Lifestyle
Alongside taking care of other people and the planet, make sure you take good care of yourself. The Lifestyle section at the Optimist Daily has solutions for everyday wellbeing on topics like food, beauty, fashion, and the latest trends. Curious about caring for houseplants, eating plant-based, or parenting tips? It’s all in there.
How to keep your brain sharp, even if you aren’t a ‘super-ager’
As we age, our brain’s grey matter—the stuff we rely on for seeing, hearing, processing emotion, exerting self-control, learning information, and much more—shrinks and degrades. Well, not for everybody. Scientists have recently discovered a rare group of people above the age of 80 that have a Read More...
Investors turn focus on China’s drive for sustainability
Global investors are increasingly hesitant to invest in companies with a traditional growth model that fails to incorporate the principles of sustainability. Recognizing this trend, China is getting ready to shed off its Read More...
How the minimal Japanese concept of “Ma” brings peace into your life
Instead of decorating every inch of space within their homes, the Japanese embrace minimalism and the empty space that exists between things. This concept is called Ma, and it can be found in most aspects of Japanese life, from architecture and garden design to music and poetry. See here what the Read More...
This CEO has a genius strategy to beat jet lag
What's the first thing you do when you get out of bed?Khajak Keledjian: Generally during the week, the first thing I do when I wake up is stay in bed for a few minutes and start inhaling and exhaling to get more energized while I daydream so I ease into the Read More...
‘Every day brings some new trauma’: keeping calm in an anxious world
In the immediate aftermath of the EU referendum and the US presidential election, it became common, on the losing side, to compare the experience to a death in the family. First came the punch to the gut, the thunderbolt of Read More...
A basic income for everyone? Yes, Finland shows it really can work
Simply put, the idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI) is to literally give people money for nothing no matter what their economic standing is. It’s an idea that lights up the brains of both radical leftists like Bernie Sanders and Silicon Valley plutocrats such as Elon Musk. Finland is currently Read More...
The science of meditation explained by two experts
Meditation is popularly presented as a panacea for many of the world’s ailments. But to what extent does science support the hype? Two longtime meditators and established authors Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson, explored six thousand studies conducted over the last few decades, and decided Read More...
Sound meditation is becoming the biggest relaxation trend in San Francisco
Meditation comes in all shapes and sizes, and also sounds for that matter. In San Francisco, thousands of people are meditating by taking a “bath” in sound and fall into some sort of musically-induced bliss. If you’re curious about what this would be like, check out what this journalist had Read More...
The future of work: department store becomes co-working space
More and more people are employing themselves and contribute their talents and services to the (online) communities around them. So, they don't go to corporate offices anymore. The trend is illustrated by the fact that co-working spaces are popping up everywhere in cities around the world. This Read More...
This man is on a mission to change the world’s consciousness
Some consider him to be the godfather of modern mindfulness. Other simply know him as Jon Kabat-Zinn, the man who removed Buddhism from the practice of mindfulness to appeal to secular society. Whatever you call him, he’s been on a mission for decades and decades to bring mindfulness all over the Read More...