I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
There’s a hotel trend that started quietly a few years ago, like all bad ideas do. At first it showed up as a “modern design choice.” Then a “European vibe.” Then suddenly you’re standing in a hotel room brushing your teeth while your travel companion makes direct eye […]
On February 5, Elon Musk, the guy behind Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly Twitter, formerly a bird, formerly our collective sanity), posted a short message on his own platform: Whoever said “money can’t buy happiness” really knew what they were talking about. Then he added a sad emoji. […]
Have you recently uttered the phrase “Well, I didn’t have that on my bingo card.” Same. When I was a kid, I had this wheel bingo game I used to play with my mom. You’d spin the wheel, a number would land, and we’d mark our cards with […]
The Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots was not about flash. It was not about swagger. It was not about perfectly coiffed quarterbacks or cinematic slow-motion spirals. It was about defense. Which, frankly, feels psychologically correct for the moment we’re in. I was […]
I caught yet another documentary the other night. It wasn’t planned. These things never are. You start folding laundry, or answering emails, or trying to quiet your brain, and suddenly you’re forty minutes into something that changes the temperature of the room. This one did. It was Kidnapped: […]
I’ve been on a documentary kick lately. You know the phase. You convince yourself you’re being educational, cultured, and deeply thoughtful, when really you’re just binge-watching other people’s lives while eating snacks. So naturally, I tried the Victoria Beckham three-part series on Netflix. And listen. I wanted to […]
On February 6, 1952, something quietly historic happened. Britain’s King George VI died, and his 25-year-old daughter stepped into the role of monarch. Just like that, Elizabeth became Queen. No onboarding period. No six-month transition plan. No “let’s circle back.” One day you’re a young woman living your […]
Sometimes a mistake isn’t a mistake. Sometimes it’s a mood. I recently fell down one of those late-night rabbit holes (you know the kind that starts with one article, ends with questioning the universe) and landed on a story out of China. Specifically, a plush toy made for […]
What do you complain about the most? I once had a colleague lovingly tease me about how I constantly complain about being sleepy. Not in a mean way. In a we’ve-noticed-a-pattern way. Apparently, phrases like: “I’m tired.”“I’m sleepy.”“I need to wake up.”“I need a Red Bull.” Exit my […]
What would you do if you won the lottery? Haven’t we all done it? Bought a ticket. Laid our head on the pillow. Let the mind wander into that delicious little fantasy called What if? What if I won the lottery. I sometimes think it would have been […]
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