What’s your relationship to food like?
For most of humankind’s existence, eating was an interactive, immersive, and even intimate experience. You were with your food through its entire lifecycle: the cultivation, cooking, consumption, and composting. However, since the rise of the industrialized food system, most of us are now only…
Anxiety plucks you out of reality and pushes you into a fast-thinking, dimly lit corner of your mind.
For some, anxiety feels like getting lost in an alleyway in Gotham, full of shadowy creatures with questionable intentions — a state of intense fear. For others, it feels like walking through…
The food system is broken.
This is the belief of New York City-based urban farm We Are The New Farmers. It’s also a guiding principle in their business.
“We started We Are The New Farmers because we believe that there is a dire need for more sustainable food alternatives,” explains…
Many people today avoid visiting the doctor unless they absolutely need to. The extent of many Americans’ interactions with healthcare include urgent care clinics, one-off visits or, more recently, urgent care apps. …
The Blue Zones represent five areas in the world that are home to the longest-living and healthiest people.
According to National Geographic Fellow and New York Times bestselling author, Dan Buettner, people who live in Blue Zones lead…
Rejection can hurt like nothing else. When you feel it, it’s like an attack on your whole being. Sometimes in reaction, ironically, you feel more drawn to the person who rejected you. In fact, you may have never wanted them more.
But… you don’t actually want them. …
Most people want to eat food that is nutritious, tastes good, and comes from safe places. When you live in a city, far away from the lush farmlands where fresh food is grown, this goal carries its challenges. …
My parents have been married for 35 years and they still have weekly date nights. They take walks together every evening after dinner, look forward to their yearly trips together, and make each other laugh all the time.
Their relationship has never been outwardly romantic. It’s not the type of…
Wanderers are those who deviate from the norm. They opt out of the socially accepted way of life to choose a different path. They do so in order to better determine what they want out of life, where they could best serve, or even just to search for a while.
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Ah, the soulmate. A staple of classic romance literature and modern rom-coms. The idea that somewhere out there in the world is a single person who is your perfect match. That one person with whom you’ll share a deeply fulfilling lifelong bond. Your dream guy or dream girl. Someone who…
