Homelife
From creative interior design tricks that can improve your wellbeing to strategic plant arrangements that help you reap the most benefits from your leafy friends, this is the place to find everything you need to know to make your house feel like a home.
Neuroscientist shares her top 6 resilience-building exercises
Wendy Suzuki, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist and professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for Neural Science at New York University, as well as the author of Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion. She has spent years researching anxiety in her lab, and Read More...
How often do you really need to wash your hair?
You’ve probably heard that it’s bad to wash your hair too frequently, but how often is too often? Hair oil is natural and helps keep our hair from getting brittle and dry. Most people don’t need to wash their hair every day, and this guide will help you determine how often is right for Read More...
Why the intimate wedding is here to stay
The Covid-19 crisis has made us adjust and adapt to life in the midst of a pandemic. In the name of health and safety, we’ve lost out on many planned events and have had to cancel, postpone, or reconceptualize how we celebrate life’s milestones. One of the biggest realizations? Sometimes less Read More...
Don’t toss your overripe fruit! 4 ways to put it to good use
Although we can easily compost overripe fruit, in the name of creating zero-waste habits, it’s a good practice to attempt to put everything you can to use before discarding it, even squishy soft plums and mushy peaches. Here are four ways you can make the most of the overripe fruit sitting in Read More...
7 ways to boost your oral hygiene game
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM If you’ve read our Optimist View on laughter, then you know that laughing and smiling have a myriad of health benefits both mentally and physically. However, people are more likely to smile freely and widely if they’re confident in their oral hygiene. Read More...
Study: Pecans prove effective in lowering high cholesterol
Researchers at the University of Georgia have identified a tasty way to treat a person’s unbalanced cholesterol levels: pecans. Yes, it turns out this tree nut doesn’t just contribute to delicious pies and tarts—in fact, as dietary interventions go, this one was extremely successful in Read More...
Chronic aches and pains? Your sleeping position may be to blame
Do you find yourself struggling with chronic aches and pains? There are a lot of contributing factors to any bodily discomfort we may feel during the day—for instance, whatever you do for work, whether it’s hours of manual labor or sitting hunched over a screen for extended periods will result Read More...
This service allows employers to subsidize workers' childcare
The pandemic has exposed the systemic weaknesses in our societal structures, and one of these glaring shortcomings is the childcare industry. When the pandemic forced virtually all childcare centers to close, parents (especially mothers) were heavily impacted. Many parents had to struggle to Read More...
The Optimist View: The back-to-school edition
"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Tomorrow is Labor Day, which means it’s time to say goodbye to summer camp-outs and long beach days and head back to school and work for the fall. The days are getting shorter and the weather a Read More...
How to keep harmful snakes from slithering into your yard
Snakes—whether you’re fascinated or afraid of them, the fact of the matter is that at some point, a few of them will probably find their way into your yard. There are plenty of different kinds of snakes. Some are harmless and actually help out their hosts by providing free pest control, Read More...