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A Little Vaseline Could Go A Long Way When Dyeing Your Hair At Home

When it comes to film and television, hair transformations signal larger emotional shifts. Girl-next-door Sandy perms her hair and confidently smokes cigarettes by the end of "Grease," and Mulan slices off her tresses with a sword before taking her father's place in the military. On TikTok, #hairtransformation has over 25 billion views (and counting), and during the height of COVID, it became increasingly popular to experiment with curtain bangs at home, among many other things…

Jefferson Health Nexus

What to Expect from Your First Session with a Therapist

For anyone struggling to bring about positive change in their life, it often takes a monumental act of courage to walk into a therapist’s office. Indeed, engaging in the process of therapy is an act of bravery that is not for faint of heart. Successful therapy demands that you see what you do not want to see within yourself…

EduMed

How to Navigate Grief and Loss as a College Student

Grief, loss, and traumatic events are a natural part of life. You can be thrown a curveball at any moment, which can make the cause of grief feel even more heavy as you learn to navigate life in a new reality. Studies show that 22-30% of undergraduate students are grieving at any given time and there are many ways a person can experience grief…

EduMed

How to Win the Admissions Game: An Online Guide for Healthcare Students

Each spring, high school seniors and transfer students across the country apply to college programs. For students pursuing a healthcare education, this time can be especially stressful. There’s keeping your grades up, researching programs, taking exams, writing essays, and gathering multiple letters of recommendation…

Shape

7 People Share How Their Hair Became An Expression of Their Identity

Despite the endless variety of styles, cuts, colors, and textures, there’s one universal truth: Hair plays a significant role in how we choose to define and express ourselves. Here, seven people share their stories…

Student Training & Education in Public Service

Resources & Support for Students with Challenges at Home

In general, losing the structure of the academic milieu is difficult for students adjusting to remote learning. For post-secondary students, the informal nature of being at home as well as the distance from the instructor makes the experience less immersive and more distracting…

Medium

5 Things We Can Each Do To Solve the Loneliness Epidemic

Human connection and building relationships are skills, and without practice, we lose some of our ability to utilize them. If a person is persistently socially isolated, that individual may struggle when circumstances change to form meaningful connections with others in a new context, which will only perpetuate the loneliness and isolation…

Medium

5 Things We Can Each Do To Make the Internet a Kinder and More Tolerant Place, With Yitzi Weiner

I think online verbal attacks can feel worse than arguments in “real life.” In real life, you have the ability to read each other’s body language, tone, volume, and affect, and can slow down or pause when the conversation is escalating beyond productivity…

EduMed

Substance Abuse in Healthcare

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, approximately 19.7 million Americans, ages 12 and up, struggle with substance abuse issues or disorders each year. Despite being educated on the risks of short- and long-term substance abuse, students and professionals in the healthcare industry face the same risks of developing an addiction as the rest of the U.S. population. More than 100,000 healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, and technicians, struggle with addiction every day….

The Whisp

How To Find Mental Health Treatment Without Health Insurance

It’s recently become trendy for celebrities to talk about how much they love therapy, which is a major win when it comes to destigmatizing mental health care. We wouldn’t hesitate to visit our PCP if we had a broken bone, but taking care of the bumps and bruises inside of our psyche is still seen as a want and not a need, even in our 21st-century society…

Medium

“Make sure you have a strong handle on the basics before adding on anything else” with Fotis Georgiadis

Thank you so much for joining us! I’d love to begin by asking you to give us the backstory as to what brought you to this specific career path.

Stories have fascinated me for as long as I can remember…

The Whisp

How To Make Your Summer Fling Last

Your current romantic situation started out as something casual for the summer, but now you're wondering how to make your summer fling last and the weather gets crisper and summer turns into autumn. Does the scenario sound familiar?

The Whisp

How To Love Someone With Depression

Depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues can affect anyone. It doesn't matter the age, gender, or relationship status of a person. It can be hard to know the "right" way on how to love someone with depression. You obviously want to help the person, but you might be concerned about doing or saying the wrong thing…

Bustle

7 Everyday Worries That Can Mean You Should Pay Attention To Your Anxiety

Each and every one of us experiences worry, anxiety, and stress occasionally. It's common to have a touch of anxiety over an upcoming work event, for example, or a moment of stress after a long day. But if you find that you're worrying every day — and it's starting to impact your life —it may be a sign this anxiety needs paying attention to…

UpJourney

How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed at Work (121 Powerful Tips)

Is there an efficient way to feel more focused, productive, and organized at work without feeling too overwhelmed? If so, how can we get these things done?

