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Is Creativity the Key To Preventing Burnout?

If you find yourself physically and emotionally exhausted and feeling overwhelmed, you’re not alone. In 2023, 77% of employees in the U.S. experienced stress at work. Pile on the demands of family, friends and romantic relationships, and you’ve got a pressure cooker recipe for mind-body burnout. But creativity may offer

Reimagining Productivity in a World That Got It Wrong

If you were on a beach vacation in Hawaii, where the only sound you heard was the waves gently lapping on the shoreline, what would you be thinking? I can’t wait to get in the water! I wonder if I’ll see a dolphin today? Why am I lying on this

Black Nurses of the Civil War

Nurses, as we understand the term, did not exist outside of religious orders in the United States during the Civil War, although the title did exist. It was expected that women would care for their own injured and ill family at home with, perhaps, house calls by a doctor and

Celebrity Black women are the costume queens of Halloween

It is officially Halloween, and many folks’ favorite pastime has finally commenced: judging celebrity Halloween costumes. And this year, celebrities, especially Black women, have really taken it up a notch. For starters, we could easily call it “Halle-ween,” as there have already been multiple homages to Halle Berry’s most famous

Is Creativity the Key To Preventing Burnout?

If you find yourself physically and emotionally exhausted and feeling overwhelmed, you’re not alone. In 2023, 77% of employees in the U.S. experienced stress at work. Pile on the demands of family, friends and romantic relationships, and you’ve got a pressure cooker recipe for mind-body burnout. But creativity may offer

Reimagining Productivity in a World That Got It Wrong

If you were on a beach vacation in Hawaii, where the only sound you heard was the waves gently lapping on the shoreline, what would you be thinking? I can’t wait to get in the water! I wonder if I’ll see a dolphin today? Why am I lying on this

Black Nurses of the Civil War

Nurses, as we understand the term, did not exist outside of religious orders in the United States during the Civil War, although the title did exist. It was expected that women would care for their own injured and ill family at home with, perhaps, house calls by a doctor and

Celebrity Black women are the costume queens of Halloween

It is officially Halloween, and many folks’ favorite pastime has finally commenced: judging celebrity Halloween costumes. And this year, celebrities, especially Black women, have really taken it up a notch. For starters, we could easily call it “Halle-ween,” as there have already been multiple homages to Halle Berry’s most famous