The wellness industry is replete with experts who counsel by giving directives: Do this, eat that, and so on and so forth. Author Case Kenny takes a different approach to the idea of self-help. The mindfulness proponent and host of the podcast New Mindset, Who Dis? leads by example, leaning into the self aspect by […]
Health care debt is a persistent financial problem for many: More than 100 million Americans are estimated to owe money due to health-related bills. But according to a new study published in the Jama Health Forum, there’s a simple way to help ease the financial burden of medical debt: making a phone call. Most people […]
An abundance of scientific evidence exists supporting the benefit of mindfulness on anxiety, depression, pain, addiction, and more. And now, new research has found that when it comes to prolonged periods of professional stress, something else could be equally, if not more, effective: hope. Mindfulness is defined as maintaining moment-to-moment awareness of one’s thoughts, feelings, […]
Nestled in the lush landscape of Japan’s Shikoku island, the small town of Kamikatsu is in the process of achieving a tremendous feat: becoming the nation’s first zero-waste municipality. “Our goal is to develop a town with abundant natural beauty and make it a place where everyone feels happy and can fulfill their respective dreams,” […]
Talking with 17-year-old Dhanush Eashwar is a sure-fire way to feel confident about the future, as Nice News happily learned during a recent telephone interview with the inspiring computer science wiz. Eashwar is one of the 2024 winners of Apple’s Swift Student Challenge, which tasks young creators with developing apps that solve real-world problems. His […]
Recommendations are independently selected by our team but may result in a commission to Nice News which helps keep our content free. There’s something soul-filling about a good old-fashioned walk, putting your feet to the pavement — or maybe dirt, grass, or sand (dreamy). But it’s far from purely a pleasure activity: Research has shown […]
In this age of fast fashion, many people don’t give a second thought to tossing a torn shirt or ditching a pair of pants with a broken zipper. But go back in time a few decades, and simply mending what needed repairing would be far more commonplace. With her posse of street sewers who gather […]
Running a race is one thing; it’s another to add on swimming and cycling before lacing up one’s sneakers and hitting the pavement. Such is the challenge for triathletes, who pack three endurance sports into one exhilarating, all-consuming race. “I look at triathlons as the fountain of youth,” 73-year-old Bob Babbitt, a legendary athlete who […]
In Koasati, which is spoken in Louisiana and parts of Texas, the word “ihoochastontihchotok” means “bringing time back from the past to now.” It’s one of nearly 100 terms from an equal number of languages represented in author and photographer B.A. Van Sise’s latest book. On the National Language, out Sept. 28, features evocative portraits […]
Perhaps it was the umpteenth study I read touting the benefits of mindfulness, or perhaps it was when I realized en route to a doctor’s appointment that I’d been distractedly attempting to open the office building’s gate by clicking the remote control to my own garage — but somewhere along the way, I decided I needed […]
When faced with a challenging circumstance, there are two ways to respond: smile serenely and say, “bring it on,” or throw your hands up and yell, “I can’t cope!” All right, so maybe a middle ground exists, but unless you’re a zen master, you’ve probably experienced that second reaction at some point in time. Thankfully, […]
Google “cats in hats” and you’ll be met with a surfeit of long-suffering kitties donning baseball caps, bonnets, bowlers, tiaras, you name it. And now, adorable woolen beanies that can measure the animals’ brain waves are also in the mix. A first-of-its-kind study out of the University of Montreal fitted cats with a specially crocheted, […]