BY: JESSICA BEUKER 1. Taking a walk in the forest will lower your stress levels The Japanese practice Shinrin-yoku, which literally translates to forest bathing, has been proven to have a positive effect on health. Essentially just going for a…
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Confessions of a Dr. Google addict
BY TREVOR HEWITT I found a lump in my neck when I was 20. It was soft and the size of a small grape. To make matters worse, it was the middle of my exam period. Anxious and out of…
Veterans experiencing PTSD are healing with the help of wolves
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Thousands of brave men and women travel overseas to serve their country, often finding themselves in unimaginable situations. When they return home, it can be extremely difficult to readjust from what they’ve seen during their service. Even…
How to achieve inner peace by shutting down the asshole in your mind
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Dealing with that asshole that lives inside your brain seems like a never-ending battle. As hard as you try, as confident as your new jeans are making you feel, there’s always going to be a little voice…
New research shows that e-cigarettes might not actually be a safer alternative to smoking
BY: STEFANIE AWRONSKI In recent years laws against public smoking of traditional nicotine and tobacco cigarettes have become a lot stricter. We have been told time after time how bad cigarettes are for our health and how highly addictive they…
To get you to stop drinking liquid sugar, the government is going to tax it.
BY: NATHANIEL ASTUDILLO Next time you reach for a thirst-quenching bottle of Coke or Pepsi, the price may make you think twice. The drinks may be taxed in response to studies linking sugary drinks to obesity. People know that too…
Science says laziness is killing you
BY: SWIKAR OLI You may want to stand up for this. And maybe wear some running shoes and run a few laps around the block. A new study has found that laziness, sleeping too much or not enough are all…
Here’s how we should really be talking about depression
BY: EMILY PLEASANCE The image of the dew droplets on the field and how the cool, crisp air felt on my face will forever be with me. If you ask me what it was about that day in high school…
Meet the Toronto man who went 1,000 days without refined sugar
BY: TREVOR HEWITT It was an addiction over twenty years in the making. Every morning, Jason Holborn would pour at least half a cup of sugar into his cereal – usually Frosted Flakes or Cocoa Pebbles. After school, he’d mix a…
6 easy steps teach you to confidently love yourself in a society where criticism is fashionable (Video)
BY: EDITOR Why do we continue to compare ourselves to that which we are not? The answer tends to bounce back and forth between inspiration and self-flagellation. While this comparison used to be exclusive to public space and popular culture,…
New research is recommending the legalization of ketamine for medicinal use
BY: EDITORS Last year one of our writers submitted a piece on her first time trying ketamine, lauding the positive experience and borderline promoting its use—I didn’t know how I felt about this piece, nor was I excited for the…
Birth control stole years of my life; here’s how I’m getting them back
BY: KATE SLOAN I’ve been on hold with the distress centre for seventeen minutes, and I can’t stop crying. My heart is beating a manic tattoo, my eyes are swollen and red, and my breathing’s definitely too fast to be…
We can now hack our genes to edit the genetic “code” of our children
BY: NATHANIEL ASTUDILLO A genetic editing system named CRISPR/Cas-9 has been successfully used on mice, zebrafish, plants, monkeys, and rabbits, to name a few. The entire human genome has been completely sequenced as of April 2003, and genome research has…
Why most people are faking it when they meditate
BY: MARIYA GUZOVA Over the past several years, both my parents have become very devout and active yogis. And I don’t mean they go to a hot yoga class twice a week in cute Lululemon outfits. I mean they wake…
33 simple activities that act as happiness-steroids (and 7 that suck the life from us)
BY: ALEX BROWN Photo By: Rob Hoffman Making love, dancing your ass off, watering a few plants—according to an invaluable study on the sources of happiness, you should be doing a lot more of these things. In fact, there are…
This professional soccer player gave up the high life to become an ordained priest
By: JACK M. Chase Hilgenbrinck grew up in a middle-class family in Bloomington, Illinois. Soccer was his passion growing up, and he was good at it…very good. In high school, he made the United States Under-17 national team, and…
Telling sex stories in front of strangers made me braver (and sexier)
BY KATE SLOAN It starts with a Facebook post. My friend Sophie Delancey is looking for a guest judge for the sexy storytelling event she does every month. There are supposed to be three events, and she’s scrambling to fill…
Manhattan’s first meditation studio offers New Yorkers a space for Mindfulness
BY: ADRIAN SMITH What would New York City be like if everyone meditated? Less angry, you’d imagine, maybe even a bit more compassionate—at the very least more relaxed. In a fast-paced city like Manhattan, where people get caught up in…
Turns out you can boost your mood and creativity by literally hugging a tree
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Remember your elementary school French teacher who wore flowing skirts and ate only granola? Whenever you hear the term “tree-hugger,” you often associate the nickname with left-wing extremists or a slandered hippy practice. Contrary to our notions,…
Tinder releases an apologetic health & safety section to their app after STD rise from hook-up culture
BY: MARIYA GUZOVA Casual hook-ups are nothing new and neither are STDs. Despite our over-exposure to sex, many young people are still under-educated about the prevalence of STDs and the importance of taking preventative steps. In fact, there is an…