Cosmopolitan

How to Pull Off Friends With Benefits the RIGHT Way

In theory, being friends with benefits seems like the perfect idea. You're sleeping with someone you like and trust enough to hang out with outside of sex, but you don't have the stress that things have to ~ go somewhere ~. But there's a reason it never seems as easy in practice…

Under Armour

4 Things the Best Weight-Loss Diets Have in Common

If you’re hoping to lose weight, there are so many choices: Cutting carbs, weighing what you eat, keeping a food journal, intermittent fasting, hiring a personal trainer and countless other ideas registered dietitians, health coaches and well-meaning friends might suggest…

Fab Fit Fun

What Couple Therapists Really Think About Dating Apps

If you’ve ever used dating apps, chances are, you have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, it gives you way more opportunities to meet people, but on the other hand, it can eat up a lot of energy with very little reward (not to mention, rejections can take a toll on your self-esteem)…

GoGrad.Org

Master’s Degree in Social Work Career Options

Benefits of a Master of Social Work Degree 
If you're wondering if obtaining the MSW is worth the effort, it's important to understand the reasons why social workers pursue a master's degree. You'll also want to know more about the professional skills and personal traits that successful social workers with advanced degrees often possess and what kind of salary can be earned with an MSW. 

Bustle

How To Express Your Anger Without Pushing Your Partner Away

At some point in your relationship, you're going to get angry at your partner. But how can you express anger in your relationship without unintentionally pushing your partner away? According to experts, there are a few key things to keep in mind…

Mind Body Green

How to Deal With Crushes When You’re Married

Sometimes, it can be as overpowering as an earthquake, as unrelenting as an obsession. Virtually nothing surpasses the heady, all-consuming rush of a crush. And if you're currently married or in any other type of serious monogamous relationship, chances are those thrilling feelings of attraction and curiosity likely also come with pangs of guilt and maybe even fear…

Dazed Digital

We asked a psychologist and hairdresser why haircuts are so emotional

Why do we make drastic hair decisions when we feel emotional? And why can haircuts often make us feel emotional? We investigate. 
It was right after the September 11th attacks in 2001 when a client paid New York-based hairstylist Siobhan Benson a visit. “She was really upset about it and she wanted to cut off all of her hair,” recalls Benson…

SparkPeople

Work Burnout: Why Does It Happen and How Can You Prevent It?

There was a time when you loved your job. Okay, so maybe you liked it—or at least didn’t mind it. But lately, maybe there’s been a shift. The weekends feel far shorter, and the standard Monday morning blues seem to last a lot longer—like, the whole week. You might find yourself complaining about work to anyone who will listen or venting your frustrations in more unhealthy ways…

Bustle

7 Unexpected Things That Happen To Your Body When You Don’t Interact With People For A Day

If you ever decide to spend an entire day alone, you will likely experience a whole host of positive benefits. Because when it comes to reconnecting with yourself, and focusing on exactly what you'd like to do, nothing beats a solo mental health day…

Prevention

14 Tips for Creating a Self-Care Routine to Nourish Your Body and Soul

There’s a lot of chatter around self-care these days, and the term has come to mean so much more than spa days and yoga classes. For some people, it may mean shopping, getting to the gym, having morning meditations, eating chocolate, or reading a book. The point is to do something for you—anything that leaves you feeling fresh and rejuvenated…

GoGrad.org

What to do After Grad School: All Your Questions Answered

Finishing graduate school and moving toward a professional career can be complex for some new grads. Many aspects of our lives change during these transitions and, for many, it’s challenging to keep a positive attitude, stay focused on our goals, and face the competitive job market…

Community for Accredited Online Schools

Highest Paying Master's Degrees: Graduate Programs and Other Strategies That Boost Salary Potential

After you finish your undergraduate program, pursuing additional education may be one of the last things on your mind. Earning a master’s degree, however, greatly increases your earning potential. Even working professionals who have been out of college for years can benefit from earning a master’s degree.