From The Players’ Tribune authored by Kevin Love: “On November 5th, right after halftime against the Hawks, I had a panic attack. It came out of nowhere. I’d never had one before. I didn’t even know if they were real. But it was real — as real as a broken hand or a sprained ankle. […]
Category Archives: Fitness & Health
SuperShe Island: Women-only luxury retreat opening in Finland
From CNN authored by Francesca Street: “Did you watch hit movie “Wonder Woman” and daydream about escaping to her home, the female-only island of Themyscira? That dream could soon become a reality: entrepreneur Kristina Roth has created SuperShe Island, a private retreat off the coast of Finland where no men are allowed. Roth says her aim is […]
She Exposed the Discrimination in College Sports Before Title IX. Now She’s a Women’s History Month Honoree
From TIME authored by Olivia B Waxman: “With March marking both March Madness and Women’s History Month, it’s a fitting time to look back at how far women’s sports have come since President Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law on June 23, 1972, as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. But, though many know Title IX best […]
Learn to Deal with Mentally-Ill Clients
From Lawyerist.com authored by Sam Glover: “Lawyer and psychotherapist Elizabeth Wittenberg starts her article, “Are Your Clients Making You Crazy? How to Avoid Drama with Maddening Clients,” with this eye-opening quotation: Statistically, over 9 percent of American adults have a diagnosable personality disorder … . In other words, it is not your imagination; some of your clients really […]
This Is Why Your Wife Is Stressed Out (Spoiler Alert: It Might Be You)
From Huffington Post authored by Brittany Wong: “Five months ago, mom and writer Cameron Reeves Poynter shared a heartfelt essay on Facebook about the invisible work she does for her family. “I am the keeper. I am the keeper of schedules. Of practices, games, and lessons. Of projects, parties, and dinners. Of appointments and homework assignments,” she wrote, before […]
The Psychological Link Between Trauma And Work Addiction
From Thrive Global authored by Drake Baer: “Addiction is usually thought of in terms of substances: alcohol, cocaine, opioids. But according to Dr. Gabor Maté, author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, it can take less obvious—and more socially condoned—forms, like work, wealth and status. To Maté, addiction has its roots in […]
The Lawyer, the Addict
From The New York Times authored by Eilene Zimmerman: “In July 2015, something was very wrong with my ex-husband, Peter. His behavior over the preceding 18 months had been erratic and odd. He could be angry and threatening one minute, remorseful and generous the next. His voice mail messages and texts had become meandering soliloquies […]
‘It’s About Making History.’ These Athletes Are Breaking Barriers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
From TIME authored by Jennifer Calfas: “Erin Jackson never expected to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. The inline skater, who was accustomed to racing on wheels, had just four months of training in long-track speedskating before she hit the ice at the U.S. speedskating trials in early January. She hoped to someday […]
What A Badass Olympic Skier Can Teach Us About Work-Life Balance
From Five Thirty Eight authored by Christie Aschwanden: “Team USA has sent 20 fathers to Pyeongchang, but only one mother: Kikkan Randall. A three-time winner of cross-country skiing’s World Cup sprint title, Randall was part of a baby boom that happened after the 2014 Sochi Olympics, when four of the sport’s top athletes took time off from racing […]
Fired for being pregnant: Another kind of discrimination women face at work
From CNN authored by Elissa Strauss: “In June, Whitney Tomlinson felt nauseated at work. She was pregnant at the time and was experiencing the condition commonly, and misleadingly, known as morning sickness. Hormone-induced nausea doesn’t know what time of day it is. Tomlinson, a 30-year-old single mother and packer at a Walmart Distribution Center in […]
