Culture

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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For social entrepreneurs, it often seems that the work never ends. In the midst of continually striving towards new goals, building on ideas, and creating something purposeful, breaks are difficult …
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With the sunny summer days ahead it’s important to remind ourselves of the dangers associated with too much sun exposure. Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers, and …
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When you have worked as a regular employee for most of your life, self-employment might feel like the ultimate breakthrough. You are your own boss, your working hours are flexible, …
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Finding a stable job with a decent income can be difficult for someone who just started down their career path. Getting fired from that same job position mere months after …
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Many people go through their lives holding on to people, memories, things, etc. that used to give them feelings of happiness, joy, success, and even awakening. But everything has its …
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The reality is we are surrounded by negativity and lots of it—everything from tragic headlines, anger speech on social media, conflict with friends or family, challenges in the workplace, etc. …
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Every century has its own movement or movements. These uprisings are signposts that connote humanity’s shift towards being more compassionate and evolved. The abolitionist movement, the civil rights movement, feminism, …
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We are all born with this innate hunger for passion and success. Our ability to be doers, creators, innovators and visionaries come from an instinctive characteristic, which is best described …
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As Earth Day approaches us, I can just see the flood of Google searches of “what to do on Earth Day” and the influx of articles telling you 5 small …
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When we find a way of contributing to this world that aligns with who we are – and when we find the courage to pursue it ­– it often feels …
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It’s now Spring, that awkward time where it isn’t a fresh start or the end of a year. We are 3 months into the new year and it’s time to …
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A lot of commentary about the educational system in America will focus on effort-based reward systems, which is a partial vestige of the highly controversial and derided “No Child Left …
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It’s All About Deeper Connections…We all have one: that friend who is always asking us not just how we’re doing, but—really—how are we doing? That person who not only listens …
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Waking up every day to a phone filled with news notifications that make your heart skip a beat in sadness, frustration, and anger is overwhelming. As much as it is …
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You are an inspired leader inside but how to you take that vision and turn it into action? As a kundalini yoga teacher, business owner, author and social rebel, …
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Body positivity has become a sort of social media buzzword across different platforms. On Instagram, the phrase permeates hashtags. On Twitter, they’re retweeted. Facebook groups and friends promote the …
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