What Vedic astrology suggests about November’s political tensions and how we can feel calm in an unsettling world. November is going to be an emotionally charged month, particularly as the United States moves...

Everybody loves the hero. We cheer when Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker fight the Empire, admire the X-Men for resisting persecution and discrimination, and celebrate Wonder Woman, Batman, Spider-Man, Black...

When my son entered the world of autism services, I began hearing a familiar language. Goals. Milestones. Skills. Behaviors. Progress. How do we help him communicate more clearly? How do we help him tolerate more?

One of the most important lessons autism has taught me is that communication and speech are not the same thing. We live in a world that values words. We ask children questions and wait for spoken...

A person can practice something successfully in a quiet room and still struggle when the environment changes. Real life is noisy, unpredictable, fast, bright, crowded, and full of strangers...

People have always resisted oppression. They have organized, marched, boycotted, gone on strike, refused cooperation, built movements and put themselves at risk to challenge the people and institutions with power...

Burnout affects people across genders, professions, and life stages. It can show up in executives, caregivers, entrepreneurs, parents, teachers, healthcare providers, therapists, and employees who...

As a naked yoga teacher for men for more than 20 years, I was chagrined to see another naked body become a New York Times headline. What is humanity doing? We have these wonderful human bodies, yet we keep...

In twenty-five years of working with families across six continents, I have been invited into thousands of homes. And in almost every country, in almost every culture, I have met the same child. Not...

Personal audio makes an event inclusive by giving every guest their own volume, clarity, and language, all on the same headset. For most of history, an event had one volume. Whatever the sound engineer...

There is an industry holding society together that rarely gets recognized as an industry at all. Women raise children, teach classrooms, care for the sick, comfort the dying, support mothers through...

It can feel like America has split into two nations that no longer speak the same language. These five books try to make sense of how we got here and, more importantly, what any of us can actually do about it.

I walked home from the gym recently and got wolf-whistled. Nothing particularly remarkable happened. I didn't stop. I didn't confront anyone. I wasn't traumatised by it. I did what I imagine thousands...

Europe's future cannot be understood only through the crises of the present. To make sense of what comes next, the continent must preserve its ability to remember what came before. History is often treated...

My own cultural journey has been a slightly complicated one. I was born in Nablus, grew up mainly in Amman, and left Jordan at seventeen. From there, I went to the United States, returned to the Arab...

Does a fish see the water it swims in? Do stars grieve when they die? And does a crawdad know it is in a barrel? An elder friend from the American South once offered me a piece of Creole wisdom that...

On July 4th, 2025, Donald Trump and the Republican Party cut Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act programs, which helped millions of Americans with and without disabilities, by $1 trillion. Then, on...

Data is often treated as the foundation of fairness in health and social care. But data systems don't just record reality, they shape it. When measurement frameworks are poorly designed, they don't simply...

Hong Kong’s Immigration Ordinance speaks in a single legal English to everyone who crosses its border. Every applicant, whether arriving with a job offer worth millions or a contract to clean and cook...

Most people being labelled as narcissists today are not narcissists at all. Explore the rise of narcissistic tendencies, the society that created them, and how true healing is possible.

For most of my life, I believed that something about me was “wrong.” I was the child who seemed capable but inconsistent, bright yet distracted, enthusiastic but unfocused. At school, I was often described...

A routine drive to work and a passing glance at a house for sale lead to a deeper reflection on comfort, community, and the invisible influence of where we grow up. Through an unexpected moment of connection...

Happy 250th birthday, America. I am casting this blessing as a patriotic American who is also a grief therapist, death doula, social worker, queer author, ancestral worshipper, and pink magic practitioner...

For years, when postgraduate exams show gaps between IMG and UK-trained doctors, the feedback and response have been predictable: offer communication and language support, mentoring, and cultural awareness...