Sofia Isella is a profound singer and songwriter who actively speaks out against rape culture through her music. She frequently sings about the sexualization, objectification…
Pursuing a dream can feel both thrilling and exhausting at the same time. Blue Lips by CORTIS is an introspective song that captures this exact…
Siobahn Kaufman, a graduate of the Breda University of Applied Sciences and a resident of the Netherlands, is an emerging painter known for her Dark…
With the recent ending of the North American leg of Hilary Duff’s Lucky Me Tour, it feels like an appropriate time to return to the…
David Ritter’s poem Gone tells the story of someone trapped in the painful cycle of addiction and the long journey to recovery. Through repetition and…
Addiction is often described as something physical, but Maria Mastay’s poem Addiction reveals how deeply emotional and psychological the experience can become. Rather than focusing…
According to the Geneva Academy, there are more than 114 ongoing armed conflicts across the globe. Many associate armed conflict with physical danger and death,…
Rupi Kaur is an award-winning Canadian poet and illustrator who has written several books. Some of her most prominent works include milk and honey, the…
Aging is accompanied by a great many challenges. New research highlights a crucial connection between mental and physical well-being. It demonstrates how addressing trauma can…
All over social media, women and female-presenting individuals are creating videos to the song “Labour” by Paris Paloma, sharing their stories of sexual assault, advocacy…
Sophie Wagner is a poet and short story author who was first published at the age of 16 with this very piece, “Reclaiming My Life”,…
In this startling oil painting entitled Anguish by August Friedrich Schenck, we see an ewe standing protectively over the corpse of her child, defending it…
The poem The Guest House by the 13th-century poet Jalaluddin Rumi is a timeless invitation to welcome every emotion, pleasant or painful, into our lives….
Maid (2021), based on Stephanie Land’s memoir, follows Alex, a young mother who leaves an abusive relationship with her two-year-old daughter. Played by Margaret Qualley,…
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/an5q8ki4acfeuqde/Japneet_Podcast_279fva.mp3 In today’s episode, contributing writer Japneet Kaur speaks with Dr. Norman Farb, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, and co-author…
Stephen Covey, in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, uses the following analogy: “Suppose you wanted to arrive at a specific location in central…
According to national surveys conducted in 2017 and 2020 by Kevin B. Smith, Professor of political science at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 40% of U.S….
The asylum process for refugees is often portrayed through statistics and policy debates, but behind the headlines are deeply personal stories of fear, resilience, and…
Girl, Interrupted, based on the memoir by Susanna Kaysen, is a powerful film about mental illness and being a young woman in a world that…
In the video titled Why You Can’t Just ‘Get Over’ Trauma: The Science Behind Healing, Dr. Erica Lee, a psychologist at Harvard Medical School, delves…
