Culture

The World Health Organization estimates that 264 million people worldwide struggle with depression. In the United States alone, nearly one in five adults experience mental illness each year, and rates are expected to increase …
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I don’t know about you, but it seems like every day there is some piece of information about COVID-19 that feels like we’re still unraveling instead of resolving. The second …
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Like many of you, I am stuck at home wondering how I can continue to lead an organization that I co-founded while attempting to survive this new normal myself. Once …
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Indigenous wisdom is not optional, it is integral to sustainable change. If we are to work together as a global community to accomplish anything, whether economic development, conservation, health promotion, …
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It’s been a month of tragedy for all of us. How can we make things better? I know people who have been lost to this pandemic, and I’m sure you …
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What attachments do you have?

With the global pandemic, we are experiencing change in some capacity. Whether it is a change in a surprising, scary way or even change in …
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Today we observe the 50th annual Earth Day. Initiated in 1970, Earth Day exists to “drive transformative change for people and planet”. Inspired by the college based anti-war protests in …
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The final months of 2019 will be remembered as a moment of reckoning to the imminent threat posed by global warming. Young climate activists around the world entered the political …
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In the ’90s, during the civil war in Somalia, the term “mission creep” was first used by reporters in the United States. It is identified, in this example, as entering …
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Just breathe.

Numerous studies show the benefits of breathing exercises to reduce stress, anxiety, and sleeplessness. With the weight of the global crisis standing upon our shoulders, it’s easy …
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We are witnesses to something much greater than we could have ever anticipated—the global pandemic of COVID-19. While fear levels rise, there is also a profound sense of peace waiting …
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Hello, Conscious Community. It feels like this crisis is getting bigger and bigger by the day with over 100,000 losses, 16 million unemployed, and frontline heroes risking their lives to …
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We think a lot of people are feeling the same thing right now—what can we do?  

Sure, we know that to #stopthespread and #flattenthecurve, we need to #stayathome and #socialdistance …
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During our COVID-19 pandemic world crisis, our health care professionals are getting the job done by providing and protecting people at their very worse while risking their own health. And …
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One day it seemed okay, the next day, everything changed. The rapid shift in culture, due to the coronavirus pandemic, called for an even faster call to pause. However, needs …
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Hello, Conscious Community. How are you feeling? There has been an overwhelming amount of heightened stress and fear surrounding COVID-19, which is why we’re checking to see how you’re feeling. …
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We want to help fill up your weekend as we’re still encouraged to stay at home. What’s important right now is staying safe, healthy, and strong! Let’s take a …
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It was a brisk fall weekend in Brooklyn, and I’d joined a group of around 35 individuals at a cozy Fort Greene brownstone. We’d gathered to discuss the new wellness …
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Let’s face it; if we are not intentional about what our lives look like, we will end up answering to the most difficult things in our lives. While perhaps there …
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As I build my own dream of owning a clothing brand, I regularly seek the advice of those who have gone before me. Though most of the advice has proven …
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Where I live and work, in almost all of the school districts, city departments, and nonprofits, a commitment to diversity is clear from the minute I walk in the door. …
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It’s easy to get caught up in the stress and anxiety of daily life, the complaints about what we need and what we have too much of. And yet, if …
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What a stellar moment for New York City as the 7th annual Justice Film Festival returns to The Sheen Center for Thought and Culture.

The Justice Film Festival inspires justice seekers …
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Change has affected the way I live, for better and for worse. We live in a Yelp-review-based-world where planning is part of the norm, making it easy for us to …
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HYROX is a one-day fitness competition event that takes place in large arenas. It is a combination of 8 x 1k runs and 8 functional fitness exercises. Each competitor or …
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