp. In Pittsburgh, I had tried a hot yoga class, but I was still very curious about bikram yoga. So, I decided to see what all…
Today, I have the honor to invite Bridgette Dembowski in the writers' lab to share her story on how writing can work as a healing tool, amongst others, for veterans. Bridgette G. Dembowski is the Director of Communications for Bare…
The final months of writing my dissertation, preparing my work for publication and defending my research could have been really stressful months, but I choose not to run on the hamsterwheel and keep my head cool.I haven't always been so…
For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you might have seen that I occasionally share some of the work of Alisa Vitti, founder of FLOliving. Even though mostly aimed at women with PCOS and other hormonal issues, I…
Too often in graduate school we are running around as sleep-deprived, stressed-out zombies that just can't juggle all the tasks we have to fulfill and drop a ball here and there.What if I tell you that I have never worked…
Guilty as charged!When you are spending long hours behind your computer screen to write your dissertation or your next paper, chances are high that you start to get those cravings to snack on something. Sugary and fatty snacks can wreak…
Two months ago, I shared a podcast that shows the beneficial impact of meditation on the brain.Along the same lines, I am glad to be able to share this GoogleTechTalk with you. It shows some very interesting research on the…
I recently came across The Daily Checklist on Zen Habits. These are the most powerful ideas in the article:A good tool for learning to trust yourself to do all the important stuff is to make a daily checklist. Put 5-7…
Mens sana in corpore sano. A healthy mind in a healthy body - we all know that to be at our very best, our bodies need to be healthy.Kim Lyons makes it sound all so logical and easy in this…
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