Many of us are disconnected from the roots that used to anchor people. Even if we aren't rooted in a place or a religion, we can grow stronger roots in our daily lives. Spiritual-ish practices can help us grow stronger roots and feel more connected. Roots. Home. They’re hard to...

6 Practices for Our Rootless Lives

Professional musicians have a higher chance of being left-handed than the general population. Left-handers have better pitch memory than right-handers. A stroke in the right half of the brain can destroy the ability to perceive music. August 13, 2024, is International Left-Handers Day, and, despite decades of research on left-handedness,...

Left-Handedness and Musicality: 5 Scientific Facts

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She was like an intriguing cross between Charlie's Angels actress Kate Jackson and Popeye movie star Shelley Duvall. Her name was Beth Howland, and it's been 8 years since her tragic death from lung cancer on May 24, 2016, just four days before what would have been her 75th birthday.

A Look Back at the Life of Actress Beth Howland (From TV's 'Alice'): 8 Years After Her Tragic Death

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Sunny, a handsome cat with a fancy tuxedo pattern, is not your typical pet. Even though cats can be very skittish, this brave kitty is not afraid when it comes to keeping his family and his home in Phoenix, Arizona safe. Imagine him as a little captain of the neighborhood...

Brave ‘Street Cat’ Faces Down A Coyote Invader To Defend His Family’s Backyard

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While North America might have the largest population of pet cats, it’s home to only six native species of wild cats. Unfortunately, deforestation and human interference have caused a decline in North America’s wild cats. We’re here to show off these gorgeous felines that make their homes all across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.  North […]

Discover the 6 Wild Cat Species in North America

Perfectionists tend to be preoccupied with feeling important. Perfectionists struggle to meet others' needs because they don't match theirs. Humility entails accepting how limited our ability to fix and solve problems actually is. Self-love, silencing the inner critic, and eliminating negative emotions together constitute the pursuit of any perfectionist. On...

The Shame of Perfectionism

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Once part of a family, he was cruelly abandoned in the woods with a broken leg. Hank, a young puppy, faced a heart-wrenching ordeal. Once part of a family, he was cruelly abandoned in the woods with a broken leg.

Puppy abandoned in the woods with all his belongings waits for someone to notice him

I recently had surgery. In the name of transparency, the kind of surgery I had is called a rectopexy. Read about it at your own risk with the link provided. It was performed through my abdomen, laparoscopically, with the surgeon using a robot. My surgeon said that despite having only four half-inch round incisions on my abdomen, it was major surgery.

Recovering From Surgery Alone

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If you have a thriving community vegetable garden in an urban or metropolitan space, you can expect geese to flock to your veggie haven for a tasty treat. A goose's strong beak, capable of breaking down materials, compensates for a goose's lack of teeth, giving rise to the question: what exactly can geese consume in the wild?If you spot a silly goose in your backyard, strutting about on an animal sanctuary farm or near a body of water, pay attention to the goose's natural behaviors as it looks for food. Without human interference, a goose's diet is an interestingarray of...

A Look at What Geese Eat, Whether Domesticated or in the Wild

Although real-world conspiracies do exist, we frequently seem to find them where they are not. The forces of apophenia can drive our minds to create such patterns, when in fact they really don't exist. A clear if fictional example of this is to be seen in Umberto Eco's classic novel...

Conspiracies in Mind

“If anyone wants to know what elephants are like,” Pierre Corneille once explained, “they are like people only more so.” It was a prescient observation for a man who lived in the 1600s, as over the centuries, researchers have learned that elephants, in many ways, are just like us. They mourn their dead, cry tears […]

Elephant Lifespan: How Long Do Elephants Live?

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

Post-traumatic stress disorder is often difficult to prevent, diagnose, and treat. Digital phenotyping and data-driven methods can make PTSD easier to detect. In the future, precision psychiatry tools could transform how we approach PTSD. “Carol,” a 57-year-old divorced female, was in my office for a fourth opinion regarding medication treatment...

What the Future Holds for PTSD

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from interviews the author conducted with those individuals mentioned.]. This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the classic TV show Bewitched, which originally aired on ABC from 1964 to 1972. The show remains popular in reruns, and will soon be released in a special Blu-ray edition to mark the anniversary.

Dick York ("Darrin #1") Would Have Stayed on 'Bewitched' Had He'd Been Given More Time To "Rest up"

The onager foal has been running off energy while enjoying his new habitat, zookeepers said.

Zoo hails birth of 'one of world's rarest animals'

"Equalizing" is not a behavior that is healthy to reinforce or enable by aquiescing to the child's demands. It is important to give children a sense of power and control in healthy ways, not because you owe them. "Nico is constantly extorting us. He'll come to the dinner table but...

"He's Going to Take His Pound of Flesh"

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Is “Under the Sea” already playing in your head? Almost everyone has wondered what it would be like to be part of that world and astrology can help us understand which marine animal you would be if you could embrace your inner mermaid. With that in mind, let’s do a deep dive into to which ocean animal matches your zodiac sign’s personality the most.I Overthink Everything & It Holds Me Back--How Do I Live in the Moment?



Although the cosmos, there’s nothing more fascinating than the ocean. Summertime memories of catching minnows and breaking apart snails to feed rock crabs may...

The Ocean Animal That Captures Each Zodiac Sign’s Underwater Personality

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

We all know cats and dogs usually go their separate ways and often behave as sworn enemies. However, in this heartwarming story, something extraordinary happens!. One day, Opie the pup was out for a walk with his human James Rode, when his ears perked up at a soft squeak coming from nearby bushes. Wondering what it could be, he had to go check it out.

Pup Heroically Rescues Two-Day-Old Kitten Stuck Under A Heavy Log Sparking A New Friendship

Trauma can negatively impact a person’s ability to discern between actual threat versus hypervigilance. An unpredictable environment may become a precursor to “people-pleasing” behavior. An established pattern of people-pleasing often generalizes to their romantic relationships. Trauma can negatively impact a person’s ability to cope and to discern...

Hypervigilance Around Other People’s Emotions and Needs

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The Wisdom, Intellect, and Emotional Lives of Sheep

Sheep are highly intelligent, complex, and feeling individuals. The more freedom animals have to make their own choices, the happier and healthier they will be. People...

The Wisdom, Intellect, and Emotional Lives of Sheep

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